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The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. Toons Quotes Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.—Unknown How is it that people who... Continue Reading →
I'm thankful for a lot about my mother, but if I were to narrow it down to just one thing, it would be my sense of humor. Despite difficult times, all four of us kids — sadly, only three now — grew up with the ability to laugh despite—if not in spite—of the circumstances. Humor... Continue Reading →
Just playing around. I'll show a small crop of a photo that has appeared on this blog — or in a SmugMug Gallery associated with a blog post — and you have to guess what it is. It could be (and often is) rotated from the original to get the desired crop. Well, you don't... Continue Reading →
Just playing around. I'll show a small crop of a photo that has appeared on this blog — or in a SmugMug Gallery associated with a blog post — and you have to guess what it is. It could be (and often is) rotated from the original to get the desired crop. Well, you don't... Continue Reading →
Just playing around. I'll show a small crop of a photo that has appeared on this blog — or in a SmugMug Gallery associated with a blog post — and you have to guess what it is. It could be (and often is) rotated from the original to get the desired crop. Well, you don't... Continue Reading →
The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. Toons Quotes In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.—Arthur Schopenhauer The art... Continue Reading →
This is another post documenting our stay in Long Beach, CA, in January 2019. As a reminder, we were moving back to the mainland from Hawaiʻi, and our stop in Long Beach preceded our boarding the Princess Coral for our full transit Panama Canal cruise. Yes, I'll get to that eventually. Anyway, these are the... Continue Reading →
S23 Ultra - 30x digital zoom I've not much in particular to share, so I'm free-wheeling. We begin with the photo from the phone, above. As it says, 30X digital zoom, with the subject about 22 ft from where I sat. Digital Zoom is, in effect a crop of the 10X optical zoom . .... Continue Reading →
The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. Toons Quotes The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed many philosophers.— Denis Diderot We are much beholden to Machiavel and others that write... Continue Reading →
So, I needed to look up something on my SmugMug account, and I noticed an icon labeled 'Stats' under the Settings tab. I've never looked at it before nor knew it was there. On a lark, I clicked on it . . . Say what?! . . . 1,744 views of my photos just for... Continue Reading →
The Toons are by artists who give permission to share their work (SMBC, Joe Martin, Wrong Hands). The quotes are from the original Jokes of the Week. Toons Quotes Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them,... Continue Reading →
Right . . . how about something to take one's mind off the weighty matters of life and the various shit-storms raging around the globe? Yes? Great! . . . here we go . . . The above is a picture of a cracked glass pane separating the walking/running track from the weights area at... Continue Reading →
I feel I must point something out regarding TT-16 . . . at no point was I defending Israel in the totality of their actions. What I referenced was the propensity for many (too many) to blindly assign blame to Israel no matter what happens. The hate and readiness to assume — and assign —... Continue Reading →
(1,100 words – about a 4 minute read if reading at 265 words per minute) . . . December 7, 1941. The nation is in shock. People are scared about a possible large-scale invasion and still reeling from a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. An attack on a military installation and naval resources. Those old... Continue Reading →
These were taken on April 8, before I photographed the eclipse. I snapped many good images but pared them down to 22, all action shots. Because of it, very few words in this post. Some of these are the best I've ever taken of the respective birds. We begin with the Blue Jays above and... Continue Reading →
Disperser Tracks 