PICTURES FINALLY COMING TO LIGHT…
The Florida State Attorney’s Office released dozens of photos Thursday that police took of the crime scene, George Zimmerman and other evidence collected early in the investigation into the fatal Feb. 26 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by the neighborhood watch volunteer. Zimmerman has been charged with murder in the shooting, but he argues he fired only in self-defense and has cited the state’s so-called “stand your ground” law.
Feb. 27, 2012: Police photographs taken within hours of the altercation show injuries to shooter George Zimmerman.
April 20, 2011
Interesting site
Possibly NSFW, but mostly with great pics and photochops: The Chive.
April 12, 2011
FROM THE “FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH DEPARTMENT”…
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:
February 15, 2011
Yum Cakes ties the knot!
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:
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:
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
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
Click on the pic to go to the whole series of images from Boston.com

























