tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58993272487550554882024-02-18T21:03:16.134-06:00THE BLACKMOUTHThis is cheaper than therapy.Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-43932150045478186672011-03-31T10:08:00.000-05:002011-03-31T10:08:25.285-05:00Smile Of The DaySmile of the day comes courtesy of this young man and his pet...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>There's a good bio of Harry Houdini at Biography.com - <a href="http://www.biography.com/articles/Harry-Houdini-40056">Check it out</a>.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I do.</b><br />
<b>They represent the childhood experience of simpler times.</b><br />
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<b>Many thanks to the wonderful artists that captured these on film.</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-40121692634307277772011-03-21T13:38:00.000-05:002011-03-21T13:38:30.424-05:00Paris<b>I was fortunate enough to visit Paris some years back and remember it fondly.</b><br />
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<b>I often wonder if I will ever return.</b><br />
<b>To be sure, I would love the opportunity.</b><br />
<b>But, the last visit was so perfect, I sometimes fear spoiling the memory of such a beautiful place.</b><br />
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<b>Then I see pictures like those below and I realize that the risk is probably worth the reward...I'd be a fool to not go back should the chance present itself.</b><br />
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<b>Here's a whole <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32166852/ns/travel-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1">gallery of Paris pictures</a> if you like the images below.</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-35031495060092475992011-03-17T17:59:00.000-05:002011-03-17T17:59:50.998-05:00St. PatrickSure the holiday is mostly popular because of the Irish in America.<br />
St. Patrick's Day was a somewhat minor holiday in Ireland until Irish-Americans (likely wanting a taste of home) helped make it the huge celebration it is today.<br />
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And, though Guinness is my favorite beer and I celebrate today with the best of them, it should be noted by everyone (Irish or not) that St. Patrick was a rather interesting fellow. Certainly one worth reading about.<br />
And for <i>nearly </i>all you ever could know about St. Patrick - <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm">here's a great site</a>.<br />
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<b>His partner was a bomb sniffing Springer Spaniel named Theo.</b><br />
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<b>Only hours after Tasker was shot and killed by a sniper in Afghanistan, Theo died of a seizure...some claim it was a broken heart.</b><br />
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<b>May both rest in peace. </b><br />
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Peace.Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-15118038060273679352011-03-10T22:17:00.000-06:002011-03-10T22:17:43.267-06:00First Photograph Of A Human Being Ever!<b>What is believed to be the very first time a person was caught on film.</b><br />
<b>The year was 1838. </b><br />
<b>The medium is not really a "photograph" but a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype">daguerreotype</a>.</b><br />
<b>The image was taken by the inventor of the medium himself, Louis Daguerre.</b><br />
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<b>The "person" in the image is of a man getting his boots shined on the corner of a boulevard in Paris.</b><br />
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<b>The sidewalks and streets of Paris were likely busy during the taking of the "snapshot" and not empty as the appear.</b><br />
<b>But, the process for taking the image took approximately 10 minutes.</b><br />
<b>Thus, anything that wasn't relatively still for 10 minutes did not appear on the daguerreotype.</b><br />
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<b>A fine study of the image has been done by <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/%7Enjenkins/archives/2007/08/at_the_corner.html">Nicholas Jenkins</a>. See his blog for more information about this amazing picture.</b><br />
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<b>I'm talking about live crabs, bikes (Yes. Bicycles), milk, and toilet paper.</b><br />
<b>Those are some examples of the weirdness I'm referring to...<a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41876929/ns/today-money/?gt1=43001">HAVE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF</a>!</b><br />
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<b>The appearance of a good tread is no indicator.</b><br />
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<b>This video is from 2008, but still applicable to today's tire purchases.</b><br />
<b>Become an educated buyer of tires to avoid buying or driving on old tires.</b><br />
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<b>His work is amazing.</b><br />
<b>And all of the artwork in this video was created by Levan as a teenager.</b><br />
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<b>Here's his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LEVANartist">Youtube page</a> for more videos of his work and one of him playing the piano.</b><br />
<b>Yes. He's a great piano player, too.....and all by ear (never had one lesson).</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-2596044856808411782011-03-03T09:04:00.000-06:002011-03-03T09:04:39.177-06:00Black And White Photographs<b>Sometimes color ruins a photograph. </b><br />
<b>Below are some examples.</b><br />
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<b>Each of these photos would not be nearly as good had they been taken in color.</b><br />
<b>Click the link below each picture to see more work from the artist. </b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pushkar87/">Push1987</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="San Ramon, CA" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4097659094_b5e78bd096.jpg" width="500" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyw566/">BetsyW566</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pablogermade/4192393531/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Luz en San Benito by Pablo Germade, on Flickr"><img alt="Luz en San Benito" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4192393531_0a7d7611c9.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pablogermade/">Pablo Germade</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7734779@N05/4191159173/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Final_2 by spenser81, on Flickr"><img alt="Final_2" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4191159173_17c56cb96b.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7734779@N05/">Spenser81</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nenaddjedovic/4179741549/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Footman by Nenad Djedovic, on Flickr"><img alt="Footman" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/4179741549_40b3e5b55a.jpg" width="333" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nenaddjedovic/">Nenad Djedovic</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>The last two are my personal favorites.</b><br />
