"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
Watching the Oscars the other night, I started wondering why we still differentiate between actors and actresses. To be sure, the industry needs to spread those awards around, and it would seem odd if male and female actors were lumped together and only one of them, a man or a woman, got Best Actor … […]
We drove to Phoenix with Darrell and Mary Anne yesterday for one of our semi-annual cultural outings. On past trips we’ve we’ve gawked at first ladies’ gowns, renaissance masterpieces, contemporary photography, plasticized corpses, and relics of the Titanic. This time we beamed up to see a traveling Star Trek exhibit: Our friend Mary Anne, it […]
When I grow up, I want to write police blotter reports for the local paper! From the Tucson Weekly, Feb 19, 2009: Police Dispatch By Anna Mirocha Semi-Insane East Benson Highway, Jan. 21, 7:04 p.m. A lone woman, possibly impaired by serious alcohol or drug ingestion, put her own life in danger and annoyed many […]
I think I cracked the code on getting shallow depth of field out of my little point & shoot digital camera. Here are two photos of my favorite model, Schatzi: These were both taken with the shutter aperture wide open, focused on Schatzi’s head. Nice effect, and not something you can get with your camera […]
Cleaner (2007) I didn’t know this was a straight-to-DVD release until after I’d watched it. Might that have influenced my decision to rent it? Probably, so I’m glad I didn’t know, because I really enjoyed the movie. Great cast, interesting story. Okay, maybe not the most brilliant movie, but if TV was this good I’d […]
You couldn’t make this shit up if you tried: That a major metropolitan newspaper in the USA would print a cartoon like this shows you just how ugly it’s going to be for the next eight years. And you’d better get used to it, because the mouth-breathing racists in our midst who we thought might […]
1. Hearing soldiers in camp Curse and Sweare angers me. 2. I inherited 10 slaves from my Father on my 11th Birthday. 3. When I became President I had but one Toothe remaining in my Mouth. 4. I am less well known as the Father of the Bassoon. 5. My Private name for dear Martha […]
So in my community college photography class, I’m supposed to be learning how to control depth of field by adjusting shutter aperture (f-stop) and speed. Depth of field, we’re told, is the range of distance within the subject that is acceptably sharp. The higher the f-stop, the longer the range of focus; the lower the […]