Recent Camera Phone Images 2
More fun with parking signs.
August 21, 2008
Recent Camera Phone Images
Is that phone number entirely appropriate?
May 22, 2008
Subtlety
March 26, 2008
Zen parking zen
January 30, 2008
Laugh it up, Monkey Boy.
December 11, 2007
Happy Holidays
September 25, 2007
I don't think I'm going to make it to this.
Although is is REALLY tempting. (Strictly as an observer, of course.)
(Wednesday, September 26: False alarm. Cancel red alert. Return to general quarters. It seems it won't be happening this weekend. Someone jumped the gum on that graphic. The Klingons say they can't be ready by Saturday, although they look forward to waxing the floor with the Furries at some point in the future.)
September 11, 2007
Make up your own caption.
You know you're thinking it.
May 24, 2007
Hooray! Porn!
September 19, 2006
Bill Murray tried to warn us...
May 07, 2006
Just a found picture to make sure this still works.
April 20, 2006
Explanations just spoil some things.
April 05, 2006
More fodder for the "cat + abuse" search strings.
February 02, 2006
The Return of Ninja Kitty
December 26, 2005
I think we have a winner.
December 11, 2005
Oh, bother.
If nothing about this image disturbs you, I envy your innocence.
December 05, 2005
Obligatory Christmas Lights Picture
November 23, 2005
Cognitive disconnect
I realized today that I slipped over a threshold at some point in the past when I was remarkably unflapped by a Crocheted Flying Spaghetti Monster Dildo Cozy.
Seriously, this should bother me in some way.
November 06, 2005
Wha..?
If anyone can explain this picture, please don't. I prefer to keep a little mystery in my life.
October 04, 2005
SRSLY
(Thanks to Pixie.)
September 23, 2005
...and don't you forget it!
September 05, 2005
We're all going to Hell for laughing at this.
August 23, 2005
Next week on VH1's Behind the Mask
August 03, 2005
Excuse me?
"If you are unsure whether or not you are a prostitute?" (This is a rhetorical question. I don't want to hear the answer.)
July 25, 2005
Just for the sake of posting something.
I uploaded this because somewhere else I wanted a picture of a chick with insect wings.
July 18, 2005
Just for DC Comic fans
June 28, 2005
I have... no... idea.
June 15, 2005
Doctor Doom faces off against one of his greatest foes
Doom vs Monkey Joe
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June 07, 2005
Too many jokes -- all in bad taste
I'll just let you fill in the caption of your choice on this.
June 06, 2005
That's it. I'm NOT going to Six Flags.
Somebody pointed this out. I'm staying away.
March 27, 2005
Great Comic Title
Part of me wants to by a copy of this. Just so I can say I have a Giant-Size_Man-Thing.
March 04, 2005
Somebody help me out here
What does her shirt say?
March 02, 2005
It's too true
God knows I've been there. Not this guy -- but his 'victim.'
February 27, 2005
When copywriters go bad.
I think someone was feeling a little punchy by the time they got around to the "supplemental warning."
February 01, 2005
Just checking in
Found this picture. Felt like sharing.
December 11, 2004
One of those pointless web tools that seems so popular.
Just because I've been seeing so many of these I decided to do one of myself.
Is there a reason for the Santa hat? Not really.
Is there a reason for the straight jacket? The Santa hat.
September 28, 2004
Just a couple quick little bizarre items I found this morning
I don't have any idea what the motive behind this was, but brace yourself before clicking on the link, it's pretty freaky.
And, real ricers are bad enough, but this mess is so awful it comes out the other side and becomes a thing of beauty.
July 29, 2004
Just a picture I found
Boo Yah!
July 21, 2004
Rock the Vote
May 19, 2004
Ew?
I've never had Buffalo Chicken Pizza, and I'll admit it sounds a bit untraditional, but it seems like it might be rather tasty -- certainly not deserving of an "EW!"
April 23, 2004
RenFest part 4: The Pirates
The last pictures I have to share with you are the pirates.
Pirates? What are pirates doing at a medieval English Renaissance Festival?
The same thing as the Belly Dancers, African Drummers, dragons, etc.
Well, actually, these pirates were selling weapons. As cheap as the weapons were, I can only assume they were captures booty. The pirates seem to keep most of the gold and jewels for themselves and sell the weapons they take off their victims. (Either that, or they're cheap knock-offs they get at great wholesale prices -- but that's not nearly as romantic.)
I first noticed their store earlier in the day from the other side of the faire.
I saw it from the back and wondered what a pirate ship, or more precisely, half a pirate ship was doing there. From the front I saw that there was a store in the hold of the back half of the ship and the roof was the deck and rigging, including a tight-jeaned mannequin of a pirate wench hanging from the ropes.
