Seriously?

Rare Nintendo game sells for over $40,000. Details HERE. Now go check your old games box!

Saturday Morning Cartoon for y'all!

AWESOME!

We are ALL filthy pigs...

Apparently not only are we Americans disgusting pigs, but we're loading our fridges incorrectly. Go figure. Click HERE to learn more! Hey, at least we change the sheets more often then our UK brethren... right?

Happy 1st Birthday Vincent!

Photography is Anti-Social Behavior?

Well, THIS really cooks my noodle. Yet another incident in the UK where a photographer is stopped and harassed for taking pictures. The gentleman in this video was photographing holiday activities in a town square the week before Christmas and stopped by police for the anti-social behavior of taking photographs.

Anti-social? Frankly I can't think of anything less so then taking shots of Santa the week before Christmas. Now, if they were walking around completely ignoring the festivities around them and photographing the buildings or something maybe, just maybe, THAT could could be construed as anti-social.

Personally I think police harassment of photographers will kill the tourist trade in the UK thus irreparably harming their economy. Tourists bring and spend money but they also bring cameras. I know I sure as hell wouldn't want to go back there right now if this is what I can expect as a photographer in that country. The more I hear the scarier it sounds which is sad because my one trip over there was not the best and I would love to go back and experience this beautiful country under different circumstances.

Perhaps the authorities and the government in the UK are too confident in the lure and appeal of their historic attractions to be concerned about a drop in tourist visits but I for one won't be returning there anytime soon. I'm not saying this is the only reason why, but it's the biggest one. Perhaps if more folks chose other destinations to spend their tourist dollars they would get the message and change their policies... but it would take an awful lot of people to do that.

And yes, I know... incidents like this happen over here too, but here in the US it's usually overzealous security guards and there is not threat of arrest unless they call the police. I am not a legal expert but as far as I know you are allowed to photograph anyone and anything as long as you are on public property. You can be kicked off of private property. Please consult a legal expert for more information on the laws in your area as they may vary widely from location to location, be careful and have fun.




Boing Boing also has some stories of this nature, as well as the story I reference above. Click HERE if you'd like to read more. And be sure to check out the site I'm a Photographer, Not a Terrorist too.

What The Hell is Curling Anyway?

For a real explanation of Curling click HERE.

For a NSFW Curling related photo click HERE.

Attention Fellow Asthmatics!

The FDA has published new warnings on 4 popular Asthma medications. Full story HERE.

Happy Birthday Alexi!

Happy New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!
Welcome to The Year Of The Tiger!

rawr.

The Olympics!

So I'm half watching the Olympic opening ceremony crap and I see a heartwarming Olympic torch story about a woman carrying the torch through some remote and really fucking cold part of Canada and she let's a local kid hold it. Very sweet, but when I looked up and quickly saw the torch I thought, "That looks like a giant doobie." Am I wrong here? Upon closer inspection it takes on a scalpel like quality, but boy oh boy does that thing look like you can smoke it.

I also listened to a couple of ice dancers being interviewed and they just kept saying what an honor it was to be there and winning doesn't matter they are just SOOOOO happy to be a part of this, blah, blah, blah.... Well, I got one word for those two: BULLSHIT. Yeah, and tell that to a starlet at the Oscars, okay? An honor to be nominated my ass!

Well, on to finish making dinner and watching the rest of this. I do love this shit, really I do... And I'm routing for the Canadian Hockey Team. Go Canada!

Just in Time for Valentines Day!

Isn't that adorable? Click on the image above to find more.

Is this Brilliant or Stupid?

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A website of nothing but photos of Tom Selleck, a waterfall and a sandwich. So is this site brilliant or stupid? I'm leaning towards brilliant, but then I have an overdeveloped appreciation for the surreal. Vote or leave a comment! Have fun!

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Photo Dump!

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