Daniel Nester tweeted yesterday about whether the keyboard of today – the one found on our smart phones and touch screens – has actually contributed to a change in writing and composition. Originally I thought he was referencing a modern keyboard, I asked whether he meant QWERTY or DVORAK.Β Although I do know there are…
Read MoreSuccess Poster: The First Step
Here’s a motivational poster that you can print out and tape to your office cubicle wall.Β Hope you enjoy it.
Read MoreResults of my entries into the 2011 Altamont Fair Photography Contest
Tuesday afternoon, 5:00 p.m.Β Everything else in my busy day has been completed.Β Nothing to hold me back.Β Now I need to know. The answer to life, the universe and everything? The sound of one hand clapping? The air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Nah… I already know those things.Β It’s 42, the beginning of…
Read MoreCompetition #3 – The 2011 Altamont Fair Photography Contest
It’s my third year of trying.Β It’s my third year of competing.Β And as you can imagine… I’m not giving up.Β Even though I’ve gone 0-for-10 on the two regionals earlier this year, those exclusions doesn’t hurt as badly as my going 0-for-8 at Altamont.Β Eight photographs over a two-year span; eight cold-blooded, cold-hearted rejections.…
Read MoreTwo years ago today, reality TV took a sinister turn.
I blogged about this on my old blogspot.com website, and since today is the second anniversary of the tragedy, I thought I’d share an updated version of this post. Without having to defend my appreciation of trainwreck reality television (yeah, if there’s a hottie being pursued by 20 guys, or a rock star getting pursued…
Read MoreA new “Caption Time” for a very special person
Just hung this up in my new place, and thought I’d share with all of you.Β Feel free to add any captions in the comments page. In case you’re wondering, this was purchased online from Dave’s Quilts.Β I highly recommend their work.
Read MoreMeeting the Auburn Photography Club
Yesterday, I drove the 2Β½ hour trip to Syracuse to drop off my three entries for the 2011 New York State Fair Photography Contest.Β In the car with me are the two entries that the Fair did want to see – Lodge’s in Polaroid PolaBlue and The Agfa Bridge Over Ansco Lake.Β The third entry?Β …
Read MoreCurse you, Manatee!!
Boy, I bet you’re wondering what THAT headline is about. Everybody has addictions of one form or another.Β Some people smoke.Β Some people drink.Β Some people play World of Warcraft and subside on a diet of Mountain Dew and Funyuns. My mother’s addiction – paperback romance novels. You’ve seen them before, haven’t you?Β They usually…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Power of the Wall of Sound
Yes yes I know, the conventional wisdom about Phil Spector is that he was a successful record producer who went manic-depressive and is now in a correctional facility for the murder of his girlfriend. Yeah, if you want to shrink it down to the Reader’s Digest version of events… But take this into consideration. Phil…
Read MoreHiding in the basement of 76 Southern Boulevard
It was dripping and dank.Β The floors were soggy and the cloudy smell of mildew permeated the air.Β Thick and wet, like milky mud. And I was down in the basement, hiding.Β Shivering and scared.Β Not knowing who to turn to or who to tell. And 30 years later… it still seems too real to…
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