NEW WEBSITE

I have a new portfolio website! For now it is hosted on school servers unfortunately, but please go check it out.
DAAPSPACE.DAAP.UC.EDU/~THOMPC6

SUNDAY SWIM - THE END OF THE SWIM POSTS

I did it! A full week of swim posts! And yeah, today felt like November. The power of blogging.
(From welcome, ghosts on Flickr)

MANKILLER

CAMELOT

Children in medieval clothing, 1910.
George Eastman House

Many archival institutions are starting to put old photographs on Flickr. So far the I've browsed through the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and the George Eastman House. Some of the photos are odd, beautiful, and fascinating. Check them out.

HAPPY ELECTION DAY?!?

Uncle Sam, Artists Model - circa 1900
from the George Eastman House

HOW IT ALL STARTED

My mother and father fell in love during an overnight flight to Jakarta. My father was the co-pilot and my mother was a flight attendant. It was her first day on the job. Here they are, pictured above in Los Angeles in 1983 wearing matching pants and complimentary sweaters.

BEDFORD

I am part of a large Irish Catholic family, though sometimes I feel like an outsider.

The Hanleys (in ascending order)

Four Jimmys, three Tommys, two Timmys, two Bobbys, two Kevins, two Connies, one Matthew, one Megan, one Kerrin, one Caitlin, one Brian, one Kathy, one Carol, one Mary Kate, one Jonathan, one Patrick, one Joseph, one Allison, one Kelly, one Bridget, one Christina (twins), one Nora, one Grace, one Mo, one Jack

and one Sean.