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Reflections in the torrent

Off the grid

Right now I’m sitting next to some hippie kids who are talking about moving to southern Oregon where they think they’ll be able to “live off the grid”.
The tragedy here is that there is only one person I know who might find that line as hilarious as I do but I since that relationship […]

Crime Scene: Produce

It’s sad how people mistreat tomatos these days. They have no respect for quality produce.

Never microwave an egg

Odd guilty feeling

While I was taking photos at my boss’s baby’s bris Saturday I grabbed a tart to eat. I looked up to see my dentist standing across the table watching me…judging me and for the weak sugar crazed monster I am.
This created an odd feeling of guilt, like being caught by your parents taking a […]

Grilling

For some odd reason my landlord bought a propane grill (that’s a clean burnin’ hell) for this little apartment complex I live in. Joe rules!
So now I’m wandering in and out of my apartment tonight, charring food like a real man. I’m drinking a beer while I’m doing this. Which is the only way you […]

Photographer

This is what it looks like when I use someone’s good digtial SLR camera to photograph the bris festivities.

Sure, it’s a silly ego trip but the picture still amuses me since I’m usually the one never seen.

Perfect simple insight into the human condition

…in the form of a workman like explanation for the absolute need for an objective for a character in a scene in a film or play.

An important thing to remember about objectives its that they don’t have to be realistic. People don’t always know what they want; what they want is not necessarily something they […]

Search light scanning the night

What could they be looking for? What is out there that requires a powerful search light pointing at the sky? What are they not telling us? Who are they? Where do they go to eat lunch? What are they wearing right now? Do you think they might like some pie with a scotch chaser?