Colored Tears

Silence may be golden, but it can also be indicative of disease and pestilence. Just saying.

I am back from some short trips and healthy again, which is a nice feeling. You don’t realize what a treasure balance is until it’s gone, you know?

Sitting in my brother and sister-in-laws kitchen in Massachusetts a few weekends ago, the rain was as light as the foliage change.

Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 200, 1/25, f/4.5

Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 200, 1/25, f/4.5

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

  • Love typos: On Friday afternoon, Montoya turned a record 33.431 mph lap on the flat, one-mile track at Loudon, N.H. I might bike it faster. #
  • http://twitpic.com/ikhql – There are days I am happy, and there are days the news worries me deeply: #
  • I'm reading about the 12+ inches of rain that have fallen over the last 24 hours and thinking … that could have been a lot of snow … #
  • Hmmm … is that smoke coming out of my computer? Lesson: iMacs don't make great video machines. Or I need to stop multitasking … #
  • I should stop screaming, "MAP?!? MAP?!?" in my head as I read ajc.com flood stories, right? I should start doing it out loud, right? #
  • There's irony in a Republican governor who prayed for rain now asking for federal aid for flooding, right? #
  • Hey, they made a map! Excellent! – Going home? Use our map of flood-related road closures http://bit.ly/JkxkV (via @ajc) (Thanks @bfarrar) #
  • Apparently, Hertz's new business plan involves making you wait so long you're desperate to upgrade to a limo. With driver. #
  • @rachelwaits If you're happy with the images, then it's worth the effort. in reply to rachelwaits #

Ahhh, the Irony

So last year our governor, faced with a crippling drought, got down on his knees at a public prayer service – on the steps of the capital – and prayed for rain. This week, he called up Washington and begged for federal assistance … for flooding.

No kidding, it’s been wet down here. Not so bad in Athens, though there are mushrooms everywhere you look, but we did get wet, too. Imagine this for six days straight and you’ll understand …

Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 200, 1/50, f/4.5

Canon G10, 30.5 mm, ISO 200, 1/50, f/4.5

So Classy

You may have read that football fans kind of trashed the University of Georgia campus a week and a half ago. It’s a seasonal right of passage of some sort – trash everything. Apparently someone didn’t get in on the action and decided to catch up …

Canon G10, 18 mm, ISO 200, 1/50, f/4.0

Canon G10, 18 mm, ISO 200, 1/50, f/4.0

But by afternoon, it had mostly been cleaned up …

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

  • I kind of want one of these: http://notepod.net/ (as seen on Khoi Vinh's subtraction.com) #
  • Cleared 2,300 email messages out of the work account this morning and 3,500 out of my home accounts tonight. Mail.app feels way faster now. #
  • PHOTOGRAPHY AS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY at USC Annenberg http://bit.ly/4FZtoV (via @HondoMesa) #
  • I love these things – famous photos, in Legos: http://www.mikestimpson.com/gallery/107329 (Thanks to David Noah, via Facebook) #
  • A good morning so far: Got a great note from CNN about one of my students who did a job shadow there. She really impressed them. Nice job. #
  • Wrestling with Gmail spam. And losing. Badly. Glad my main email account (hosted by fusix.com) is protected better than this. Ugh … #
  • Students: you may have heard audiences read at a 6th grade level. You should not make them feel smarter by writing at a 4th grade level. #
  • Get your coffee, popcorn and notebooks ready: 90 minutes until the NPPA Virtual Video Workshop starts. http://tinyurl.com/nyv8k8 #
  • RT @Ihnatko: How Amazon Sold Me An Album Today: "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs Of Warren Zevon" on sale for $1.99 – http://bit.ly/vILwX #