DSC_2328 Originally uploaded by intoxination Here’s one of the shots I got Friday night at the annual Red, White and Kaboom festival in Hamilton, Ohio. We have one of the better 4th of July festivals in the Greater Cincinnati area. I actually had a few shots come out really nice. I was stuck kind of […]
Another awesome piece of work using HDR techniques. The perspective on this shot really sets it off.
I only post about this because I have known Bobby Burck most of my life. We grew up in the same town, just north of Cincinnati: One of New York’s top tourist attractions, a guitar-playing cowboy dressed only in a pair of underpants, boots and Stetson hat, is reportedly suing the Mars candy corporation for […]
This is hilarious. The right-wing site olbermannwatch.com has officially shut down. It says this on their front page: There is no disguising the fact that we have been extremely unhappy with the recent decision of NBC Universal to not only retain Keith Olbermann for four more years but to elevate him in an unprecedented fashion. […]
Al Gore’s Current TV has been growing. Just this week Current TV hired Emmy award winner Madeline Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show. She was hired as a creative consultant and executive producer. I have not been keeping up much with Current TV but I think that will change. Looking through their schedule, they have […]
Think Progress has done an outstanding job putting some numbers together comparing the statistics in Iraq three years ago today, when Bush gave his infamous “mission accomplished” speech, to the same figures today: May 1, 2003 Today U.S. Troops Wounded 542 17,469 U.S. Troops Killed 139 2,400 Size of U.S. Forces 150,000 132,000 […]
To put the ineffectiveness of the new Medicare prescription program into perspective, needymeds.com has compiled a list of common medications and compared the cost to numerous other sources. Of the ten drugs listed (including Lipitor, Plavix, Prevacid and Zocor), Medicare-D offers the highest price. The cost for all ten drugs under the new Medicare program […]
I just finished watching a debate between Jean Schmidt and Paul Hackett, the two running for the 2nd congressional seat of Ohio. After seeing this, I really see the even darker, and more blinded side of the Republican – Jean Schmidt. Paul Hackett, who returned from Iraq this past spring, was stationed in Fallujah helping […]