<b>But, they're all great. </b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-51264104935593807492011-03-02T07:36:00.000-06:002011-03-02T07:36:05.206-06:00Dr. Seuss<b>Let's remember today as the day one of the greatest children's book authors was born....THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL...or, as we all know him, Dr. Seuss.</b><br />
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<b>What American childhood in the last few decades has not been touched by one of Seuss' stories?</b><br />
<b>We all have a favorite. Mine is <i>The Cate in the Hat</i>.</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-68671775006918734542011-03-01T09:56:00.000-06:002011-03-01T09:56:53.908-06:00Remote Control Spybots - birds, insects, etc<b>Careful! That may not be a real hummingbird at your bedroom window.</b><br />
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<b>Companies like <a href="http://www.avinc.com/">AeroVironment</a> are developing spybots that look and act like insects and birds.</b><br />
<b>These bots are meant for use by the military.</b><br />
<b>Officials suggest they could be used by police and fire departments, too.</b><br />
<b>Although, I can't imagine why the fire department needs their camera to look like a hummingbird.</b><br />
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<b>Check out the video of AeroVironment's Nano Hummingbird in action below.</b><br />
<b>The upper left corner of the video is a feed from the Hummingbird's camera (located in it's belly).</b><br />
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<b>If that doesn't give you any the <i>willies</i>, consider this:</b><br />
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<b>The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<a href="http://www.darpa.mil/">DARPA</a>) is creating ways to use <i>REAL</i> insects (equipped with cameras and manipulated by electric stimulation) in the way the Hummingbird above can be used.</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-27560703114236031412011-02-28T09:35:00.000-06:002011-02-28T09:35:59.136-06:00The Dirty Thirties -- Dustbowl photos<b>There are many reports relating the hardships created by the <a href="http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/D/DU011.html">Dustbowl</a> years of the 1930's.</b><br />
<b>So many deaths and so many nightmares.</b><br />
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<b>We should learn the stories of the people most effected.</b><br />
<b>Also important to remember: the cause of the "black blizzards" was man-made. </b><br />
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<b>Humanity continues to shape our world for our <i>benefit</i>.</b><br />
<b>What generation will suffer another tragic response by mother nature?</b><br />
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<b>As, the saying goes, <i>"It is the doom of men that they forget"</i>.</b><br />
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<b>Here are some photos from the period:</b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b>Having been fortunate enough to do a little traveling in my lifetime, I thought I’d share my list of TOP 5 TRAVEL FACTS…#1 being the most important to remember:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>5. Get used to the idea that itineraries are not set in stone</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>It’s okay to have an itinerary. But, don’t fill up every second of your trip with a scheduled event. You will fail at staying on schedule. More importantly, you will fail to enjoy your trip</b>.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>4. Expect surprises</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>Some will be pleasant: Some of the best nachos I’ve ever eaten were not in Mexico, Texas, or California, but in Scotland. Yes. Right in the Highlands…they were delicious.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>Some will be unpleasant: My family once had a tire blow out at TWO separate times during ONE short two-hour drive on a weekend get-away. One-blowout-per-hour is not a good measure of travel distance.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Pack Light</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>In order to take only what you need, you should know what “need” is.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>6 pairs of shoes for a 10 day trip is probably not something that falls in the “need” category. Sure, MAYBE you might sometimes regret not packing something. But you WILL ALWAYS be glad you don’t have to lug heavy bags on and off of vehicles, through parking lots, or in and out of airports.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>2. Meet the locals and get to know yourself a little better</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>Forget the stereotypes. I’ve been to Paris, France and I’ve been to New York City.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>I have not met one person that fits either of the negative stereotypes most people associate with both of those cities. Visit the tourist-traps for the fun of it. There's nothing wrong with it. But, for truer and more exhilarating travels visit with the locals. You will be glad for the experience. You will discover as much about yourself as you will about other people.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>1. Go somewhere, ANYWHERE!</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>My family never has been financially well-off, but my mother loved to travel…she still does.</b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><b>As a child in my mother’s home we scraped up and saved up all we could for our vacations. Then we packed into our old station-wagon and make great memories. Most of our trips weren’t the kind you find in popular travel books and magazines. Most were to simple inexpensive places. But ALL were vacations that live fondly in my memory. </b></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Ultimately, it’s not the destination that makes vacations great. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>It’s the time spent away from the daily drudgery life is filled with. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Disney World is truly magical. Paris at night is lovely. The English countryside is beautiful in the spring. I’ve been lucky enough to experience these things and will not argue the facts.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>But the emotional benefits of my time spent traveling with my family are what made the biggest impressions on me as a child. And now, I gather life-long memories from vacations with my own children. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<b>I wish could see it live some day.</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-76130370351551240762011-02-18T08:56:00.001-06:002011-02-18T08:56:00.242-06:0011yr old drummer - ROCKS!<strong>Sure I've always been a Dream Theater fan.</strong><br />
