Sunset ~ Photo Friday Image for 07.30.04

Sunset at Antietam, 124th PA Monument, September 17, 2003, Sharpsburg, MD A granite Union soldier stands a silent vigil over the long quiet fields of Antietam National Battlefield, where approximately 23,500 Americans fell as casualties of battle in under twelve hours. That's four times the number of US casualties...

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Found ~ Theme Thursday Image for 07.29.04

They Live Among Us I found this illegal alien lurking in a shop window in Annapolis, Maryland. His disguise may have fooled everyone else, but my special sunglasses and lens filters allowed me to see him - or her, I can't tell - observing the tourist and midshipmen from...

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Caveat Emptor OR Beware the Scammer

My friend Rob has some great advice for those of you looking to buy photographic - or any - equipment through on-line vendors. Read his story here and read about my similar experience when I tried to buy my Minolta Dimage 7i on-line. CAVEAT EMPTOR my friends!!!...

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Coming Out of the Closet...

... in Springfield! According to the below article on Internet Movie Database a character is going to come out of the closet. ***** Fans of hit cartoon The Simpsons are poised for big news - one of the show's long-time characters is set to reveal he's gay. At the moment,...

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Linky Love Updates Baby

I have been adding, updating and otherwise playing around with my shag-a-delic and groovy links on the left. Here's the breakdown... Under Blogs I Read I have added a link to my virtual friend Juli's site, Cowboy Junkie's Photo Pages. I have updated the link for Brian's Daily Rant, and...

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Return of the King Extended by 50 MINUTES!!!

Friends and long time readers know what a huge Lord of the Rings slobbering fan geek boy I am and that I am eagerly anticipating the Extended Edition of Return of the King on DVD. A good deal about the extended edition was let out at the annual San Diego...

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A Trip to the East

Sacred Elephant I honestly have nothing to write at the moment, although much has been going on. That's not entirely true. I do have things that I want to write about it's just that time has escaped me this weekend, and one of the things that happened... well I...

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Mother ~ Photo Friday Image for 07.23.04

In Marge We Trust A traditional family scene. Warms the heart doesn't it? Mother with a tray of fresh baked cookies - ummmm cookies arrrhhhhh - for the kids. Almost looks like a scene that Norman Rockwell painted... if he painted cartoon characters in bright primary colors that is....

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Kick Back, Relax

Casual Sculpture Just a hip happen'in photo right now. Nothing controversial. I just feel the need to unwind and be all casual and to chill out. It's Friday and lunch is over. I'm gonna try real hard to get out of the office between three and three thirty. Honestly,...

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New "Topics" Category ~ In the Hot Seat

I received an email from virtual friend Brian at Brian's Daily Rant - AKA Mr. Miata - who brought up an excellent suggestion and hence the new Topics category of In the Hot Seat. This way you can quickly jump to the different interviews with one click of da mouse!...

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Sadness ~ Theme Thursday Image for 07.22.04

Uncaring Procession With the rampant over-development in the Ellicott City and Columbia area this has become a very common site. One which always fills me with deep sadness... and anger. This beautiful red fox was lying dead in a turn lane on my old commute route. He was probably...

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Somewhat, In the Hot Seat

You may recall a while back that I was going top start a bi-weekly feature here on this site called In The Host Seat. Do you remember that? Yes? No? Well I do. I started with the infamous Habid and then didn't get around to doing another one because real...

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What's Wrong With This Picture?

I am not asking for a critique of this image because it is by no means art, although the composition does follow along the rule of thirds. Critique is not the exercise here. The exercise is to look at the details and tell me what you believe to be...

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Zen Mantras for Dealing With Fatigue

Fatigued is a good word to describe how I feel. I am just tired, exhausted and worn out. And it's not from my back pain or my ACM, although to a degree they do contribute....

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I am a Golden God!

Jenne has Jeff and Becky to thank for putting me onto to this latest Internet personality test. Jeff even predicted that I would get the result I did. So much for my being modest and keeping my ego in check. You know, I used to take these Internet personality tests...

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Traffic Jam of Childhood

Traffic Jam of Childhood, Westminster, MD May 2004 I think of the above photo as the 'traffic jam of childhood', and I know traffic jams pretty well. Up close and personal like. During my weekly commute I have made the following observations about the daily drive around DC on...

