Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
So here’s the deal. I’ve been puttering around with cracked-open 126 Kodak Instamatic film for a few years. And so far, the results have been good enough. Yes, I’ve entered some shots in competition, but still… My problem is that I have to find a way to make the film’s limitations – the green framing…
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I knew it would happen. It was only a matter of time. But when I received a message from one of my loyal blog readers, I knew I only had a few moments to act. Background. I had just put the finishing touches on this morning’s blog, when I received a comment on one of…
Read MoreA good friend of mine from my college days is currently working with at-risk youth in the education field. She posted a Facebook message asking for any and all age-appropriate magazines, the contents of which will be used to help create vision boards and dream boards for her students. If you’ve created vision boards, you…
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I’ve written blog posts about misspelled advertising signs for ages now. Heck, I could do an entire week of those blog posts simply by visiting my local Stewarts. And if I get hungry, I can go to the local sushi place and order the sex lady. That being said… Last week, I visited the the…
Read MoreOne of my presets on my SiriusXM car stereo satellite radio is channel 148, Radio Classics. Hosted by radio historian and preservationist Greg Bell, the channel shares a melange of restored radio dramas, comedies, Westerns and anthology shows from the golden age of old-time broadcast. Many of these shows even contain the original commercials from…
Read MoreBefore we start this week’s roundup of the best blogging from the TU’s community and independent blogs, I need to pass along a shout-out to fellow TU independent blogger Rob Hoffman. In addition to running his popular “Hoffman Files” blog on the TU, Rob Hoffman has just released his first published book. “The Hoffman Files:…
Read MoreSo let’s see. A few things have come up with regard to this season’s “Trivia League” tournament. First off, after twelve weeks of play, the top four teams will receive money. That’s in addition to the money being raffled off during the weekly games. So there will be, once again, “THE DREADED CUT LINE” at…
Read MoreWhat we see in syndicated TV shows are a standard intro with opening theme music, and a closing theme as well. What we DON’T see are the original integrated television commercials. And that’s understandable. Why would we want to see old TV commercials for old products? Well, in many cases TV shows made special television…
Read MoreI’ve known Tony Goldmark for many years. We actually met at – at all places – a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention back in 2000. Yes, I went to a “Weird Al” Yankovic convention. I went to two of them. Live with it. Tony also enjoyed “Weird Al’s” work in comedy and parody, and he later…
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Backstory. After a one-year hiatus, I chose to enter my pictures in the Iowa State Fair Photography Competition. I selected a mixture of recent and heritage images, with each one fitting in specific themed categories. Four images printed off, matted, mounted, foam-boarded, postaged, and shipped. Now I wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. While…
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