Zachary Todd Cox 1976-2008

I feel blessed to have counted Zach as a friend in this life and look forward to that friendship in the next. I may not have been profoundly close to Zach but I do have many, though I wish there were more, fond memories of good times, good adventures and good laughs spent with him. Several of these experiences made a profound impact on my life and I often, even before his passing and still, reflect on them.


Civil War Moustache - Halloween show 2000(?) at San Jose LDS Institute building


Civil War Moustache - Provo 2001(?)

Blue Angels

I don’t remember the first time I saw the Blue Angels air show but I’m pretty sure it contributed to my boyhood fantasy to fly fighter jets the same way Star Wars contributed to my boyhood fantasy to fly star fighters. Nowadays when I watch the Blue Angels (or Star Wars) ...I still have that same boyhood fantasy. Or more likely, I just refuse to grow up.

Seeing as I refuse to grow up, I brought along one of my toys to fleet week and took some pictures:



A few Blue Angels facts:

•Formed on April 24, 1946 by the Chief of Naval Operations, Chester W. Nimitz, to keep up public interest in naval aviation after World War II.
•One of the first models I built as a kid was the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
•The Blue Angels have flown nine different demonstration aircraft.
•My favorite aircraft is the McDonnell F-4J Phantom II flown by the Blue Angels from 1969 to 1974
•In 1949 the Blue Angels sported a bright yellow paint scheme with blue markings.
•My favorite color is blue.

Treasure Island

Just Lookin

I started a photography club on Facebook. I decided to give out assignments. The first one is a self-portrait.

Robert Plant | Alison Krauss

This was so awesome I don't even know where to begin! Plant and Krauss sounded as good or better this evening live as they do on their album, Raising Sand. They played almost every track and then some... Yes, they even played a few Led Zeppelin songs: Black Dog, Black Country Woman and The Battle of Evermore. Each sounded beautifully amazing as a duet with Krauss. As did Plant's In The Mood. Krauss also sang Down to the River to Pray from the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack. Everything just sounded beautiful and amazing!

I was very excited to see, hear and take pictures of this event and nothing was going to stop me. As soon as the previous act left the stage, I made a beeline for front and center on the railing. I managed to stay relatively unobtrusive to the people behind me, who were probably the only people in the audience not standing, and fire off just over a thousand shots before security came up and said I had to put away my camera because my lens was too big. Lame! But, oh well. So I gave my spot to the girl behind me with a point and shoot camera, which I adjusted so she could get a better picture.

Image #16,000

Yeah, I laid on the shutter button pretty heavy during this show!

Elder Bradshaw Comes Home!

Elder Jefferson Bradshaw returned home from the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission this afternoon, walking off the plane at 3:51 PM. He served two years in New Mexico as a full time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Image #15,000 shows Jefferson posing at home with a small portion of his necktie collection acquired as a missionary.