Late in the day they hold a raffle and auction beside the ship. They give out free tickets for the raffle and I got one. I also saw a Katana like I kind of liked the look of. It was a pretty good price but I hesitated on buying it. At the auction, in addition to regular auctions, and the raffle, they offer specials. They'll hold up and item and name a price. The first person to raise their hand to say they want it gets it at that price. (Or more than one person, if they have multiples of that item.) The last thing they offered was a "really good deal" for $25. They didn't say what it was, but I'd seen enough bargains go by that I decided to take a chance. The auctioneer looked out and did a quick count, them announced they had 50 of these and everyone with their hand up could get one. Then held up the Katana I'd been looking at. For half the price I'd been considering paying earlier. All in all, I thought it was a pretty good deal.
Here's Captain Red, the auctioneer, and Holly, who was collecting the money.
That's it for the pictures. It was my first time there. I had a great time. I hope to go back, and if I do, I'll try to get better pictures. It runs through the beginning of June, so I might make it back this year.
April 22, 2004
RenFest part 3: Cultural Anachronisms
The Georgia Renaissance Festival isn't overly concerned with overdoing the historical accuracy. I'm sure SCA traditionalists would have a fit. Pretty much anything goes. People are just there to have a good time.
The Celtic band Mickle-a-do are actually pretty close to what I'd think was the theme of the event. I just include them today because got a halfway decent picture. Their music was pretty good and the dancers a lot of fun to watch.
Now, the African Tribal Drummers were a total mystery to me. They tried to offer some sort of explanation of how they fit in, but it seemed too much of a stretch. They still put on a pretty good show. Don't worry about justifying it -- just enjoy it.
They also feature a lot of elves and dragons and other fantasy elements. Including this guy, standing in front of a booth that sold shoulder dragon puppets. Actually, I was kind of surprised to see this. Not that many people would recognize it.
Tomorrow … pirates!
April 21, 2004
RenFest part 2: The Bird-like Objects
One of the main attractions they advertise for the Renaissance Festival each year is the Birds of Prey show.
This provided me with the opportunity to really show off my shortcomings as a photographer, and luck into a couple decent pictures.
First up, we have what I think is a Horned Owl. (Then again, it could be the Hawk -- I can't really tell.)
One of the handlers walked by with the Falcon and I was close enough to actually get a pretty good picture of the two of them.
The Black Vulture flew up the aisle right next to where I was sitting, but I couldn't get an action shot as he flew past. I did get a shot of him on the handler's arm before he walked back up the aisle to the stage. He wasn't keen on overdoing the whole flying thing.
So, I'm not completely incompetent with the camera.
April 20, 2004
RenFest
This past Sunday I went to the Georgia Renaissance Festival with some friends. Had a great time. Got sunburned. Got a Katana from some pirates. (More about that later.)
I had my camera with me and took some pictures. They didn't come out as well as I'd like, but I figured I share them anyway.
The first set is from the first show we saw -- Rags Sharqi dancers. Actually they only mentioned Rags Sharqi once. Partly because they incorporate some non-tradition dance and costume elements, but mostly because they figure no one would know what it was. So they billed themselves as Belly Dancers. I'd think they'd want to avoid that term to avoid the clichéd misperceptions of what they do. But they seem to prefer the more common term.
I really wish I'd been closer for these pictures. If I go back I'll try to make it a point to get a seat down front. As it was we were trying to stay in the shade -- and that didn't work anyway. Oh well.
April 11, 2004
Easter Pictures
Just recycling a couple items from years past to show I'm still alive.
Ever wonder where Easter Eggs come from?
This is actually last year's display. I didn't get a pic of this year's (which includes a giant, glowing, inflated Easter Bunny).
Personally, I'm disappointed they didn't have a giant, glowing, inflated crucifix.
March 06, 2004
Fun stuff from my e-mail
Since I don't have anything else right now...
February 29, 2004
Where does he get all those great toys?
A friend of mine recently visited Hawaii and found out where to get all the stuff you see on infomercials.
February 28, 2004
Umm...
Not a whole lot to be said about this.
I really wish I had to make stuff like this up.
February 17, 2004
What we missed.
Here's a screen capture of last week's episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. On the left is what was shown on UPN in America, on the right is how the same scene appeared in Canada. Makes me real damn proud. :doze:
(Not Safe For American Television)
January 20, 2004
I would read Garfield if it was really like this
January 19, 2004
Random Thoughts
Tonight, for reasons unknown, my psyche threw up a memory of a truly annoying sign I saw in a fast food place a couple years ago. As I recall, the wording of the sign was something like, "If we don't offer to up-size your meal at the time of order, the up-size is free." It's bad enough that they always bug you with that, but now they had a posted policy that they were going to do so every time you ordered. Only if they failed to annoy you, would you get the reward. Oh, thanks a lot!
