New Cat Toy

Coming downstairs this morning I find Poe and San (rhymes with Kahn) tentatively batting at something that looks like a dark ball. Calling to them they turn and look at me as if to say, "hey check out this new cat toy we found" crawling around on the floor." And...

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Memorial Day

Old Glory...

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Heading Out of Town

Jenne and I are heading out of town for a four-day getaway. No cell phones, no computers, but many other luxuries. The earliest you'll see a new entry on this site is (possibly) Monday evening. Have a great holiday weekend everyone and may the Force be with you....

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Battlestar Friday

I know many of my friends and readers are "tech-heads" and - like me - they love to read about the technology of their favorite Sci-Fi movies and TV shows. This week I dug around on the good old Internet - God bless the Internet - and found The 1977...

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Symbol ~ Photo Friday Image for 05.05.27

"Pagan Poetry" Bjork Pedalling through The dark currents I find An accurate copy A blueprint Of the pleasure In me Swirling black lilies totally ripe A secret code carved Swirling black lilies totally ripe A secret code carved He offers A handshake Crooked Five fingers They form a pattern...

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Lonesome Tears

Lonesome tears I can't cry them anymore I can't think of what they're for Oh they ruin me every time But I'll try And leave behind some days These tears just can't erase I don't need them anymore How could this love ever-turning Never turn its eye on me?...

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It is Your Father's Light Saber

Not so long ago in a county not so far away… There is an old adage that says, “Genius has it limits. Stupidity knows no such bounds.” These two fools should have their photo in books next to this text for mixing their love of Jedi light sabers with gasoline!...

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In Yoda You Will Trust... Yes

Some possible titles for this photo of my favorite green Jedi master are... In Yoda We Trust What Would Yoda Do? Photo taken at the firehouse Clark works at in Potomac, MD....

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Ranking the Star Wars Movies

Now that the circle is complete and we can all sit down and watch the rise and fall of the First Galactic Empire, and the fall from grace and redemption of Anakin Skywalker it’s time to rank the six Star Wars films. Here is my ranking and a few reasons...

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Battlestar Friday

For this week's Batlestar Friday entry I give you a link to a very interesting article on how Battlestar Galactica killed broadcast TV. Fifty-six days to the premier episode of BGS Season Two. The first episode is called "SCATTERED and is written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson, and directed...

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No Nits to Pick

I know I have been quiet today... too... too quiet, especially after a big Star Wars day. Mostly it is because I am back in the office and, as always, there is much work to be done. Another reason that I am quiet is that I am absorbing and savoring...

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Photographer to the Sith

Darth Vader struts his stuff! My good friend, Clark Oliver, as Darth Vader at premiere day for Revenge of the Sith I have now seen the movie THREE TIMES in the first day! AND I got to be the personal photographer of Darth Vader himself! I escorted Clark... I...

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It is Great to be Twelve... again

I am back from seeing Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith. I am still taking it all in. George Lucas delivered and did so in a huge Star Wars way. It was exactly what I wanted. Every single moment, every single frame of film, every scene wipe, every vista, every...

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The Circle is Now Complete

In a little over eleven hours I will be sitting in a theatre watching the last big screen Star Wars movie. The circle will be complete. The six chapters of this epic space fantasy will come to a close....

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Pass in Time

So much stays unknown till the time has come. Did you imagine you could ever be so strong, Then watch your fear just turn into relief? Your sea of doubt become your own belief? Though tears don't come to cry some grief away, The tears will help to keep...

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Tension

don't rely on me my feet are stuck and my eyes leak but I feel the ceiling drop the floor rising it won't stop time away is all I need a curse walks around here I see it hide behind my chair and it peers at me it's grip...

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On Eagle's Wings

On Eagle's Wings, Detail of fire engine bell from the Potomac, MD station where my good friend, Clark works. And He will raise you up on eagle's wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the sun, And hold you in the palm of...

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Battlestar Friday

R2 Don't just stand there... HELP ME! That's right. It's "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con". Come meet all your favorite stars! Mark Hamill! Alf! And many more! Plus, tag-team robot wrestling! It's the mighty robots of Battlestar Galactica, versus the gay robots of Star Wars! And that's a direct quote from The Simpsons...

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Ummm Free Frostys aaarrrrrr

Yes, you read correctly! Wendy's restaurants are giving away FREE FROSTYS this weekend. Check out the details on the Wendy's website. Yes, I too think that they should spell it "FrostIES". That would be correct English, but correct English seems to be a thing of the long forgotten past....

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Return of the Flu

The CDC is warning that an outbreak of "Sith-itis" - or the return of the Star Wars Flu - is expected to strike millions of American workers in exactly one week! Next Thursday to be precise! I have seen every Star Wars movie on opening day since I was 12...

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Black, White and Blue

Black, White and Blue, Detail of van at Baltimore Pow Wow May 1st 2005. "Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Henry Ward Beecher...

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Red

Red Baltimore Pow Wow May 1st, 2005 "Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are." -Henry Van Dyke "One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for...

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The Way You Look at Things

Ladle and Tablecloth Photograph made at the Baltimore Pow Wow on May 1st, 2005. As I was making this photograph the women behind the table asked, "what are you taking a photo of?" I told them I liked the reflection of the trippy tablecloth in the ladle. They wondered...

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Happy Mother's Day

Tulips I'd like to wish my Mother, and all Mothers a very happy Mother's Day. These buds are for you!...

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The Wood has Wood

____________ This tree is looking for action. Spring is in the air afterall and all of nature is looking for love. I spotted this while walking the neighborhood with Jenne this morning. There's really not anything I need to say about this... is there? This photo needs a title....

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Battlestar Friday

Seventy Days exactly until the premier of BSG Season Two. Must... hold out... until... then. In the meantime I picked up the DVD of the mini-series to help hold me over. This week I give you a list of goofs/nitpicks in season one episodes. These are all that I could...

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Qualifier

Qualifier Details of motorcycles parked at the Baltimore Pow Wow, May 1, 2005. To see my other 2005 Baltimore Pow Wow photos click here, here and here and here too....

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Sky - Thursday Challenge Image for 05.05.05

Beach Combers at the Baltimore Pow Wow I haven't participated in a Thursday Challenge in quite a while, but this sky photo brings me back this week. Here we see folks and their dogs along the rocky beach along the Patapsco River on the south side of Baltimore. The...

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Wooden Sun

The above is detail of larger pice of art that was made specifically for this years Baltimore Pow Wow music and performance art festival/party. The piece is made entirely of wooden slats and marked with pen & ink. It is about two feet across and part of a much...

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If Only Work Was Really Like This

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Spoon

Spoon Another part the beer van from the Baltimore Pow Wow. I am interested in reading any thoughts and feelings you have about this image....

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Light the way

Blue Light, halogen headlight and custom paint job. Detail of the beer van that was at the Baltimore Pow Wow. This particular van - decorated in a hand done custom paint job - provided a wealth of interesting and unique photo ops. I was really taken in by the...

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Pow Wow

I spent Sunday at the annual Baltimore Pow Wow on the south side of the city. It was my first time at this 15+ year old event (no one could agree how long it has been going on so this is an setimate). It's a Spring music and performance arts...

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