{"id":8901,"date":"2010-06-23T09:17:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2019-12-23T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T23:02:09","slug":"my-famous-awkward-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/06\/23\/my-famous-awkward-family\/","title":{"rendered":"My Famous Awkward Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2992,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260224111515\\\/http:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 09:00:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:00:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 21:11:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:06:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:06:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2993,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/oshkosh&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251215171813\\\/https:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/oshkosh\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 09:00:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:00:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2994,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/08\\\/osh-kosh-the-sequel&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251116001452\\\/https:\\\/\\\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/08\\\/osh-kosh-the-sequel\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-06 09:00:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 11:00:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:06:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 03:06:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3348,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4726191958&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306193507\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4726191958&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4726191958&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3349,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4725546463&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306203115\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4725546463&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4725546463&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 18:47:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3350,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4726194660&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/djwudi\\\/4726194660&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><em>(Apologies to Facebook friends who are seeing this multiple times. I think this should be the last time this pops up in my feed.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last year, I stumbled across a new humor site called <a href=\"http:\/\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\/\">Awkward Family Photos<\/a>, which was posting funny old family photos. It gave me a laugh, and I started going through what they&#8217;d posted&#8230;only to suddenly find <a href=\"http:\/\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\/2009\/05\/04\/oshkosh\/\">one of my own family&#8217;s old photos<\/a> on the site!<\/p>\n<p>Amused by this, I commented, telling them that if they <em>really<\/em> wanted an awkward photo, they should see this other one we had, which has always been one of my favorites. Not long after that, <a href=\"http:\/\/awkwardfamilyphotos.com\/2009\/05\/08\/osh-kosh-the-sequel\/\">that photo was posted as well<\/a>, and we became the first family to voluntary submit a photo to their site.<\/p>\n<p>As the site gained popularity, they decided to release a book, got our permission to use our photos&#8230;and today, at long last, I got my copy of the AFP book, which uses <em>both<\/em> photos we submitted! One is on the back cover, and one is given the place of honor as the first featured photo in the book, opening Chapter One. We&#8217;re also given thanks in the Acknowledgements section as the first family to send in a shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/4726191958\/\" title=\"Awkward Family Photos Cover by djwudi, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1038\/4726191958_01b7ba9b64.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Awkward Family Photos Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/4725546463\/\" title=\"Awkward Family Photos Back Cover by djwudi, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1247\/4725546463_2854bc6992.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Awkward Family Photos Back Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/djwudi\/4726194660\/\" title=\"Awkward Family Photos Chapter One by djwudi, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1031\/4726194660_8f5368ab29.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Awkward Family Photos Chapter One\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is great! Many thanks to Mike and Doug at AFP, and to my family for sharing my amusement at all of this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, at long last, I got my copy of the AFP book, which uses _both_ photos we submitted! One is on the back cover, and one is given the place of honor as the first featured photo in the book, opening Chapter One. 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