Take pictures of people out and about on the streets. Try to sneak pictures of people! (And figure out what not to do with a zoom lens). You can….Go to McDonalds-and check your cell phone: You can go shopping in Old Town-and take your time to figure out what you
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Revise and extend…….
It is not easy to combine a commentary on the New York Mosque with an additional comment on “Genbaku no hi” , but I am going to try anyway. Just because you understand why the Japanese are the way they are-does not mean you are endorsing what they did. However,
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I have been very lazy this weekend. The weather here is so hot-that if you spend any appreciable time outside you are just dripping in sweat. So yesterday I just read a book, Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett. I did go out and treat myself to a decent dinner-but soon
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I got this from a friend. I liked it-so I am sharing with you. Profound statements. 1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I
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As mentioned earlier-last Sunday we went to Peles castle in Sinaia: I guess you could call it a castle-but to me it strikes me as more of a well appointed hunting lodge. It was built in 1881 by King Carol of Romania: I paid the 32 RON for a photo
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As is my custom on August 6-I try to honor the day that life changed forever in Japan, in an event that haunts them still today. Today is the 6th of August. It was the day in 1945 when the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by the B-29 Enola
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As the “Teflon General” gets settled in and takes charge of America’s on going war without end in Afghanistan, Raymond Bonner asks the question we should have asked ourselves a long time ago: I was reminded of this when I read Jim Fallows post in which he said he would
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To be covering an airshow. Under the category of, ” I picked a bad week to take up airshow photography” is this little gem from the Oshkosh air show. Everbody else is hauling a$$-but it looks like the guy in the brown is trying to save his gear before he
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Sunday was a much better day. On a whim at breakfast, we decided to go see Peles Castle in the mountain town of Sinaia. So at breakfast-I made my leave and went over to the Hotel Intercontinetal where Stefan and Valentina work……the people with whom I have been horse trading
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Of my life I won’t get back. I had anticipated a nice quiet day off today-before the new herd comes into town. It should have been fairly straightforward, old herd just got back to Dullsville and the new herd is still getting ready to travel. Fairly easy eh, what? Except
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