Christopher Myers Photography.

For this work I created a lens of my own design, reconfiguring several odd lens elements to achieve a unique look. The resulting image is center focused and distorted at the edges. I specifically use this lens for the nudes because of its organic and ethereal properties. This series is on-going as I continue to explore and discover.

Exploring isn't bad.

Bruce Springsteen Honors Lenny Zakim At Bridge Dedication.
After clicking the link, watch the video of Bruce singing Thunder Road.

Bruuuuuce!

Bugbear strikes millions of computers.

Symantec said the virus infects only computers operating on the Microsoft Windows operating system and uses the Microsoft Outlook email program.

So if you have a Windows PC, running Outlook email, don't key in any passwords or buy anything.

Symantec: Security response.

When Didn’t They Know It, and What About You?

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Fourth of July Parade, Rural America, 2002

Wil Wheaton Photoshop contest over at Fark.

JeffandTracy.com.
We're Jeff and Tracy.
We're Your Good Neighbors.
We Smoke Pot.

'SNL' is still live and kicking.

The show you'll see this Saturday barely existed three days ago.

Ken Bereskin's Radio Weblog.
Apple VP Ken Bereskin explains a new Mac OS X feature every day on his Radio weblog.
via [ Scripting News ]

The Bachelor - Bachelorette Bio - Gwen
You think the bachelor has a hard choice? What about the choice between The West Wing, The Amazing Race 2 and The Bachelor?

I really enjoyed last week's episode of the West Wing. It was 2 hours long and I taped it. Then it took me 5 days to get through the whole thing. I tuned in tonight, but then flipped over to the other two shows to see what was going on.

So over on The Bachelor, all the girls were getting out of a limo to meet the guy. One by one they walked over and said hi. It was like watching a beauty contest without the contestants from Rhode Island and Vermont!

Over on The Amazing Race, the teams were running around Mexico, jumping out of planes and driving around with no clue of which direction to go! You have your overweight bald guys, your male models, your brother sister team, and an old team that seems pretty smart and not that out of shape either. This show is worth watching just to see all the locations they travel to and better yet, to see the teams fight with each other over what to do next. Leaving all your luggage in a taxi in the middle of Mexico didn't seems like hte brightest thing to do.

Back to the Bachelor, the girls were all nervous about who would be chosen. It was really great. After they chose the winners, I loved it when one girl said she was so happy that she wasn't chosen. Even better though were the coming attractions for next week showing all kinds of make out and hot tub sessions.

If I had to choose one right now it would have to be Gwen. I'll be tuned in next week to see what happens.

Illegal Art: Film and Video

These films and videos appropriate others' intellectual property, whether through the use of found footage, unauthorized music, or shots of copyrighted or trademarked material.

Eugene Mirman has a video here. It's a political ad asking you to vote for a horse.

Records Show U.S. Sent West Nile Virus to Iraq.
Maybe they sent it back?

Barbra Streisand - Truth Alert.

The Onion | RIAA Sues Radio Stations For Giving Away Free Music.

Michael Moore.com : Act! React! Get Involved!

YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR YOU ARE FIRED!
Take the pledge and let the Democrats in Congress hear you.

"I pledge to never vote again for any Democratic candidate for public office who has voted in favor of George Bush's war in Iraq."

You probably should decide if you are for or against this war in Iraq.

Mercedes-Benz S-class.

Mercedes-Benz has developed a cruise-control that regulates the distance to the car in front - the DISTRONIC. This new system reduces stress in long lines of traffic.

Now they just need to develop SIDETRONIC and we'll be all set!

TAKEgreatPICTURES.com

Quick, Get Over Here!
Yesterday my neighbor saw me coming home and yelled, "Quick, Get over here!"

I was an urgent call for help. So I rushed over, she was on her front steps.

She said, "Have you ever seen anything like it? It's huge. It's the biggest Praying Mantis I've ever seen."

"Too bad you don't have your camera."

I replied, "But I do have it right here."

S/he was pretty calm about me taking pictures of her. So was the Praying Mantis. Ha Ha.

Next thing you know my mother-in-law comes out of our house and asks, "What is going on over here?"

I informed her that our neighbor had seen the largest Praying Mantis ever and was alerting the media.

She asked me if I was going to kill it.

"Kill it? I say live and let live. What harm can a little praying mantis do?"

Turns out, a Praying Mantis is a good thing to have around the yard. Some people even buy them for their yards.

But beware, a Praying Mantis can kill.

Movie Making Magic Closes Down Local Pub.
Dennis Lehane's Mystic River, which is being produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, is filming at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain today.

Bee.

The Presurfer - Gerard Vlemmings' Daily Dose of Diversion.
The web is surfed for you, so you don't have to do any heavy lifting.

Sonia says, "#9 is great! there is a sensitivity to light that is really evocative."

Blind Spot.

Speed Racer For Dummies - Frequently asked Speed Racer questions answered.

Question - What's Speed's real name?

