ZachIsHere

Lots of good work being done by so many people. It makes me want to branch out.

Big trip planned this coming year. My work is closed from the 1st through the 9th of January. I will be hopping on a plane to visit NYC and visit my friend Evan. He has a real job and actual money so that can’t be all bad. He may or may not be very busy but either way it will be a blast. If he isn’t too busy I will get to spend some quality time with one of my best friends in the world. If he does get hung up I will have my camera in a city where the photographic opportunities are without end.

Perfect chance to get away from the daily grind.

Congratulations to those finishing your semester. Everyone can finally sit back and exhale. I got home from work at about 4 Thursday afternoon. It was the end of 7 consecutive days working. I wanted to celebrate having 48 hours off work and my roomies wanted to celebrate being off from school. So we did. There ended up being about 15 of us. A keg magically found its way to our home and the beer pong table got prepared for a big night.

Everyone was happy to see eachother. It gets harder and harder to get people together. So many of our close friends are spread out across the country…and if we do happen to be in the same city life usually gets in the way. Which isn’t a bad thing…

After some well deserved sleep and a good lunch I am about to partake in, its back to work. Organizing photographs, setting prices, making plans. It is very close. Tonight the house is going to take a group photo. We have planned this for a while but haven’t made it happen. I hope I can do a good portrait of the four of us.

Thank you so much for all have done for the sport and city I love.

Done Tonight:

- Set domain redirects
- Finalize adequate set of pictures for start up
- Fix and implement logo for portfolio site
- Sign up with photo distributor
- Upload “for sale” photographs to distributor’s system

To Do:

- Write text for and finalize portfolio site
- Build “store” section of website as gateway to buy prints
- Organize and tag all store ready photos
- Organize back end
- Market
- Sell

By DOUG TUCKER, AP Sports Writer
December 12, 2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lamar Hunt was fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital Tuesday, and friends and family of the 74-year-old pioneer of the modern NFL were hoping for “miracles.”

Hunt has battled cancer for several years and was hospitalized the day before Thanksgiving with a partially collapsed lung. Doctors discovered that the cancer has since spread, and Hunt has been under heavy sedation since last week.

“They’re trying to make him as comfortable as possible,” said Carl Peterson, president and general manager of Hunt’s Kansas City Chiefs. “He’s battling a very courageous fight. We’ll continue to hope that miracles will happen.”

The son of Texas oilman H.L. Hunt tried unsuccessfully to buy an NFL team in the late 1950s, and when continually rebuffed, he persuaded several other wealthy sportsmen to form the American Football League to compete with the NFL.

His Dallas Texans moved to Kansas City in 1963 and became the Chiefs. Several years later, the NFL was forced to merge with Hunt’s successful AFL, and the modern league was born.

Long an eloquent spokesman for the league and for small-market teams such as Kansas City, Hunt in 1972 became the first AFL figure inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The AFC championship trophy is named after him and, coincidentally, it was Hunt who gave the Super Bowl its name.

He and his family also have been active in professional soccer, and he’s a minority owner of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls.

Clark Hunt, one of his four children, has been gradually assuming his father’s oversight of the family’s sports interests.

“I was with Clark Hunt yesterday, and of course I speak with the family every day,” Peterson said. “There’s not any improvement.”

Hunt and other early day owners who put the health of the league above the best interests of their individual clubs have been credited with helping the NFL avoid the big market-small market disparity that has plagued major league baseball.

Peterson said he visited Hunt’s hospital bed last week.

“He’s giving it everything he can,” Peterson said. “The doctors are also. We hope and pray for good results.

“All the family is there. Everybody’s there,” Peterson added. “It’s extremely hard for everybody. And on a personal note, certainly I’ve been with this guy a long time and have the utmost respect and love for him. I’ve known him since 1976 when I came into the league, and I know what he’s contributed to the National Football League, to Kansas City, to this community.

“It’s a difficult time for everybody.”