The Walkers

We recently realized that the last Walker family photograph taken was at our wedding, and the last "real" (studio) picture had been years previous to that. (Complete with family members who are no longer family members... and I don't mean that they died.) So, at Christmas, we decided current photo documentation of our family was long overdue. Here is the result, hot off the press. Of course, Adam and Jessalyn's baby Karson was born a week later, already rendering the photo outdated. What do you do? p.s. I think the fact that you can't see my left eye means that I need a bang trim. How is it that you can look in the mirror every day, but it takes looking at a picture of yourself to realize the obvious? I can't tell you how many times I've had film developed only to realize I should have never worn a certain shirt, skirt, hairstyle, etc. Cases in point: I thought these sunglasses were cute 'till I saw this picture. I didn't think this outfit was ...

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So, I guess election time has come around again, and we all know it's ugly. I'm not going to pretend to be really well-informed, but come on, why has this race become so dirty? I thought trash talking opponents ended in the 5th grade, as did nerdy commercials and jingles (a certain "dead head / red head" rhyme comes to mind). But, what do you do? I'm reminded of an old South Park episode circa the 2004 election, in which the boys were forced to vote on a new school mascot. Their choices were either a "giant douche" or a "turd sandwich". (Kerry and Bush, respectively.) And I'm really scared that this election is heading toward a similar downward spiral. If it comes down to the "douche vs. turd" campaign, what are we all going to do? We can't "throw our votes away" on a 3rd party candidate... (similar to the Springfielders' "Kang vs. Kodos" dilemna). I guess what I'm trying to say is, that if it c...