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May 24, 2004
PMDs
I like that term, Person's of Mass Destructions, aka suicide bombers. I just read Thomas Friedman's column which I like to keep up with for world affairs, and there was one passage in particular that caught my eye:
"They are mainly imported cookie-cutter killers, created by a combination of Arab mass media, certain extremist elements in Muslim culture, and some very shrewd recruiting by Al Qaeda and its ilk. When young, angry, futureless, sexually repressed people are taught that death is a permanent vacation of guilt-free pleasure, and they see it glorified in countless videos, all you need is a willing truck driver to ferry them over the border from Syria, Jordan, Turkey or Saudi Arabia and presto — a human bomb." (A quote by Raymond Stock, an expert on Arabic literature and media based in Cairo)
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May 17, 2004
Bay to Breakers 2004
So I finally woke up early enough to grab drinks with Larry and his cabbie buddies after they got off work at 6:00 am. Since this weekend was Bay to Breakers, it made for perfect timing.
We met at Rich's Club 93 on 93 Ninth Street just around the corner from the pad, so that was quite convenient.
Rich, the proprietor or Rich's Club 93
Pool was the game of the day
Late Night Larry
Bay to Breakers
Frank Chu, the perfect end to the race...
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May 06, 2004
Theory of Specialized SuperPowers and Super Size Me
So while watching the "Big Mac Man" aka Don Gorske it really seemed like his super power was the ability to eat Big Mac as often as he does while avoiding most of the adverse health effects such a diet would have on most mortals.
This is great evidence of the Theory of Specialized SuperPowers. The theory is a bit long, but one principle of it is that once a superpower is taken, it generally can't be taken again. So since the good ones like flying were taken early, we don't have a lot of good ones left. But with humans being the creative people that we are, we figure out more specialized powers to have and cultivate those as Mr Gorske has. Of course his power wouldn't have been conceived until the creation of the Big Mac so ripoff artists may take a variation on a theme and have a superpower like "ability to eat unlimited In-n-Out Double Doubles Animal Style with no pickles with no adverse health effects."
I did note the In-n-Out sticker in the directors office and saw that he later admitted that while not eating McDs anymore, he will indulge in the best the fast food world has to offer, In-n-Out....
My favorite shot from the Rebuilding Together Ball on Saturday night...
http://www.34millionfriends.org/
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1D fun
Now that we've got the 1D MKII I get to use a 1D pretty much whenever I want and I love this camera so much more than the 10D. Actually shot some pix at Qool last night too.
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May 05, 2004
Farenheit 9/11
Glad to see that Disney is blatantly showing why they want to block Michael Moore's new movie since they would lose out on tax breaks from Florida Gov and brother of our prez Jeb Bush - wow, imagine that. Check out the full story here.
And more Bush fun...
"In an exclusive interview, Viggo Mortensen, who plays Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings"; talks about his photography, his indie publishing house, and why Bush will go down in history as the Sauron of American presidents."
What a great subhead! Here's the article.
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May 02, 2004
Clue: Prison Island, Not Alcatraz
My friend works on a prison island up in Washington state and I got to kick it with him one night after covering the 2004 Emerald Cup. It is called McNeill Island and it was totally amazing. Lush greenery (standard I guess for the Pac NW), lots of wildlife, a great shoreline on Puget Sound, and amazing views of three different mountain/ranges.
typical view of Ranier from the Island
i have a personal fascination with light streaming into dark barns or old decrepit buildings like this one... should have spent more time though making a good shot
most of the headstones just had #s on them. Luckily, this guy had a sense of humor
a cool installation art piece made by the inmates
yes, there actually is such a thing as quicksand and it's out here. My friends told me one inmate fell in and it took like five people to get him out of it... doh!
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May 01, 2004
Bokeh and such
I was just reading about bokeh which is an effect I've always liked, and while I was away in Niagara Falls, I tried playing around with some effects. Not quite the way I wanted, but a few shots...
This one is just some butterflies mating
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