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Fans should be sure to pick up a stuffed foamy for their desks or other prominent place of worship ;-). ]]>
In any case, I have started a new blog/site with the idea in mind to actually use one of my oldest domains and it's default traffic flow to get a decent content flow and hopefully take in some advertising dollars and maybe even a contribution or two if I turn out to be interesting to people... long shot, I know, but considering all the truly bizarre bozos out there already, perhaps I will be a bit of fresh air? Who knows? Oh, yes, the URL...
http://blog.sleepingbeauty.com.
It is just a basic template and has only been up for a day, so don't expect much yet (laughs as I realize that no one is likely 'listening' so I am really just talking to myself, but that's Ok. Status Quo there ;-).
However, I also wanted to add more about my Norbert, as my last post here was about his passing and I had only posted his last "at peace" photo. I feel such a lively and loved dude as Norbo deserved some more pics of his lively and fun self so people might have a better idea of how adored he was and still is... do they ever really leave your heart?
Handsome Dude!
Huh? You talkin' to me? (check out his red & black eyes)
Always happy to hang around in my hoodie...
Ever curious and wanting to see what was going on!
Of course Norberton always ate healthy foods too...
Mmmm...Delicious!!! :-) He definitely enjoyed his snacks!
You are always in my heart, my Grand Norboo!
]]>Sadly ABC seems to have lost its soul and sense of, well, much of anything compassionately human. It just reminds me how our corporations and "big business" are really all about $$$ for a few really wealthy at the top. Otherwise, why wouldn't they do something GIVING and THOUGHTFUL like playing such classics commercial FREE and uncut as a sign of Good Will and Christmas Spirit? Don't tell me you can't afford it. And don't do anything to increase the quality of our lives if it costs You anything... like no trip to Paris for a long weekend over Christmas. Heaven forbid.
Sorry for my rant. ABC is certainly not the only corporate entity at fault. They are in good company. But couldn't the people 'at the top', who have the ability to effect change and help out the state of the world, stop being selfish pricks and actually do something? Set some examples for the rest of us besides, "look Ma, I got the most material goods and fucked over the most people, I win!"
]]>A similar thing happened to me this past fall when I was taking pictures at the Croton Dam in Northern Westchester County, NY, not far from the house where I grew up and my parents still live. While doing so I was approached by a very friendly Police Officer who said he had been asked to investigate reports of a "suspicious looking blond woman taking photos of the dam". What? "Do you mean Me?" I asked. Yes, he did. I laughed in disbelief. He then asked for my license which I told him was in my car. I was becoming concerned and one of my 'accomplices' (translate as 'fellow recreational photographer") stopped himself from interfering so that he wouldn't 'get me arrested' I later learned. The officer then asked if I would write down my name and address instead, which being in a good mood and KNOWING I was innocent of any sort of crime, I did. I now regret doing so as it WAS a violation of my own privacy and rights, but at the time I was just too surprised to react properly. It helped that one of my fellow photographers used to be a trial lawyer so I felt safe in the long run.
That was it. Sorry. Once I wrote my info down, which I could have made up but didn't, he went on his way and we parted with pleasantries. He was very nice and cordial the entire time, but it does not excuse the fact that some "paranoid idiot" thought to call the cops on me! Admittedly I was climbing around the dam to get decent angles and points of view, but I do not look like a terrorist unless 40 year old caucasian ladies with long blond hair and a Nikon camera look dangerous to you.
Here is one of the photos that got me in "trouble":
[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
The lack of tinsel, which I love, is due to our cats adoring all things glittery and we have enough trouble keeping Lana from knocking all the balls off the lower branches without enticing her to go higher on the tree.
Now if the slushy freezing rain will just change to snow, it might be a white Christmas. At least my parents home in NY seems to be getting a seanal coating of fluffy white :-).
Merry Pre-Christmas to ALL!!!!!
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A night shot of the Southeast Lighthouse on Block Island. It was a 30 sec exposure to get the star detail and we "light painted" the building itself to get the illuminated effect. Unlike my other photographs that night, I combine two using HDR (Photomatix) and then tone-mapped the result to get what you see here.
Interesting! ;-)
