Archive for the 'randomness' Category

Digital Photography

Throw your film snapshot camera in the toilet. Seriously. If you're still in the film stone age for your workaday family pics, here is the reason you should save film photography for Serious Art™ images only. And probably develop the shots in a home darkroom too.

Blarg.

I'm not dead, or even seriously ill … I figured I might want to let people know, since I've gotten emails asking. Just a temporary case of burnout. Y'know, with the internet, with American politics, with intolerant racist bullshit, and other random shit like housecleaning. heh Hard to even pick a single thing to bitch [...]

Ding dong, the witch is gone…

See? That even rhymes better than the original version! Anyhow, yes, Sarah Palin is resigning (or already resigned?) today. I was thinking of attending the Governor's Picnic here in Fairbanks wearing my Obama '08 tshirt, just to see how well she pulled off a forced smile while serving me a hamburger. Then I decided sleeping [...]

Local news conundrum

I'm not sure whether I gained or lost respect for my local newspaper today. On the one hand, they did put the Death Of The Century™ on the bottom of the front page. On the other hand, their lead story was a ridiculously melodramatic article about a marijuana bust. *sigh*

Word of the Week…

Mournsturbation (n) The disingenuous outpouring of affection after someone of questionable merit dies. [context]