December 2010 Blog Posts (24)

Thursday 12/30/2010, marked the last day you could get a roll of Kodachrome film

processed. The only store that was still processing Kodachrome was Dwayne's Photo

in Parsons, Kansas.

While this may mean nothing to those born in the digital age of photography, it is

a great loss to oldtimer professional photogaphers like yours truly. I only wish

I had shot more pictures on Kodachrome.

I've posted some links below that discuss the end of an…

My classes viewed this National Geo special a few days before the holiday break and afterward, it was clear what an impact it had made.  The discussion was rife with great questions that will seed this next semester's journey. 

It really is eye-opening for those who aren't aware of what's being discovered via the genographic project.

What they're learning is that the merging of many cultures through bloodlines is not so much a "melting pot" but rather one big human…

This is my favorite time of year. I know, weird. Whatever. I love the music, the crowds, the lit up trees. I love looking for the perfect gift, sitting in front of the fire, baking sweet treats. I love surprising people with gifts who least expect them.  I love bells on my Christmas socks, my Santa hat, and my Mrs. Clause dress. (of course I have one) And I particularly love irritating the hell out of all the Scrooges at work.

Anyway, I thought it might be appropriate to…

Earlier this year I went to Des Moines, Clive to be exact, to teach a couple of classes. I had never been in that part of the country so I began asking clients about what to do, where to go, points of interest. The resounding…

There are times when I sit down at my computer, lay my hands on the keyboard, and thoughts form, words appear on the screen, ideas flow seemingly out of nowhere.…

Ya know I hate it when you have to narrow a list of great things to your top 3,

On friday i was sent a list of 85 prjects that I had to narrow down to 3 and im finding it hard because there are not only forensic based projects there are some astrophysics projects on the solar system aswell. Heres what I have narrowed it down to LOL yeah need a top 3 now.............

1. Forensic Applications of Mass…

(Sorry for the Re-run but I like this blog. :c )

My first day off in two weeks. I head for the bookstore. I love the bookstore. The one closest to me happens to be Books-a-Million. I can't decide if I like the name or not. What I do enjoy is wandering about hoping to find a treasure. I left with a bag; although I'm not sure any of my choices could be considered treasures. Unless you count the pen with the light up Skull on it. You hit it on the counter and multi-colored lights…

When I was in third grade, Mrs. Powell, the most wonderful teacher in the world would tell her unhappy, scowling students, “You’d better straighten that face up. It’ll stick like that.” Almost always, all the other students would start making the face too, and soon the entire class, including the grumpy kid, would be laughing. Mrs. Powell always said, “Now THAT’S a face to get stuck with.”

There was a time when all I had to do to find some fabulous blog to read was turn on my machine…

I like to make things. I love to play with my camera. I adore words. Here are a couple of my most recent collages. The first is a declaration. The second is a journey. Both, at least for me, were necessary. My brain seems most comfortable when it is occupied with creation of some kind. I wonder why that is. What drives one to build, create, imagine? There are those who engage in destruction and have taken even that to an art. I find that confusing as well. What compels some to scatter…

I've been watching the blogs. Some I actually read. I have been looking for a new blog home for over a year, since my original blog, and to date, the only one that was even remotely satisfying, went belly up. It’s still there. I even went back. But the host site didn't tune into the burgeoning environment and something much less desirable for…

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