October 31, 2005
Halloween Again!
Here we are at Halloween again –jebus, can you believe it’s already Halloween? - and as we all know, it’s one of my favorite holidays of the year. And again, I will be doing the same thing that I did last year, and the year before that, and the year...
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10-31-05
STOP
STOP Triple Crown Photographs made Sunday October 30th at the BWI Airport aircraft observation park on Dorsey Road....
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10-31-05
October 30, 2005
How do I set this thing for a close shave?
How do I set this thing for a close shave? Yours truly plays with a light saber. Anne was not harmed in the making of this photograph. Image made using this tutorial and a Master Replica light saber....
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10-30-05
Adding Lightsabers to Your Photos with Photoshop
I have to thank friend Steve K. for putting me onto this "make your own lightsabers in Photoshop" tutorial by Ryan Weaver. I decided to practic with it today using the funky rockstar/Michale Jackson posing Yoda as my first attempt. You could also use this method for adding blaster shots...
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10-30-05
Funky Yoda
I just dig Yoda's funky rockstar/Michael Jackson pose, and this Yoda figure even has 'spinning attack' action....
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10-30-05
October 29, 2005
The Worst Way to Spend Saturday Morning...
... or mid day or afternoon is having to clean the house. Argh! Over the past few months I have made it easier to do with the purchase of every Swifter Duster product made. Dusting is still a chore, but it's a chore made ten times easier with SDs. The...
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10-29-05
October 28, 2005
Batman - Tarzan Adventure Hour
This comes to us from page 45 of the December 1978 issue of Fantastic Films magazine. The caption in the magazine reads, "The Batman - Tarzan Adventure Hour is one of the best drawn and intelligent animated series on television. The scripts are also amazingly adult, especially for Tarzan."...
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10-28-05
Have no Fear for Your Corn Hole!
This weekend Mars makes its closest approach to Earth until June 2018. Be sure to get out and watch the Red Planet for strange surface activity indicating the launch of a major invasion fleet of flying saucers. They will surely be crewed by large headed Martians with big eyes and...
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10-28-05
KOTAKU
It's no secret that I love, Love, LOVE video games. I also love all things Japanese. I have found a blog that will help satify both of those loves. KOTAKU BLOG! This blog has been added to my daily blog roll under "Blogs I Read."...
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10-28-05
Mr Sulu, Set Course for Planet Homo!
I can not believe that anyone would be surprised by this "news". The only news here is that George Takei is finally willing to publicly discuss his lifelong sexual orientation! I have known this since I first started going to Star Trek conventions in 1978. I even sat in the...
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10-28-05
Battlestar Friday SUPER HAPPY MAGAZINE RETROSPECTIVE ~ 10.28.05
Over a week ago my friend Tom stopped by for a visit and together we dug into my personal magazine vault. We found all of these magazines featuring Battlestar Galactica in one box. This week I give you a retrospective of these magazines and their covers. I was so into...
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10-28-05
October 27, 2005
Another Has Joined Us
My influence has spawned another online presence! My photographer friend, Tom Perry has opened a free account over at Flickr. He has joined us in the world of personal web sites. Join me in welcoming him with the traditional chant! "Gooble gobble, gooble, gobble. One of us, we accept him,...
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10-27-05
October 26, 2005
Would You PLUUH-EEEZ Let Us Sleep
Poe (L) and San (rhymes with Khan) decide that my expensive uber-computer chair is a good place for a nap. Jenne wants a pic of them. In setting up, I disturd their cat nap and boy do I get some serious 'tude from San!...
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10-26-05
Where's your Furher now, eh Fritz?
One of the many reasons I play video games is not only because I can shoot Nazis, but the blast from my rifle shoves an occassional Kraut through solid wood fences in the French countryside. Where's your Furher now, eh Fritz? Huh? Ya dirty Hun bastage?! Nazis, I hate...
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10-26-05
October 25, 2005
I Just Want it to be Done
The Star Wars deco on the MINI – AKA Red 5 – is still not complete. It should have been done on October 15th, but the graphics guy cut the roof art for a Cooper S roof (they have a spoiler on the rear of the roof that graphics do...
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10-25-05
October 24, 2005
Number Two Thousand
On the evening news tonight I hear that the number of US souls lost in Iraq is one thousand one hundred and ninety eight. Two more… two more American service people and the death toll reaches two-thousand. I am not going to go on about what I think of the...
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10-24-05
DOOM ~ Worst game tie-in movie EVER!
I love video games. This is no big news to anyone who knows me or who has been reading my blog for any length of time. Like most guys I know, I was playing DOOM almost everyday. Single player, multiplayer, LAN parties where we played nothing but DOOM....
