They Say It's Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Great... at least this happened on a weekend. I have driven to work in this before, and it's no fun.

This is what we're dealing with

Winter has come... and it is not pleasant. Snow, freezing rain, wind, cold... very unpleasant.

Just an illustration of what I'm seeing out my back window.

The Doctors Kreitel

Laura and I attended Derek and Liz's wedding this weekend in Charlottesville, VA. We had a great time! The wedding was at Veritas Vineyard, and great wine and times were had by all.

I was in the wedding, so I didn't get many pics of the bride and groom. Here are two of my Favorites.



Matt, Eddie and Mike



View from the Veritas Porch. Derek and Liz are actually in the vineyard (notice the dot of white).

Back at you, Ryan

Ryan recently posted a photo of wilted flowers on his photo blog, so I thought I would hit him back with some. Laura and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary, and this is what happens to flowers a week later!

Hochuli is back in action

My favorite NFL official, Ed Hochuli was back in action, calling the Giants v. Cowboys game. I am still looking for a schedule of which crew is calling which game for the year so I can watch all of the games.

He is, without a doubt, the best NFL official in the game right now.

Studying...

So I have a little test coming up on physics... do they ever stop? The answer is no.

Here is a picture of Hoolie. Thanks to Ryan for embellishing the photo.

On Vacation

Laura and I are on vacation with her parents, brother and sister-in-law, Derek and Liz. The weather has been great, and the water is really nice. Here is one of the photos I've taken.



The sand on the beach is really fine, and I've decided I'm probably not going to take my camera down there any more. I have a bunch of photos I took the first day, so I'll be editing them over the next week. Check out the new set I've created on flickr to see what I've added over the next week or so.

Peterson Road Beach

beach south of empire - 2.jpg, originally uploaded by Spencer Koch.

While up in Leelanau County this weekend, Laura and I ran into a photographer named Terry Phipps. We talked about the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for a while, and he suggested we check out Peterson Road Beach. It is a great looking beach. Unfortunately, it was about 70 degrees out, and the wind was blowing pretty hard, so it wasn't very warm on the beach. Some people were brave enough to get into the water, but all that Laura and I did was admire the landscape.

Recent Trip Up North

I recently went up into northwest Michigan (not the UP), in the region of Suttons Bay/Leland/Glen Arbor. We stayed with my uncle Karl. If you're up there you should definitely check out Brisling Pottery or the adjacent Sporck Tileart.

Here are a few photos i took.

This is Karl's Barn, shot in the morning light.



This is the beach in Empire, MI.



And me taking a picture of Laura taking a picture of the beach.

Congratulations to HFH Radiology Class of 2007

Last night was the class of 2007 Henry Ford Hospital Graduation dinner. I've posted two photos of the class on my flickr feed. One is in 4x6 crop, and the other (posted here) is just a free crop to fill in the photo with the graduates. Congratulations guys!

Back from Aruba

Laura and I are stuck in Philadelphia overnight so I thought I would upload a few of the photos I took in Aruba. More to come...

Sifting through old photos

I've been searching through some old photos and uploading them to flickr. This is from a hike that Laura and I took at a state park about 45 minutes northwest of Detroit.

Fountain Square Frozen Over

I was in downtown Cincinnati last night to see the Lion King (the show), and I noticed the fountain was flowing on the square. Since the wind was blowing, some interesting ice was forming on some of the statues. I took a few snapshots. I wish I had my tripod with me to take some cool long exposures, but this was as good as it got.



You can click on the photo to check it out in full detail.

From weak sauce to hot sauce...

Jack Bauer was on the brink of letting me down. After nearly falling into boredom Jack defuses a nuclear bomb, hunts down the terrorists, and the survives a house explosion set by his father. I guess the next question is... which method will Jack use to interrogate his father?

The rest of the season of 24 is going to rock.

I'm not saying I'm disappointed...

But the new season of 24 is kind of hanging in the balance for me right now. All of the prior seasons were AWESOME, but this one is lagging a little for me right now. After the season opened with Jack BITING SOMEONE TO DEATH, I thought it was going to be one of the best seasons yet.

We'll just have to wait and see.

Congratulations to Peyton

Congratulations to Peyton and the Colts. It's a long time coming, and I'm glad he finally got his ring. Hopefully this clears the way for Carson Palmer, The Chad, and Rudy to get to the SuperBowl next year!

In my opinion, the big winner this year was the neck beard combover!

Post Holiday Radiology Party

Here are a few photos from the Radiology post Holiday party. It was a great time. Check out the photos! Click on the photo below to get there.

New Blog

In the neverending process of deleting his webhosting, my friend Ryan has asked me to switch my blog over to blogger. Well, here it is.

-spencer