I loved the tactile stimulation of developing my own film. I can still smell the chemicals and the light in the enlarger. I liked watching the image appear in the developer tray. I liked using my hands for the dodge burn under the enlarger. I like using manual lenses and manual transmissions in my cars. I like being involved in the process.

I shoot digital, and there are times when I want to be hands on with focus and aperture. One of my favorite lenses is a Tokina EL 28mm. I have a reverse ring that I attach to the filter ring. What the reverse ring does is allows me to shoot macro by reversing the lens. I can switch from standard to macro in seconds with this setup. Different lenses have different characteristics. My old Industar 50-2 has wonderful bokeh and works well as a Macro lens when teamed with extension tubes. Using those old lenses forces me to slow down and become more deliberate in the process of taking photos. Instead of coming home with 150 photos, I end up with 30 to 40 photos. There will be less throwaway images when using manual lenses. There will be some spoiled images because I didn't get the focus right, but that's OK. The remaining images are framed much better. My next lens will be the Rokinon 14mm 2.8. It's a manual lens.

Fuck the rich assholes who have bought our state and federal lawmakers. And Fuck those lawmakers too. Be sure to wear a condom. Better yet, two.

In the movie an inventor comes up with a candy that had the alcohol content of a triple Martinis. Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall.

I've had it since 1963 and it works as good as day one.

I do it old school, pen on paper.

Our hair serves more than one purpose, so why shouldn't Zebra stripes?

Shave the zebra to see the color of the skin.

Polkadots made them look fat, and floral prints are not suitable for the dry season.

They have Fox News and all kinds of TV evangelist and church services. Remember, those churches are tax exempt.

Your government won't tell you that, but it's true, Glenn Beck told me.

good enough for me.

He was in Futurama.

I have tried many substances to alter my consciousness, but only one of those drugs hooked me. I had a three pack a day nicotine habit. I had to go cold turkey. It was a miserable experience, but worked. Clean since 1973.

After the wall came down in Berlin, GHW Bush commented that the intel focus would shift away from military targets to economic targets. I don't remember the exact words, but that shift in focus stuck in my mind. The cold war was an economic war. The USSR didn't have the infrastructure to survive an extended global war and we knew it. All we needed to do was keep the pressure on, force them to spend more on their military and wait. Osama bin Laden tried that same tactic on us and GW Bush fell for it hook line and sinker.