Hitchiker’s Guide to Battlestar Friday

Well today is the day the Hitchicker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie opens across the United States. I have absolutely no expectations what so ever for this film. I read a review… nay an account of ‘religious experience’ that some slobbering fan boy over at Aint it Cool News wrote....

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Red Hand and Pink Petals

"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun. I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one." -edna st. vincent millay, "afternoon on a hill" "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." -anaïs nin Photographed along the path to the lake...

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What for Dummies??

Just when you thought you'd seen everything for your Dungeons and Dragons game along comes this. Our Dungeon Master, Prof Pan says he saw it in Barnes and Knoebles and that it's a pretty good reference for both new and old players....

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"Are we going to play with our friend's balls today?"

You have to love a kid's TV show when that is a line from one of the show's broadcast segments. For those of you who don't know, "Rainbow" was a very popular and loved childrens TV show from the 70's and 80's that aired in the United Kingdom on the...

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Beneath the Tavern of the Dancing Dove

This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically the classic RPG, Dungeons and Dragons - and will not be of interest to everyone. Although I have not written about it much in...

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Animated Gifs Make the Bible Clear

While doing a little religious research for self enlightment - I am on what some refer to as a 'faith walk' although I do much more sitting while doing this than walking - I came across a very helpful site. Now I totally understand the Bible and the Book of...

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All About You Will be Beauty

"Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty." -virginia woolf Flowers near my office. Reston, VA....

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Office Park

Office Park I made this image one day last week while walking around the office park at lunch. If you walk around an office park long enough you can find something to photograph. It's a challenge, but it can be done if you just lose yourself and let happen....

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Email is Worse than Marijaunna

It took eighty clinical trails to figure out that dealing with email and instant messages cause a ten point IQ loss compared to a possible four from smoking some of the whacky weed. The solution: less email, more weed and actually raise those IQ points. From CNN via a coworker...

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Battlestar Friday

This entry goes out to my man Larry D! Here's to you citizen! The withdrawal is only worsening. It seems like the premiere episode of season two is yarens away. For those of you not in the know about Galactica from the 1970’s a yaren is the equivalent of our...

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Circular Polarizer Filters and You

Circular Polarizer Filter, medium blue A quarter turn and voila! Royal dark blue In hindsight I should have made three photographs for this demo. The additional photo would have been the same image without the filter. Oh well, next time. There was no Photoshop enhancement done to these images....

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Frosty the Snowman says, "NO TRESPASSING"

No trespassing or Frosty the Snowman will open a can of wintery whoop ass on you! That snowman may have an inviting look - all smiles and friendly-like - but I think he is trying to entrap kids just so he can kill them. All he needs is a...

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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

According to this language meme - you know about meme's right? Those things the Internet is woefully short of - I speak the following kinds of American English. What about you? How this can be accurately determined by twenty questions I do not know. Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American...

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Another One Rides the Bus

Another One Rides the Bus Two Saturdays ago I went on a tour of the South Mountain Battlefield to explore the landscape and hear the stories of the soldiers who fought and died there three days before the Battle of Antietam on September 17th, 1862. The tour was a...

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You're a Poet and You Didn't Know It

If the Internet has one short coming it is a lack of memes and truly free porn. You know what a meme is right? If your answer is yes get a life and move on to the next paragraph. If your answer is no then continue reading.... oh hell just...

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In Our Yard

With the return of Spring Jenne and I are seeing the return of many birds and animals to our yard, the brush line and field behind our home. Living on the highest ridge line in Howard County, Maryland has it's advantages for bird watchers. This small woodpecker visits the...

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Then it happens

I’m not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It’s drowing yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff, sniff – being sensitive to coincidence. You can’t go looking for it; you can’t want it, or you won't get it. First you must lose...

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Lord of the Games

Poe is Lord of the Rings Yesterday was game day. A thirteen-hour marathon session of board games, food and fellowship, and lots of friendly trash talk. I love game days. I know when a lot of folks think of board games they think Monotony... I mean Monopoly, Clue, Sorry,...

