Pants of the Ground

I have been so tired lately, I have not felt like blogging. Got home yesterday and tried to take a nap, but between the two girls and Angela, it was impossible. Woke up too late to blog this morning, and worked a little later today, so this is my first chance. Looking at my stats, Fred tried four times to read my blog, but alas, nothing but the post about Jon and his flower pot bbq. Sorry Fred, I'll make it up to you... somehow.

Oscar nominations will be announced Tuesday. I will try to create some kind of survey or such that you can enter your choices in for a chance to win a framed 8x10 of the photo of your choice from my Shutterstock gallery.

Had someone else searching for Hasselhoff Potatoes find my blog. So I thought maybe if I title my post "Pants on the Ground" I'll get a million hits.

Did my taxes, and yes I owe, but not even close to what I thought I would.

Here is an old, old photo of mine. I think I took this back when I was still shooting film. I used a double lens, with one reversed. The close ups are pretty cool, but you have such a shallow depth of field that the slightest movement of the camera can change the focal point. You also have to manually focus, which I have mentioned before is not my strong suit, but I have gotten better over the years. I have recently tried to duplicate my efforts, but the lenses I have now are different, and I don't see the same quality.

This is a dead fly I found in the window. I should attempt a roach. Maybe that is an idea.... hmmm.....

I'm not going to take up too much time here. I watched "300" again last night, along with all the making ofs. Visually probably the best movie ever made, though Avatar is close. Still get choked up at the end... "My Queen... my wife............ my love......." The kid that played the son of Leonidas was horrible, stiff as a rock. The kid that played the "teenage" Leonidas was pretty good. Everyone else fit their roles perfectly, especially the narrator. "This is not going to be over quickly. This is going to hurt. I am not your queen." "Clearly you don't know our women. I might as well have marched them up here, judging by what I've seen." "Have you noticed? We've been sharing our culture with you all morning." Stelios: "It is an honor to die at your side." King Leonidas: "It is an honor to have lived at yours."

Anthony Ladd just came back from California for a shoot. Came back with some awesome photos. Here is his AnthonySP fan page on Facebook.

And a correction from a previous post statement. I mentioned Jon's blog gets 150 hits a day, it is actually a site he runs, Classic Holiness Sermons, that receives the 150. Jon's blog is apparantly only read by his wife, her dog Cinnamon, and a highly trained chimp at the University of Texas. Sorry for the error.