Invade, Conquer, Occupy.















It's Halloween. I had my camera out to catch some goblins, but they have come and gone, and I don't have a single image. The treats are all gone, and I'm hiding in the dark, in the basement, trying to wait them out.

This is the only picture I got.















I just looked at that first photo, and noticed the blue flare. I'll have to keep a sharp eye out for those.

Road Trip














Ely. My fall trip. Ten hours of driving for a four hour meeting.















Austin, Eureka, Ely; its like driving into the past. The places all look like they had their best days many years ago. It's interesting how much they all feel like towns I remember from childhood trips to the Applachian Mountains. Mining towns.















Lots of churches, but almost all of them seem deserted. This one is about half pink.

I went downtown last Friday night with my camera. Thought I might see what kind of images I could capture in the dark. What I found out was that people were very curious about what I was doing with a camera and tripod on the streets at 10:30 PM. A number of people went by, and most of them stopped to talk, and then asked me to take their picture.















These two guys were driving down the steet, saw me, then stopped, backed up and found a parking place. They got out of the car and posed for me in the glow of a neon light in the window of the Dubble SS Saloon.















The Shonehouse was my last shot. A cold autumn wind was whipping down the street and it was time to go home.

On Message

I knew that Lewis Latham was a liberal, but man, he is really getting mad now. Did you read the latest? Make the good ol' US of A the best damn fascist state the world has ever seen, since we are already well on our way.

I must admit, my knowledge extends about as far as the results witnessed in Germany, Italy and Spain, and I had little idea about the background ideology.

It will be interesting to see how this is received. The man's courage to speak his mind is something to behold.

For more background here is the 1995 Umberto Eco article Latham refers to.