<strong>And sure, I think Mike Portnoy is one of the best drummers ever.</strong><br />
<strong>But, even if neither of those things were true -- THIS young man is awesome.</strong><br />
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<strong>If 8 dead flies can power a clock for 12 days, what will the world use other organisms for in the future?</strong><br />
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<strong>Turning the consumption of organisms into electricity sounds like a recipe for disaster.</strong><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-89145282578499792232011-02-16T09:36:00.008-06:002011-02-16T09:36:00.803-06:00Little People<strong>This is such a fascinating art form.</strong><br />
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<strong>Check out the rest of the bunch at the </strong><a href="http://little-people.blogspot.com/"><strong>Little People Project Blog</strong></a><br />
<strong>MAKE SURE you check out the archives -- these creations go back years, so there are A LOT.</strong><br />
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<strong>I just can't get enough of these little guys and gals.</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the little dudes?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's a <em>VIDEO</em> on the artist's blog showing this being created</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hope he's got a BIG wallet!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Check out the <a href="http://little-people.blogspot.com/">artist's blog</a>!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div>Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-3670794213510565922011-02-15T08:42:00.001-06:002011-02-15T08:42:00.810-06:00Are you paying the IRS too much money?<strong>Here are some interesting facts I found on the</strong><a href="http://www.daveramsey.com/home/"><strong> Dave Ramsey</strong></a><strong> site:</strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #990000;">According to the U.S. Government</span></strong><br />
<ul sizcache="0" sizset="186"><li><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Over $1 billion is overpaid to the IRS </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #990000;">2.2 million people overpay taxes </span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #990000;">61% of homeowners miss deductions </span></strong></li>
</ul><strong><span style="color: #990000;">The IRS does make mistakes</span></strong><br />
<ul sizcache="0" sizset="189"><li><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Incorrectly accuses thousands of owing money </span></strong></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Mistakenly keeps an average of $438 of standard deductions </span></strong></li>
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<strong>Research shows that a lot of those people overpaying the IRS are Americans who go to less-than-qualified tax professionals to get their taxes done.</strong><br />
<strong>So, my friends, please take the time to do your homework before deciding who gets to do your taxes.</strong><br />
<strong>Going to someone just because they do your taxes cheap may be costing you money in the long run</strong><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-19498809065137998862011-02-14T08:03:00.009-06:002011-02-14T11:33:17.820-06:00Happy Valentine's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hPiDndFKxCnVI8L_FyCgulWI-w4O6-3JK1hOfXmlcgaQHm7dHg52yONN-ZRGZxjyJaOv1l4lo2nFX1dL578VTo7vFizW4aOP7kXW5PwvaCyiKIGox1HKaqPbJ_p6m9d3M8XXgmDZh354/s1600/LOGO-Valentine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hPiDndFKxCnVI8L_FyCgulWI-w4O6-3JK1hOfXmlcgaQHm7dHg52yONN-ZRGZxjyJaOv1l4lo2nFX1dL578VTo7vFizW4aOP7kXW5PwvaCyiKIGox1HKaqPbJ_p6m9d3M8XXgmDZh354/s1600/LOGO-Valentine.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Forget about the commercialism of the holiday.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Just make sure you spend some time doing what today was meant for.</strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Whether it's your spouse, girlfriend, boyfriend, parent, child, brother/sister, neighbor, or friend.......FIND <em>SOMEBODY</em> TO LOVE TODAY!</strong></div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/halftones-lineshots/112095624/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="kissing chimps by kidkodak, on Flickr"><img alt="kissing chimps" height="338" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/112095624_eb1aee3114.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two know what it's all about!</td></tr>
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Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/halftones-lineshots/">kidkodak</a>Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5899327248755055488.post-63877196798478494432011-02-11T21:26:00.000-06:002011-02-11T21:26:13.283-06:00Dusk<b>I have always enjoyed photos of city streets at dusk.</b><br />
<b>I do not know why they hold such fascination for me, but they do.</b><br />
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<b>Coincidentally, Dylan Thomas' "<a href="http://www.liebreich.com/LDC/HTML/Various/Thomas.html">Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night</a>" is one of my favorite poems.</b><br />
<b>It has been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember.</b><br />
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<b>I can stare at photos like those I found on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a> (below) for a really long time.</b><br />
<b>Something about the city lights and the fading blue sky combines to make every picture of a city at dusk postcard worthy.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zedzap/">zedzap</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracydekalb/">tracydekalb</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yozza/">yozza</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/altamiranopics/5425429904/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Dusk by Rafakoy, on Flickr"><img alt="Dusk" height="331" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5212/5425429904_b7ef9f8a11.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/altamiranopics/">Rafakoy</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eskimo_jo/1553719576/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Further Over by eskimo_jo, on Flickr"><img alt="Further Over" height="375" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2217/1553719576_672c3cbe60.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eskimo_jo/">eskimo_jo</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicanew/249227300/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Street Sunset by Jessica New, on Flickr"><img alt="Street Sunset" height="333" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/249227300_65bd166597.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicanew/">Jessica New</a></td></tr>
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<b>Rage against the dying of the light!</b><br />
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Cheers!Blackmouthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01923874035358532025noreply@blogger.com0