I was talking to a man the other night who was bitching because he has to go to Quebec on company business for the second time this year.
He got volunteered because he’s fluent in French, and the people they needed to deal with are assholes who speak English while they are down here, but [...]
Archive for September, 2009
September 21 2009
Traveling to Work
September 17 2009
Tynt Tracer – Attribution Reminder
I ran across the Tynt Tracer service when I wanted to copy a short quote from the Huffington Post.
This is how it works:
The original portion is highlighted and copied as usual:
“Bernanke said the economy likely is growing now, but he warned that won’t be sufficient to prevent the unemployment rate, now at a 26-year high [...]
September 16 2009
A Munich Oddity
Here’s something I bet you would never guess that people do in Munich. –Surfing.
That’s right. As found on The Juice, they have open river surfing contests in Bavaria’s landlocked capital of Munich.
At least these surfers don’t have to worry about sharks. But I wonder how much damage the salmon run can do to a [...]
September 13 2009
Taking Notes
David Everitt- Carlson left a comment saying he wanted to read the edited parts of my last post. I said –no chick in bikini –no deleted stuff.
This got me to thinking that I ought to look over my notes and see if there was any material worth using later on.
Now, after giving the matter [...]
September 12 2009
Comments on an American in Bamako
Once again I find myself commenting on the globe trotting adventures of David Everitt- Carlson.
This was originally a transcript of a drunken conversation, but I decided that most of it was either unfit or too incoherent for publication.
I went ahead and left a few bits so you could get an idea of how it [...]
September 8 2009
Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX
I may be shooting some indoor scenes that will require a wide angle lens so I pulled out my ultra-wide Tokina 11-16mm, dusted it off and ran some real world tests.
In the past I’ve shot a couple of brick walls, but I didn’t bother to post them because, so far, in real life my none [...]
September 8 2009
Mali Wins
It seems that Mali was a bit too exotic for young master Carlton.
He and his partner made a forced retreat to Munich, hopefully, before any permanent damage could be done. –Watch his blog for the details.
September 7 2009
Onwards to Mali
I have been following and commenting on the globe trotting adventures of David Everitt- Carlson.
Our intrepid traveler has left Paris, France and is now in Bamako, Mali.
(Hmmmm….. I wonder how his female partner is going to react to doing business in a primarily Muslim country? —This outta be fun.)
I’ve never been to Mali, but [...]
September 1 2009
Friends Don’t Let Friends Drink and Draw
This is a real building here in Las Vegas. These pictures are NOT Photoshopped.
The sign reads:
Lou Ruvo Brain Institute
Cure: Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington ’s Diseases, ALS and Memory Disorders.
Click on this image for a larger version.