A friend sent me this picture tonight. I thought I share it with you. I don't want to be the only one who had to look at this.
And finally: a classic link to one of the web's all-time great shockwave flash video series.
Radiskull & Devil Doll
(Yes, that's about as good as flash videos get.)
January 02, 2004
Ummm... yeah...
I just didn't have anything else to write about so I thought I'd let this do the talking for me. Can anyone tell me where this was originally published, if real? If it's fake can anyone identify a source?
December 24, 2003
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
And remember, Santa Orc knows when you've been bad... and not bad enough. :laugh:
(Thanks to Jim for the Santa Orc.)
December 20, 2003
X-lights 2003 Episode IV: The Phantom Hope
One more set of pics.
Not a lot going on here except a lot of lights.
(That, and I've given up any hope of doing away with camera shake.)
Another nearly all-white display... and the biggest glowing inflated snowman I've seen in anyone's yard.
This one has a lot of smaller glowing plastic figures, including, if I'm not mistaken, Mr. and Mrs. Santa on a hill overlooking the nativity.
Not a lot of lights here but I had to get a picture of the decorated gazebo. Aiiiiii!!!!
Lots of lights. Lots of colors. And that pink curve in the foreground is not a mistake. That's the densest string of lights I've seen strung between two trees.
This one doesn't show up quite as well as I'd like. The blue lights are all up in the underside of the lowest branches of the trees. A neat effect, which I didn't get a good picture of.
Another house that took two pictures to get it all in. A little bit of everything here.
(Including camera shake)
A fairly interesting grouping of 3-D lighted reindeer and tree.
If not for some of these others, this would seem like a lot of lights.
Another little bit of everything display.
(Who am I kidding? That's bunch of everything.)
And finally, my ultimate tribute to camera shake.
December 18, 2003
X-lights 2003 Part 3: Special Skeeter Edition
Skeeter sent along a picture of the lights in her front yard to share.
December 17, 2003
X-lights 2003 Part 2: Electric Boogaloo!
Okay, I said the crazy lights house had a rather subdued display this year. I thought I'd swing by and get a picture of it.
(Yes, that's actually more modest than in recent years.)
But their neighbors are doing their best to make up for it.
and
(It takes two pictures to get all of this in.)
The whole neighborhood gets in on the act. This is just around the corner.
There are even more houses in that area with elaborate displays. I thought just a sampling would give you the idea.
December 16, 2003
X-lights 2003
As I promised, here are a few of the Christmas light displays within easy walking distance of my house. I'll probably add more later because I'm not entirely happy with these.
I thought I'd start off with a fairly refined and dignified display.
This house has gone in for the latest trend in home light displays... giant inflated glowing "things." It's hard to get a sense of scale in this picture, but each of these hellish apparitions is over seven feet tall.
Now this house featured an interesting touch that doesn't quite show up as well as I'd like. Look carefully next to the mass of pink lights covering the tree and shrub in the foreground on the left. You can just make out the string of lights running up the flagpole.
And a few feet farther along, I get a shot of the other side of the yard. (I couldn't get it all in one shot.)
A very bright display, but somewhat tasteful in that it's all white. This might even be spectacular if it snowed. (But remember, I live in Georgia, and that ain't happening.) Another interesting feature are the helical spirals of lights. They're wrapped around the trunks of large oak trees. Proving you don't need cute little evergreens to make Christmas trees. Or do you?
More giant inflated glowing "things." That's not false perspective. Santa's hat does stick up higher than the eaves of the house. And we see another innovative use of a non-traditional tree for decoration. Just shoot a couple strands of lights as high as you can into the bare tree.
And, finally, I admire the way this one extends the lights so far from the house itself. The lights on the left actually form a right angle along the top of a fence around the side yard, at least 20 feet from the house. (The one very bright light in the center is not a Christmas light. That's a street light on the next street over.)
I had a lot of problems with camera shake. I hope do better with that on my next set. Actually, none of these houses are in the truly garish category. Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately for me) I have to go a bit farther away from home to find those.
November 23, 2003
Prisoner Released
The US Navy today announced that it has released a senior al Queda terrorist after questioning him extensively for 27 days while he was held prisoner aboard a US aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. In a humanitarian gesture the terrorist was given $50 US and a white Ford Fairlane automobile upon being released from custody. This photo shows the terrorist on his way home just after being released by the Navy.
(Note: This was an e-mail that was forwarded to me. One of the better ones.)
November 20, 2003
Just in case anyone hasn't seen both of these
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