Gentleman Shutterbug

I entered the Church over 20 years ago, & a sad pattern is that *some* converts have a tendency to become "more Catholic than the Pope." We yearn for tradition & authority, & soon, too much is never enough. We build a super he-man vision of the Church in our minds that even Leo can't live up to.

Image of actor David Carradine in the 1970s television series Kung Fu.

Kwai Chang Caine.

Horse paste news for a horse paste nation.

This is really a fabulous examination of the Exodus passage, as well as a timely remark about Ms. Colvin.

This was a core part of Charlie Kirk's primary message.

Using a moka pot is as fancy as I get these days, using Cafe Bustelo, reputedly the best cheap mass market coffee around.

The fifteen foot tall cgi blue girls who all looked vaguely like Britney Spears just never appealed to me. Sorry not sorry. I'm an old hand drawn animation / practical effects kind of guy.

The Beankees

Strawberry Alarm Floyd

BBW to annoying guy: "Bite me!"
Him: "I would, but it would take me ALL ... DAY ... LONG."

I've gotten there from the loop on the blue line, traveled from concourse to concourse on their sheeple movers, & found several helpful people along the way. O'Hare is its own remarkable city. Sorry that your experience doesn't match my own Pollyannish memories.

Taxi? Fifteen tops. Forty-five? That's why God made the CTA.

My Konica TC is pitch perfect, and is the best Konica I have in my small collection. I'm sorry yours didn't hold up as well, really.

I'd never thought of it that way, but it WAS a deliberate "fear of the exotic other."

"From here on, it's Chex mix."

With the busyness of life, I haven't developed much recently, but when I have, it's been D-76 for B&W and Cinestill's CS41 kit for color.

Or being kidnapped by a horse drawn wagon full of fortune telling "gypsies," which always included Jamie Farr. If a sitcom lasted long enough, it eventually included this trope. Yeah, it was a different time.

I'm about the same age, and I have a similar story. I grew up being taught about values and compassion, and feel a deep sense of betrayal these days. I'd be interested in the title of the book you're reading.

Image of a Magic Eightball. "My reply is no," it says.

MAGA ding dong wants to ban numbers. News at 11 ... uh, I mean "eleven."

My wife, who dearly loves sweet pickles, exclaims, in a Margaret Dumont tone, "IS HE A *DILL* MAN???"🤣🤣🤣

I usually use coconut milk, and low fat versions of that are readily available. For thickener, I typically use chick pea powder. It helps add about 1.3 grams of protein per tablespoon, and is lower calorie than corn starch.

He's trading on the sliding scale of nostalgia. After decades of trying to take us back to the 1950s, they're cherry picking from the 60s (preferably pre-Civil Rights Act) and 70's (Nixon Nixon Nixon!) now, when the first Xers were kids riding in the back seats of those wagons.

Just one more person to pardon, I guess. Investigate, slap hands, pardon, pay $$$ for being so "unfair," rinse, repeat.

From the Charo collection.

Grimm's fairy tales, as well as Andersen. Andersen is especially poignant these days, with the political commentary of "The Emperor's New Clothes" and the autobiographical gay allegory of "The Little Mermaid."

Yet another reason why I returned to film photography, almost six years ago now. My truth is on a strip of film, a literal, physical mark left by light.

This is a keeper.

Ain't no money green enough! 🤣

Developing my film in the home lab gives me mad scientist vibes.