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April 20, 2011

Interesting site

CATAGORIES: CULTURLA & PENTURLA,PHOTOGRAPHY — FloridaBill @ 8:40 am

Possibly NSFW, but mostly with great pics and photochops: The Chive.

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April 12, 2011

FROM THE “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH DEPARTMENT”…

CATAGORIES: 110 FILM,126 CARTRIDGE FILM,35MM FILM,ART,History,MONEY,PHOTOGRAPHY,SCANNED FILM,YARBZ NEGATIVE/POSITIVE ARCHIVE — Yarbz @ 8:32 am

I sent this to Canon in the hopes that it might find the right person at the right time… If any of you have ever looked for a professional quality, multi-format film scanner (possible Jorsa) than you know how I feel…


This is less a question than a pleading to Canon engineers… PLEASE develop a top quality film scanner which will scan at least all 120 formats. With Nikon out of the biz and nothing out there producing top quality scans from old and new film, there must be a market. Canon, being an electronics company as well as a camera company, should be able to product something… I know you, the reader of this comment, will not be in a position to help. However, you could forward this to the right people who may understand this great need. (Picture me on my knees begging and pleading for this as soon as possible)

Sincere thanks for anything you can do,

Long time Canon user,

Name and address blah blah blah

March 4, 2011

PHOTO OF BASSABAH JONES:

CATAGORIES: FAMILY,i love it when this happens,MONEY,PHOTOGRAPHY — Yarbz @ 11:43 am


CLICK ON PICS FOR FULL SIZE

February 15, 2011

Yum Cakes ties the knot!

CATAGORIES: CULTURLA & PENTURLA,FAMILY,FASCINATING,GENERAL NONSENSE,Jorsa's Life Picture Diary,LOOK WHO'S STILL ALIVE!!!,NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP,OLD FRIENDS,OLD JUGGERNUTS,PHOTOGRAPHY,SPERM,TRUE HUMOR,WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?,WTF — jorsabeck @ 10:28 pm

My eldest daughter Elayna, known around these parts as YUM CAKES, lassoed her baby-daddy Jeremy this past Sunday!

WORLD PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR:

CATAGORIES: 72 sturgeons not virgins,COMMENTARY,CRIME,History,I hate it when this happens,IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN,ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PROFOUND STUPIDITY,MILITARY,NEWS TO GET PISSED AT,PHOTOGRAPHY,REAL HEROES,SCARY STUFF,STUPID, IDIOTIC, LAME, RETARDED & IGNORANT PEOPLE,WTF — Yarbz @ 8:00 am


Bibi Aisha, an 18-year-old woman from Oruzgan province in Afghanistan, fled back to her family home from her husband’s house, complaining of violent treatment. The Taliban arrived one night, demanding Bibi be handed over to face justice. After a Taliban commander pronounced his verdict, Bibi’s brother-in-law held her down and her husband sliced off her ears and then cut off her nose. Bibi was abandoned, but later rescued by aid workers and the U.S. military. After time in a women’s refuge in Kabul, she was taken to America, where she received counseling and reconstructive surgery. Bibi Aisha now lives in the United States. World Press Photo of the Year 2010, Jodi Bieber, South Africa, Institute for Artist Management/Goodman Gallery for Time magazine.

The link to WORLD PRESS PHOTOS OF THE YEAR

January 6, 2011

BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TRIP COMING:

CATAGORIES: BEER WINE SPIRITS & SUBSTANCES,i love it when this happens,INSURANCE,PHOTOGRAPHY,SMALL CUBICLE INSURANCE COMPANY,TAG SALES GARAGE SALES THIRFT STORES,TRAVEL/ROADTRIPS/PLACES TO VISIT — Yarbz @ 7:50 am

I shall be in Birmingham Alabama for a meeting on February 18, 2011. That meeting will be on South Bridge Parkway so I may stay in that area or maybe someplace where there is stuff around. I will likely add some additional time to the trip and snoop around with my camera and my thirst. I also usually hit thrift stores and yard sales, though I assume the latter is out of season. Dates may be February 17th, 19th and 20th? I won’t know the precise dates until late January or early February. Can anyone recommend some unique places to see, to eat, to goof off and/or does anyone want to join me for same?

January 3, 2011

SHE WAS COOL… GLORIA STEWART

CATAGORIES: ART,CULTURLA & PENTURLA,History,I hate it when this happens,NEWS & BREAKING NEWS & FOLLOW-UP,PHOTOGRAPHY,REST IN PEACE — Yarbz @ 8:06 am





Gloria Stuart, the 1930s Hollywood beauty who gave up acting for 30 years and later became the oldest Academy Award acting nominee as the spunky survivor in “Titanic,” died on Sunday, Sept. 26, of respiratory failure. She was 100.

In her youth, Stuart, pictured circa 1934, was a blond beauty who starred in B pictures as well as some higher-profile ones such as “The Invisible Man” and two Shirley Temple movies, “Poor Little Rich Girl” and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.” But by the mid-1940s she had retired.

She resumed acting in the 1970s, doing occasional television and film work.

But Stuart’s later career would have remained largely a footnote if James Cameron had not chosen her for his 1997 epic about the doomed luxury liner that struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912. Stuart co-starred as Rose Calvert, the 101-year-old survivor, played by Kate Winslet as a young woman.

HERE IS THE SLIDE SHOW FROM MSNBC WITH THE CURTAIN CALLS FOR 2010…

December 30, 2010

SOMETHING I FOUND INTERESTING: 20% OF TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE WOMEN

CATAGORIES: FASCINATING,History,IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN,MILITARY,PHOTOGRAPHY,REAL HEROES,TRAVEL/ROADTRIPS/PLACES TO VISIT — Yarbz @ 8:32 am


Click on the pic to go to the whole series of images from Boston.com

December 29, 2010

YOUR TIRE AND RIM DAMAGE WILL NOT BE COVERED IF YOU DRIVE INTO THIS POTHOLE. HOWEVER, DEATH BENEFITS MAY APPLY!

CATAGORIES: FASCINATING,I hate it when this happens,i love it when this happens,INSURANCE,OUCH!,PHOTOGRAPHY,REASONS TO BUY DUCT TAPE,SCARY STUFF — Yarbz @ 8:06 am


CLICK ON PIC FOR FULL SIZE…AMAZING
A sinkhole created by tropical storm Agatha is seen in the Ciudad Nueva neighborhood in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on May 29. Agatha caused landslides and floods that left tens of thousands homeless in Central America.

See the MSNBC Slideshow Pictures of the Year:

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40688772/from/ET/?beginSlide=2

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