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10-24-05
October 23, 2005
25 x 6
25 X 6 Photograph made at the Normandy Woods Laundromat, Ellicott City, MD....
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10-23-05
October 22, 2005
Water Fowl at a Columbia Lake
Untitled I made this photograph over a month ago when Jenne and I went for a walk around one of Columbia, Maryland's lakes. If you have a title and/or a caption please feel free to share....
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10-22-05
October 21, 2005
Battlestar Friday SUPER QUIZ FUN TIME ISSUE ~ 10.21.05
I scored as Commander William Adama. I have risen to my position by being damn good at what I do. Not only that, I have the deepest respect for the people under my comand. I may be a little grumpy and unaproachable, but every commander needs to distance himself....
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10-21-05
October 20, 2005
The Movie Office Space Comes to My Office Space... FOR REAL!
NINA Michael… - (Michael reaches for it) Bolton? MICHAEL That's me. NINA Wow! Is that your real name? MICHAEL Yeah. NINA So are you related to the singer guy? MICHAEL No, it's just a coincidence. SAMIR How come no one in this country can pronounce my name right? It's...
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10-20-05
Thank God I know Where My Towel Is!
Do you know where your towel is? I know where mine is and it's a good thing too! Michael dropped off the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy movie on Monday night and on Tuesday night I popped it in the DVD player. I was in a pleasant mood, well fed...
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10-20-05
How Much Would You Donate?
Via Who's Blog is it Anyway A driver is stuck in a traffic jam on the highway. Nothing is moving. Suddenly a man knocks on the window. The driver rolls down his window and asks, "What happened? What's going on?" "Terrorists have kidnapped President Bush and are asking for a...
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10-20-05
October 19, 2005
FREEZE DRY YOUR DEAD! FREEZE DRY YOUR DEAD!
The totally green way to go to the great beyond. It is in my Last Will and Testament that I am to be cremated. However, if the promession method is available in the States when I pass on I might prefer this method, so I can push the little daisies...
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10-19-05
The Chalk is with Him
When I arrived home from work yesterday evening I discovered that my neighbor, Dylan age five, had drawn this sidewalk chalk art of Anakin Skywalker for me. He and I sat on the sidewalk and I taught him how to draw X-Wing and Tie fighters. The young Padawan learns...
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10-19-05
October 18, 2005
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...
...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Via MM and maybe Lovecraft....
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10-18-05
October 17, 2005
2008 is Coming and so is ZOD!
Prepare now for the next ruler of the United States. Surely he is better than the madness of King George, the King of all Ass-Clowns....
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10-17-05
Scouting for "Camel Toads" at Pool
Via multiple peeps. Here's the skinny on this. And in case you don't know what a "Camel Toe" is click here. It is both insightful and disturbing! Right you are, Ken!...
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10-17-05
October 16, 2005
Red 5, Ready for Action! ~ The Unveiling of the Star Wars MINI Cooper
Today was the day that I unveiled my Star Wars themed MINI Cooper, Red 5. We had a party with good friends, good food (thanks Jenne for all the hard work), lots of drinkies and replica light sabers for the ceremonial banging of the plastic toys! Steve-o and I pulled...
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10-16-05
Three Jedi Night
Nikon D70 with Tamron lens; Twelve hundred dollars Three Master Replica Light Sabers; Three hundred sixty dollars Three adult men freeing their inner twelve year olds in a dark back yard ... priceless. Clark, Steve and Will. Defenders of the Geek Republic....
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10-16-05
October 15, 2005
Red 5 Deco Day
Mike Syfritt, owner of AesthetiCreations positions the logo of the Rebel Alliance on the bonnet. Mike applies the right side boot strips. Look to the right of Mike's hands and you can get a peak at the Incom logo. Incom Corporation is the manufacturer of the T-65 X-Wing Space...
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10-15-05
Two of the Reasons I Love Legos
Here is reason one! And here is reason two! Legos are such fun. Filed under the new Topic, Toys & Games. Via Malnutured Snay...
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10-15-05
October 14, 2005
HOLY FRACK! IT'S THE SUN!
It's 1:15 PM here in Rockville and the SUN... the beautiful, glorious SUN IS SHINNING THROUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS!!!! HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY! What's it been now... umm... seven whole days of gray. Time to go outside and bask in its wonderful warmth and the glowing glow of its...
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10-14-05
Battlestar Friday SUPER HAPPY MCQUARRIE CONCEPT ART ISSUE ~ 10.14.05
Today I have a conceptual art retrospective for you! Star Wars fans surely know the name, Ralph McQuarrie. He’s the conceptual artist behind Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI. A painting of his will be on the roof of my MINI Cooper, Red 5 by tomorrow afternoon. It’s my...