Answer - Speed's name is "Speed Racer" in America. Speed's name in Japan is "Goh Mifune". However, there was a Speed Racer comic book that came out in the 80s where his real name was "Greg".

The Opinionated Beer Page - Current Rants.
In addition to the rants, Steve calls Alexander Keith's India Pale Ale the "Holy Grail of beers".

Good call!

Ted has a lot a Keith's in his Canadian Beer Can Collection.

Not Getting Any? (pic)
This recent pop-under ad makes me say, "What the hell were they thinking?"

Alibek Warns of Worldwide Smallpox Catastrophe.

A smallpox release by Iraq could cause a worldwide calamity of biblical proportions.

The Real McCoys.
Mexican farmhand Pepino Garcia dead at 82.

Walter Brennan died of Emphysema in 1974.

"This War Against Saddam Hussein is gonna rock."

Ray vanderWoning.ca went to Bow Falls (pic).

Looks nice.

Very nice.
via [ Jim's New Secret Blog ]

Time.

On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.

Hey Sebastian, please don't grow a beard!
via [ Aim For The Head ] by way of [ The Presurfer ]

Don't Poke the Bunny too many times.

S/he doesn't like it.

Checkershadow Illusion.
The squares marked A and B are the same shades of grey.

No. Really. They are.

I copied the graphic, selected the 'A', and pasted it onto the 'B'.

It is the same color!

Don't drive your car into large puddles.

Daze Reader.

All about sex, culture, technology, art, politics, gossip, ideas, drugs & rock & roll ... but mostly sex.

via [ random abstract ]

When you want something produced, choose Interiority Productions.

They have a very interesting links page.

The Lonely Astronaut is still up on the moon.

Really.

We left him up there.

Neon Sign ICE COLD BEER.
Mmm... Beer.

Scrubs.

Colin Hay appeared in the season premiere of Scrubs and performed his single, "Overkill."

The song sounds familiar because it's an old Men At Work tune.

Do you know this girl?
via [ mo morgan ] by way of [ blogjam ] from [ Guardian Unlimited Best British Blog Competition ]

Nerve.com - Quickies: The Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog Index by Dan Reines.
There are nude pictures in the new The Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog!

Their website's not bad either.

Make your own Bush Speech.

Go to www.unböring.com and click on the TV to see the new Spike Jonze ad for Ikea.
via [ fimoculous ]

YellowTimes.org.

The mission of YellowTimes.org is to offer our readers unconventional viewpoints from which to observe current events, and to encourage new thinking about the causes and effects of those events.

Beer in Space.

Humor in the News.

Nick Nolte has checked into a rehab clinic in Connecticut.

After he gets his hair rehabbed he might consider some substance abuse counseling too.

I wrote a few new jokes.

Off On A Tangent is #1 when you do a Google Search for cold beer!

Mmm... Beer.

Spirits in the Trees.
I was encouraged by a couple of neighbors to go to the Forest Hills Cemetery to shoot some photos.

This is my favorite.

It's a picture of Caroline Bagenal's Sky Boats which she chose because of their actual use in burial rites of Egyptians and Vikings.

I composed it with the image of an Arnold Newman photo in my mind.

Cat TV.

Paul Shaffer, band leader and sidekick on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman, got a street named for him, in Canada.

Google News.

This page was generated entirely by computer algorithms without human editors.
No humans were harmed or even used in the creation of this page.

Cool.

Conan O'Brien threatened to sing Aqualung if Emmy winner's speeches go long.

Funny Stuff.

Conan O'Brien is Mr. Emmy.

I found photojunkie on organica.

All the cat's are out of the bag.
Bob The Angry Flower says, "NO! WRONG! TOTALLY WRONG!"

Artemis Records - Boston: Corporate America.
A new album by Boston is due next month and they've added a girl to the group!

DA Prints: The power of digital art in print.
via [ hilowitz ]

You vote for the sexiest women ever.

American Candidate.
Argentina: The People's Candidate.
The Next Action Star.

Snow White and the Seven Shao Lin.

Scarlett Chorvat.

Push, Nevada.

Movie Poop Shoot - Jersey Girl Diary.

If you're ever shooting a movie about two people falling in love, I can't urge you strongly enough to cast a pair of people who are actually falling in love. The chemistry between Ben and Jen is so palpable, you could almost bottle it and sell it as an aphrodisiac.

via [ pagesix.com ]

Svala has a new album out in the US.

Evite: War on Iraq!!.
via [ fimoculous ]

The Very Worst College Application Essays Ever.

I want to be a pediatric (baby) marine biologist because I like the ocean, small things, and animals. :-)

Spending Time Answering An Email:
7. Pets:
Hortense the Hamster - Dead
An unnamed kitten - Given Away
Goldie, Blackie and Whitey - Three dead goldfish

12. Best gift you ever received:
Wham-O Air Blaster that could blow out the candles on your birthday cake.

17. Been toilet papering?
Only in private

21. Sprite or 7-up?
Neither, too sugary. S.Pelegrino

22. Favorite movie?
Anything by Luc Besson. The Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita and The Professional.

