Picture of the day
A Fairfield Beach Road home is submerged in Pine Creek in Fairfield, Connecticut, as treacherous weather caused by Tropical Storm Irene came through the area on August 28, 2011. (AP…
Face of the Day
Nick Pratto (#25) of the West team from Huntington Beach, California celebrates after driving in the winning run to defeat the Japan team from Hamamatsu City 2-1 to win the…
BBC News – Libya conflict: Gaddafi family ‘flee to Algeria’
I'll take "Deposed Dictators" for 300, Alex... The wife and three children of fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in Algeria, Algerian officials say. A foreign ministry statement said Col…
BBC News – US ‘wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq’ over decade
So, what else is new?? The US government has wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission. The commission…
50 today.
Today is my 50th birthday.On a day like this, one tends to reflect upon the past. What has happened to me in the past 50 years? A lot. 10 years…
Things picking up…..
About time... I am jumping into photography again with both feet, into untested waters and without a life jacket, and there is no life guard on duty.
The olden days
I installed a new hard disk yesterday. 1.5 terabytes. Which got me to recalling my first hard disk install. Around 1985, it was a 20 meg MFM drive.Folks have it…
Healthcare reform versus big insurance companies
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A Bitter Pill
It has really hit home for me now just how much the Republican Party has lost its mind. Especially after the latest soap opera. During the months that have passed…
The new Darkroom
Now that we’re settled into the new place, it is time to build the darkroom!I started with a cluttered walk-in closet.Added 2x4s for shelving brackets, then some cut plywood as…