From Christian Schneider:
Before the afternoon session, I chatted with Owen Robinson, Fred Dooley, Tom McMahon, and Pete Fanning for a little bit. All really nice guys - but it proved my “20% theory” with regard to blogs. That is, any time a blogger posts a picture of themselves on their profile, they are always 20% thinner in the photo than they are in real life. Myself included. Sadly,Tom is having difficulty finding a hat like the one he’s wearing in his photo - if anyone can help him find one, it would be much appreciated.
At least he didn't mention that all photos are at least 10 years old too.
OKAY...for the record, my title photo was taken on November 18th, 2005, right around the time I was going thru a divorce, as I explained to everyone at the gathering that day :) After that...everything turned grey....any extra pounds I blame totally on Culvers....
Posted by: Pete Fanning | 02/11/2008 at 08:41 PM
I think they call this the "dating weight" photo. The phenomena is related to the "Favorite Weight" and "Favorite Hair Color" fields on your driver's license. Reminds me of a Match.com date I had once. I resisted explaining that "leggy" means you have long legs, not big legs.
Posted by: John Foust | 07/08/2008 at 07:33 AM