Demo Derby Season!

This Memorial weekend we took some time to enjoy the Sacramento County Fair, and the chief attraction: The Demo Derby!!!

It's nice to be able to get up close.

The moment before. I hate digital camera shutter lag.

Watch the dirt fly!

How did this happen? First time I've ever seen something like this happen... Can't wait for August and the State Finals!

The House is Done!

The remodel of the house is done!

mostly.

I still have some trim to put up and some windows to work on, but it's done enough to put on the market.

Here are some pics:

Strawberry Festival

We were supposed to make a standard “still picture with motion graphics” commercial for the Strawberry Festival. I wasn’t satisfied with that. We decided to do something a little more interesting...

You can download a 3-meg h264 version here:

http://www.emrl.com/j/downloads/2007StrawberryFestival.mov

(There's just something a little disturbing about a giant strawberry enjoying a cannibalistic meal of a smaller strawberry.)