I regularly visit the City of Eden Prairie’s bloggers and yesterday stopped by office of the Fire Chief, George Esbensen who’s maintained an active weblog since January, 2005. If there’s another fire chief who’s got his or her own weblog (not a departmental PR blog), I’m unaware of it. Attach a comment here or contact me if you know of one.

George had just finished giving a fire station tour to the Woodard family of New Prague so I asked them to pose (center photo – their children plus one) as they were heading out the door.

When I met with George a few minutes later in his office, I knew he’d need a respite from all the smiling and fun of hanging out with kids so I asked him to scowl (left photo) for my camera. It appeared to be quite difficult for him but he managed quite nicely.

The image on the right is a photo I took of a framed poster on the wall outside George’s office. The inscription on the hat reads:

“Opens a lot of doors. And gives you permission to knock down others.”

At the bottom of the poster it reads:

“Changes lives. Starting with yours. Volunteer. Eden Prairie Fire Department.”

Cool. Keep on scowling blogging George.