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10-14-05
BURNHAM DOWN THE HOUSE WEB SITE DISCLAIMER AND POLICIES
There are many things that BDTH is: * It is a place for me to post my photography. All of my photography on this site is Copyright © Will Burnham and it cannot be used without express written consent from me. I do not imply any consent at all. You...
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10-14-05
October 13, 2005
Welcome to America, Chewbacca!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a Wookiee named Chewbacca growled and howled his way through "Star Wars" movies. On Monday, the actor who played him will take the oath to become an American citizen. Yep, even Chewie wants to be an American....
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10-13-05
PSA: Everything You Want to Know About Avian Flu...
but are scared to death to ask. Find it all here folks. If your head's still in the sand on this flu thing it's time to pull it out, read up and be prepared! Be prepared! That's the Boy Scouts' marching song, Be prepared! As through life you march along....
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10-13-05
October 12, 2005
Fire Helmets
Entry updated 10/12 @ 5:50PM Fire Helmets Photograph made at the In the Street Festival in Frederick, MD on Saturday October 1st, 2005. The above image can also be displayed horizontally....
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10-12-05
How Does Will Get a Free Star Wars Video Game...
...two and a half weeks before it hits the stores. His good friend and fellow Star Wars uber-fan goes to the Empire State and gets it for him. Yeppers, Clark is giving me his copy of Star Wars Battlefront 2. Battlefront 1 is in my top five of games for...
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10-12-05
October 11, 2005
Fiddler in the Park
Fiddler in the Park Photograph made on the park in front of the town hall of Shepardstown, WV on Saturday October 1st, 2005....
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10-11-05
October 10, 2005
Katamari Damacy in the REAL WORLD!
If you see this happen anywhere near you... RUN! I can feel it. I can feel the cosmos! Can you? Play Katamari Damacy and you will. Via Steve-o...
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10-10-05
October 08, 2005
Donate Love
Donate Love Photograph made at the annual Frederick, MD In the Street Festival on Saturday October 2nd, 2005....
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10-08-05
October 07, 2005
Battlestar Friday SUPER HAPPY FUNTIME DRINKING EDITION ~ 10.07.05
With Season One of BSG on DVD we can now sit and enjoy this most excellent show whenever we want. And what better way to watch it than with a few friends like Sam Adams, or your buddy Wiser. How about Jim Beam, Jake Daniels, Johnnie Walker or your dear...
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10-07-05
Jenne's Trip to the Great White North, eh.
Today I feature some of the photographs of my loving wife, Jenne. Back in August Jenne traveled to see her family in Ohio and the Great White North, eh. She packed three disposable point and shot cameras. Why disposable cameras? In Jenne's words, "If you drop one of those overboard...
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10-07-05
October 06, 2005
Will the Military Rule the Chicken Coup?
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush says the possibility of an avian flu pandemic is among the reasons he wants Congress to give him the power to use the nation's military in law enforcement roles in the United States. "I'm concerned about what an avian flu outbreak could mean for the...
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10-06-05
George, John and AHH-NULD Say It!
This and this and also this is too much fun and there are many poses, several backgrounds and thought and word ballons to choose from. You get to input any text you desire and make them say or think it....
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10-06-05
October 05, 2005
Where Am I on the Political Spectrum? ~ OR ~ Yet Another Whacky Internet Quiz
Via a vist to the web site of Malnutured Snay. I was sort of expecting to come up as a Libertarian. I guess this proves what Jenne has been saying about me politically for well over a year. You are a Social Liberal (68% permissive)and an... Economic Liberal (10% permissive)You...
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10-05-05
October 04, 2005
MINI Mods ~ first aftermarket exterior mod
This is how Red 5 appeared with the orange lens of the repeater (known on this side of the pond as a 'blinker') installed when I took delivery. I have not liked the look of it from day one. It just doesn't visually work. Soooooo, my first aftermarket modification...
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10-04-05
Letter, We Write Letters...
... and we receive responses. Yes, I do write to and call my Maryland Senators about many topics that concern me. I even have their phone numbers programed into my cell phone. Yeah, I call that much. The nice thing is that they - or an office staffer - takes...
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10-04-05
October 03, 2005
Eliminate That Bad GOP Taste
I bought a tin of these delicious and refreshing mints on Saturday when Jenne and I visited Shepardstown, WV. We drove there in my MINI, Red 5 (I think that satisfies the obligatory mention of the MINI). I have a mint everytime I see a TV spot or read...
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10-03-05
October 02, 2005
In the Street and Jenne's Birthday
I can't believe that it's already been a year since Jenne's last birthday. It seems like last week that a bunch of us got together at the Bavarian Inn in Shepardstown, WV for her B-day dinner/party. Well this year I took Jenne out for the day. We started off in...
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10-02-05