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Cotton ~ Theme Thursday Image for 07.15.04

Death of the Red Baron Now I suspect that you are looking at this photograph of an aerial dogfight – I’ll tell you how I made it later – and saying to yourself, “what does this have to do with the Theme Thursday challenge of cotton?” Well cotton is...

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Greetings and Welcome to the New Site!

Greetings and welcome to my very own domain at Burnham-Down-the-House.net. Be sure to update your links, bookmarks and favorites with the new addy. I am not going to insult your intelligence by giving away the joke/musical reference in the name of my new groovy web pad. It is important however...

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Battle of the Bulge, Combat Report

This is a quicky. I had the CT scan done this morning and before I left they were able to tell me that the scan came back clear and negative! The mysterious "unknown" did indeed turn out to be a big nothing, or in medical parlance, an artifact on the...

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The Battle of the Bulge

You history and war movie buffs catch my title reference to the epic WWII battle in the Ardennes Forest between Allied and German forces. Well I am having my own personal battle of the bulge and it is being fought in my lower back. As of my MRI this morning...

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Oh William... the pain... THE PAIN!

Quick medical update before I take a percocet and go lay on my back for the rest of the night. I saw my doctor about my back searing pain that sometimes feels like an electric current shooting down my leg. Anyway, the Doc took one look at me he did...

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Flower Porn

Untitled Floral, Westminster, MD May 2004 I don't know exaclty where I first read or heard the term "flower porn" as a reference to floral photography... especially those photos that highlight the plants sexual organs. Hmm, are the really referred to as 'organs' in plants? I'll have to look...

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Photos of Prayer for a Sunday

Pray in Secret Pray in Fellowship All I can really say right now is that I need a lot of prayer and a lot of pain killers. I am not a big whiner when it comes to pain. I smile and I generally deal with it. Most people don't...

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Daddy Habid Please Come Home

I received this photo in my email today apparently from the sons of Habid el Sharif! As regular readers may have noticed Habid hasn't posted in a long time, since I came down on him about his comments about the girl with the blue-green hair. Seems he has not...

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Wings ~ Theme Thursday Image for 07.08.04

Wings of My Guardian Angels We've had a lot of scattered thunder storms and heavy humidity here in Northern Virginia and Maryland the past few days. When I walk out to the car in the morning it is covered with dew. This morning, after I left Jeff & Becky's...

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Holiday Weekend Wrap Up

Hi folks! Not much to post and not much time to post it. The weekend was great and much needed. Here it is in a nutshell... what I can remember of it. Friday night got home very late from work. Played video game, went to bed....

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Patriotic Culture

American Beauty Cultural Juxtaposition These images - taken recently - aren't from a trip to New York City or Cairo, Egypt. They are from Old Town Ellicott City. The town we live in. Over the past ten years Ellicott City has become a mix of world fashions, art, culture...

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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY USA!

Multiple Bursts, Four second exposure. Red Burst, Four second exposure. HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!! These photos were shot on Saturday night July 3rd at my cousin Karan & David's annual 4th of July picnic. We sat out on their pier and watched the firework's show over Middle River. We had...

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Father ~ Photo Friday Image for 07.02.04

Luke... I am your father... Darth Vader... Anakin Skywalker... father of Luke and Leia. In Dutch, Darth Vader means Dark Father. I have also read that it can mean Dark Truth. Either way the meanings are important and significant in the Star Wars mythos. This macro photo of a...

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FOR SALE... Minolta Dimage 7i

Yes, you read correctly, I am putting my Minolta Dimage 7i digital camera up for sale. The reason being is that I want to upgrade to the Nikon D70 so I can use the five Nikon lenses that I own that have been sitting in storage. I have been extremely...

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No More Working the Weekend!

Here's a bit of good news for me and my pards working in Ole Virginnie!...

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Cliche ~ Theme Thursday Image for 07.01.04 and Bizarre ~ Moody Monday Image for 06.28.04

The Horse You Rode In On or Hold Your Horses There is absolutley NO Photoshop manipulation of this image except for color balancing and cropping. It's all patience and timing and being in the right place at the right time. I shot this image in July 2003 at Union...

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