24. Favorite day of the week:
every day

25. Favorite word or phrase:
It's getting hot in here...

26. Favorite toothpaste:
Colgate in those new squeeze bottles

27. Favorite restaurant:
Doyles!

28. Favorite flower:
Sunflower

29. Favorite drink:
Propel

30. Favorite sport to watch:
Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots Football

31. Preferred type of ice cream:
Cherry Garciapara at JP Licks, otherwise Vanilla.

32. Favorite sesame street character:
That Beaker guy. He's funny... Looking.

34. Favorite Fast Food Restaurant?
Doyles is pretty fast.

37. What color is your bedroom carpet?
Wood.

38. Favorite Band?
Right now it's Imogen Heap's new band FrouFrou. I'm listening to their new CD over and over and over again.


44. Most annoying thing that someone else does:
Chew gum and smoke.

45. Bedtime?
After Jay's monologue.

48. Favorite all-time TV show:
Now it seems to be 24. It's appointment TV, and once you get started, you don't want to miss an episode.

51. Favorite music:
I tend to prefer pop/rock with an additional interest in some of the new electronic music, refined ambient techno, synth-pop, euro-beat, and new wave.!

52. What CD is in your player right this second?
I don't use a CD player anymore. I have 1,298 songs on my iTunes/iPod.

A model presents a transparent yellow blouse.
Ahem. That's not all she's presenting.

Volkswagen of America's New Beetle TOPLESS!

Google Glossary.

Glyphiti.

The Flaming Lips made the Shortlist.

Taking pictures with blueprint paper.

MuseumStuff.com
1,000's of online Museums.

partytown.com
Streaming Freedom Network.

John Cusack For President.

John Cusack's new movie Max, is about Hitler, and discussed in this recent Salon article.

He proposed to her.

Photos From Jamaica Plain
     

I took these new photos while listening to froufrou on my iPod. It's amazing how music can put you in another place. It really put me in the mood to concentrate on taking pictures. I felt like I was in a picture taking zone. Everything was so clear to me.

Hope you like them.

CEOExpress: Business portal for executives created by a CEO.
Here's that page full of links, that college students love to use, for doing research.

Marc's Voice.
Marc Canter has a lot to talk about on his weblog including Home Lans, Broadband and Devices. But his weblog is really more interesting than just those topics that he lists at the top of his page.

He also likes movies and TV.

Jennifer Lopez: The Perfume.
J-Lo poses nude in a shower plugging the fragrance Glow.

Lots of Robots.

Say Anything....
To know Lloyd Dobler is to love him. Diane Court is about to know Lloyd Dobler.

This Cameron Crowe movie is worth seeing.

PinkMonkey.com-360 Literature Notes, Free Booknotes,Book Notes Study Guides, Online Textbooks.

PHOTOhype com, run by Geo D. Oliver, features some amazing photography like this photo he took of Jules Lund, a model & radio/TV personality down in Melbourne, Australia.

iChat Can't See Old People.
The reason that your AOL IM buddies seem to be offline when using Apple's OS X iChat, is that they are on an older version of AIM.

For you to be able to see Windows AIM users, they need to be using AIM v 4.8.2790 or later.

If you want to use another AIM client try Adium, it rocks!

Photo Booth Pictures
It's going to be a book full of Photo Booth Pictures.

These photo booth pictures aren't in the book.

More photo booth pictures.

Two people puckering in a photo booth, it's found art.

Even more photo booth pictures.

The Operators photo booth pictures.

28 pages of photo booth pictures from The Long Shot bar in Oxford, Mississippi.

The PHOTObooth IN Zurich features little stories!

The trailer for Jerry Seinfeld's movie, Comedian is funny.

Very funny.
via [ salted wound ]

Amazing September 11 Anniversary links.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Jellies.
A calming QuickTime video on this day of rememberance.

CinemaNow shows online movies, for free and pay per view.

You can use PlanetFeedback to send a compliment or complaint to company, or you can just browse through all the letters that others have already written.

Looks like Volkswagen has a problem with their Window Regulators!

Take a picture of the bathroom, in your dorm or favorite neighborhood bar; and you could win Jimmy Fallon's new CD, The Bathroom Wall.

I guess I'll go to my local bar, since my dorm room is two hours away and many years in the past.

If you have time, you might want to check out FHM's collection of links to the 100 Greatest Online Games.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein needs help in the bedroom, slaughters gazelles for dinner and likes Frank Sinatra.

Elisha Cuthbert is one reason to watch 24 this season.

Wild On E! New Host: Cindy Taylor.

Dictionaraoke.org - The Singing Dictionary.
Audio clips from online dictionaries sing the hits of yesterday and today.

Yikes! Take on Me.

JIGSAW...Put Him Together...He'll Tear You APART!
Check out the trailer for this soon to be underground cult classic horror movie.

Health Warning Images on packs of cigarettes, in Canada, seem to be effective.

Let's put them on packs of cigarettes here in the US.

Mission accomplished.