Under a Gibbous Moon

This photo was taken at the aquarium in Camden, NJ. I don’t remember what kind of fish this was but it lives somewhere in the Amazon. It was just floating there staring and staring at me when I took this picture. No flash and a black and white filter give it the look of a monster peeking out of its lair.

I took this photo while sitting on the back porch of a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. Like most of my really good pictures, I wasn’t trying very hard when I took it but the composition turned out perfectly. I gave it a kind of dark sepia filter with center weighted highlights.

I took this a a rather dreary day at a “pumpkin patch” a ways up north. The place was rather deserted and, despite being in current operation, looked as though it had been abandoned for the last couple of years. I was standing by one of their “attractions”, a gutted school bus that had been turned into a sort of playground, when I noticed a really nice looking cloud formation coming in that lined up well with the old fence and the abandoned looking carnival rides in the background. I washed out some colors while sharpening others to give it a nice retro aged look.

The most interesting thing about all three of these pictures is that they were all taken with a cellphone. No fancy cameras here. While they are certainly limited in the types of pictures that can be taken, a carefully framed photograph can still come out looking great.

For whatever reason I can’t figure out, I was watching some program with Nancy Grace. Listening to her talk and spout her stupidity made me want to go outside and punch a squirrel.

Then upon reflection, I realized that listening to Nancy Grace made me want to go outside and punch Nancy Grace. Everything she said was loud, baseless and alarmist. Henceforth, she shall be referred to as girl Bill O’reilly.

That is clearly what we have here. They are out there putting their lives on the line to keep the streets safe from the likes of me.

“What now?” You may ask yourself. I got stopped again last night/this morning. This is number 86. “What did you do?” would probably be the next question. I would call you a jackass for assuming I did anything.

Officer Pollitt stopped me and ticketed me for $120 for my front license plate not being mounted on my front bumper. It’s not missing. It’s just not on the bumper

I have a picture of it, but everytime I try to upload it, I am getting an IO error.

It’s mounted on the front dash held flat against the windshield and plainly visible from the front. I believed these were all the requirements needed.

Well after climbing the chain of command a bit the next morning, apparently I hurt his feelings because he got the impression that I was being bothered by his traffic stop. Pure silliness! Who the hell doesn’t want to spend 20 minutes at the side of the road because their license plate might be off-center. Apparently not yelling or shouting or arguing the point with him was not enough. Now I have to be happy to be there.

At any rate, he was incorrect and the license plate does not have to be attached to the bumper but has to be clearly visible and obstruction free. What ground are they standing on now so that they aren’t wrong? Illinois apparently outlawed license plate covers last year and now my windshield is one big-ass license plate cover. So now it’s $120 for a license plate cover. On the front. The one that doesn’t have a registration sticker and right now there is legislation passing to do away with front license plates. You’re all fucking saved now.

It has been nearly a year since I first wrote about using your arm as a strop. I can happily report that I am still using the same razor cartridge.

I just wet the blade and then give it a couple of strokes before I begin and then a few more after I have finished and the blade has remained in like new condition.

I admit that I was initially skeptical that this would be able to keep a blade fresh for years but as I near the one year mark I can say that I am willing to believe that the blade will last me another year.

The only thing I regret is that I had bought a new pack of blades before I found out about this.

Noticed this the other day.

Wow, talk about idiot proofing the computer. I guess it could have been worse.