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Battlestar Friday

The Colonial Viper. Trivia question for you BSG fans; what model is this baby and who's is it? Extra points if you also know his/her callsign? My commute would be so awesome flying well above the circle of death and avoiding the traffic below. I could land her on...

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World War Two Memorial

World War II Memorial, The Mall, Washington, DC State Fountains, WWII Memorial, The Mall, Washington, DC While Jenne, Larry, Anne and I were in DC for the cherry blossoms we visited the National World War II Memorial. To say it is impressive is an understatement. Beautiful fountains are the...

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Happy Fourth Birthday Poe Cat

Roderick Vincent Poe, age 4 Celebrating his birthday cat style It’s hard to believe that our cat Poe turns four years old today. He and San (rhymes with khan) are such a part of our lives that we can't imagine our home without them. Poe is my little buddy....

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The Neglected Founding Father

George Mason Memorial statue in high contrast. Photographed during our visit to see the Cherry Blossoms. This life-like, yet oversized statue of George Mason sits east of the Jefferson Memorial and is relatively unknown. It was the only place that was not crowded during our visit....

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The Ugly Side

Somewhere under that pile is a trash can. At least that is what I would like to think. On Monday I shared with you the beautiful side of the Cherry Blossom festival in DC, now here is the ugly - and a bit stinky - side. Dozens upon dozens...

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Cherry Blossoms April 2005

The Washington Monument, Washington DC. Welcome to my photo essay on the Washington, DC Cherry Blossoms April 10, 2005. Jenne and I went with Larry & Anne and had a wonderful time walking what must have been five miles through the blossoms. I hope you enjoy these photos and...

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Vacation Time

Laying home today with a sore back from all of the weekend activities I decided to spend a little time while off of the ice packs/heating pad to look for vacation resorts along the east coast from Maine to North Carolina's Outer Banks. Jenne and I haven't had a decent...

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A Photographic Pun

While out and about today at Antietam, South Mountain and Frederick, MD I came across four cars on the lot of car dealership. They had their hoods up with the letters "S A L E" on them. I laughed, but I have a warped sense of humor. It reminded...

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Best Buy Again Proves they are WORST BUY

via Prof Pan A word to my good neighbor, Lt. Dan who likes to use two dollar bills at White Trash Mart (AKA Walmart). Stay the hell out of Best Buy - this is good advice at anytime - or you might end up like Baltimore County resident, Mr. Mike...

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Battlestar Friday

What, did you think because the first season of Battlestar Galactica is over that I wouldn't have anything to write about my favorite Sci-Fi TV show? Wrong. In case you are not aware and in case you missed most or all of it the first time around you are in...

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It Really Does Run in the Family

I called my niece, Ashton yesterday afternoon to wish her a happy tenth birthday. I am amazed that she is ten. Like "WOW! She's ten already" sort of amazed. I told her that she is growing up way to fast and that she needs to slow down. She replied, "I...

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Until Death Do Us Part

There’s been something missing in my life… something important... something vital. I wasn’t quiet aware this because a lesser weaker form of it has been there masquerading as the real thing. It’s weird how you don’t fully realize this until the real thing, pure and fresh walks into your life...

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Star Boy to the Cult of Everything that is Will

On March 27th I received the below email from a Mr. Jeff Colson. Back when I ran a comic book store in Westminster, MD in the mid 1980’s he was a customer of mine. Jeff has been reading my web site for a while now. Because I thought this would...

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The Old Negro Space Program

I love history and I love the space program. If you see one free film on the Internet this year then make it this one. The shocking-but-false story of America's Blackstronauts. A mock-u-mentary in the old Ken Burn's style. Via Steve K....

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Columns

Columns, Photgraph made on February 20th, 2005 at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD. I haven't photographed much of anything since that trip to Fort McHenry in February. I have been digging through my photographs to find something that I haven't posted before, but I am not finding much that I...

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Battlestar Friday

Tonight is it, the last episode of season one of Battlestar Galactica and what an incredible first season. I am both looking forward to and dreading tonight’s episode for a few reasons....

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