mark ruffalo picture finally posted!

thanks for your patience as we've waited to get this pic from the movie people (alright, some of you have not been very patient, but hey, at least you're interested).

the pic is up at www.domuskids.org (a fantastic nonprofit if i do say so myself).

terry george and mark ruffalo very kindly posed with us to take with picture as they shot footage in our charter high school (converted for their movie into a CT state police station). watch the flick (reservation road) when it comes out!

polar opposites

for those of us on the east coast (and maybe elsewhere) who suffered yesterday through a daytime temp of over 70 degrees, here's a picture of europe doing just the opposite (more pix at the BBC link, including snow in greece...really)

this is steam rising from a river in st. petersburg, russia.

it is simple coincidence that i watched an inconvenient truth yesterday.

hook em'

driving through missouri to see my extended family, we were compelled to pull over and snap these longhorns. the big brown fella in the back was the most impressive, but he was *so* not interested in us...didn't even swish his tail.

a pic i didn't get: the confederate flag flying outside a bar less than 6 miles from my parents' town in IL near the mighty mississip. (this, and yet i still cannot convince them to leave the area.)

the windy city

the chicago skyline on christmas eve day...

doncha love bigcity skylines? and flying over cities?

maybe not so much loving the flying over water (even if it is just a great lake).

the land of 10,000 lakes

they are not kidding! here are a few of minnesota's lakes for those who've yet to witness this state's many bodies of water in person.

shuttle what?

shuttlecock. ya know, badminton?

except these are REALLY HUGE shuttlecocks. on a grassy, lush lawn, yes...ready to be smacked over a net at a bar-b-que, no.

here i am enjoying a phoon-filled afternoon during my recent trip to KCMO (kansas city, missouri, that is).

the crucible

no, really. it's a crucible (that i've turned into a candleholder).

leftover from chemistry class in college.

moon over westport

even their views from supermarket parking lots are better.

damn goldcoast.

music to my eyes

with my brushes with greatness over, i'm back to givin' scoop on beautiful things...here's another:

a framed miles davis album cover that could not be more visually pleasing.

nothing more need be said.

itchy head

claim to fame: the only flickr photo with the "itchy head" tag*

http://www.flickr.com/photos/true2death/217465049/

*as of right here, right now

bar nun

check it out: nuns playing tennis IN THEIR HABITS
i find it challenging enough in shorts and a t-shirt.

it's big and round and...

another pic from f295 DOT org...apparently this pinhole stuff really does interesting things with light, and without photoshopping the hell out of your work (which is then not really you, the camera, the light, and the subject anymore but your work on steriods)

a hole with a view

this guy takes unique b/w pictures using a pinhole camera in my 'hood - he's really good. and las vetas lounge (panoramic pic when you visit the link below) is bar-none the best.

http://www.f295.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=594