Alan Irwin’s Blog

DAM(N) GOOD In the 1960s when Egypt decided to build the High Dam which would create Lake Nasser, flood huge areas of the Nile Valley and drown what was created thousands of year ago, UNESCO with the cooperation of several countries, amassed an international army of scientists, historians, photographers, archaeologists, engineers, geologists and other experts [...]

Oh yeah – Comic-Con! Who’s the captain now? The 2009 San Diego Comic-Con happened from July 22-26 (I’ve posted close to 100 photos from the con at my album.). This was the 40th anniversary convention and my 4th time attending. More “pop-culture happening” than “comic book convention”, it was a chaotic mix of comic books, [...]

After several years of losing weight the old fashion way (diet and exercise), this month I reached my goal. I’m somewhere between embarrassed and proud of this “after” picture taken for my testimonial. I don’t think that my self image is still stuck on “jolly fat guy”, but this picture of “fit Alan” still looks [...]