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I come from a family of inquisitive people; on some level, we’re always testing via the scientific method. Just this past weekend, my youngest niece posed this question: if left to her own devices, how many kisses would be included in a greeting from my golden retriever? My niece hypothesized that she would receive 100 kisses and my family went to the lab for testing.
We don’t have a lot of data, but when it comes to this particular Golden Retriever, it’s 47. That’s forty-seven kisses hello.
I don’t mind graffiti, but lazy graffiti is something I have no tolerance for! “Hello” – that’s it? That’s all you’ve got? It’s not even written in a way that is especially interesting to look at! And I took this photo at a college, not at a high school! The best possible scenario is that it’s a reference to the Seinfeld episode The Voice, but that seems pretty far fetched – especially since there’s only one O and no “La la la!”
If you only read the large text, it gives you the impression that hey, every January, don’t forget to stalk someone! Clearly, that’s not the message, but if you’re an idiot like I am and don’t read posters carefully, it’s easy to get confused.
For whatever reason, a photo declaring that a workshop in sexual assault awareness has been canceled is very funny – to me, at least. No notice of rescheduling? Nothing? Drag. It’s such a vibrant, happy sign, until “Has been cancelled” with that weird reflection effect. I think a piece of scrap paper and a black marker would have sufficed.
I’m not an astronomer – I didn’t even do well in those two lab courses I had to take in college. However, I am fairly certain that the closest star to earth is our sun, which is farther away than the moon. So… yeah.
I love that this quote is attributed to unknown. Well played! I’m all for inspirational decor, but let’s get the basic logic right.
I have what you’d call a love/hate relationship with Whole Foods, but all is forgiven when they whip out the Curry Apple Pumpkin Soup.
This soup has everything: it’s sweet, spicy and hearty – it’s full of flavor in a way that most things are not. It’s a seasonal soup and I have no idea which WF stores carry it, but if you get the chance, I highly recommend giving it a try.
click the image to enlarge - you can really see the snow at full resolution
Snow falling at night… yep, that’s what it is, all right. It took a while, but I finally found the right settings (which were… uhm… OK, I forget and I didn’t bother to write it down) and got the snow to reflect the flash nightly, which lit up the entire yard – the dogs are battling in the background. Capturing snow falling in a still image seemed like a really good idea at the time, but now, I can’t remember what I was so excited about.
Took this photo with a Canon Digital Rebel… I think I have the Canon EOS Rebel XS Digital SLR, and I used the 18-55mm lens it came with. I have the silver one, which is an older, heavier model, but it takes great pictures – don’t let my lack of skill sell the camera short.
Now that I’m embarking onto a foray into digital video (I started in VHS-C, then moved to Digital 8… which was probably a step in the wrong direction), I’m experimenting with capturing a Digital Video Still Image from a video. The technique I’ve used here is about as low tech as it gets – I simply did a screen grab from the YouTube video I posted of my Golden Retriever and Siberian Husky playing in the snow. I dropped that in Microsoft Paint (again, extremely low tech), cropped out what I didn’t want and boom, there you go.
These wild turkeys hang around the campus of William Patterson University. I only had an opportunity to photograph them from out the car window; they’re pretty skittish
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