Ashes and Snow is a gorgeous collection of silvery monochromatic prints of animals and people interacting.
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I have been writing on the web since 2000. I am a christian , a photographer, an occasional poet, a recovering dreamer, an occasional philosopher, a software developer, an autodidact, and I resemble the INFP personality type.
Flash Photo Retouching Breakdown from Metropolitan Magazine. As a social commentary it is useful, but as a guide for how to do photo retouching, its also very useful. Either way it’s informative. Give it a look!
Another shot from the photos I took going home for Christmas.
I’m not the only one who has notices the similarity of Frazz to Calvin and Hobbes. It has becomes my favorite comic strip in the funnies section. Recently, I came across an example that had me remembering Calvin and Hobbes.
Last Year, a couple people posted what they read the year before. The idea intrigued me, so I kept a list this year. This year saw a return for me to Science Fiction, and to some degree Fantasy. I have, for the past few years, been either too busy to read much, or simply more interested in trying to expand my horizons to indulge in my favorite two genres.I also read more this year than the last couple years. I found keeping the list drove me to try and read more so I could have a longer list to post.…
Urban Saint Louis, a website that keeps track of developments happening in the city I live in, looks useful. I’m a pretty bad when it comes to civic minded stuff. Its nice to have a well designed and interesting looking site to keep me informed. Score one for the lazy web!
A brief note. I’ve been travelling for the past few days and haven’t been able to get online. Postings will resume today. Thanks for your patience!
"We are what we believe we are." – C. S. Lewis
Apparently, much of what we understand ourselves to be is based on what we see ourselves do. Our actions dictate as much of our own self image as it does the image other people see of us.
(1) In the form of a man, a suffering lamb was born on a Christmas day (2) Wiser than scribes, He came to save lives He’s the Truth, and the Life, and the Way (3) We’d trespassed against, with grevious offence the Law that the Father had given (4) Yet God’s love was deep, and it caused Him to weep and to cry as the iron was driven (5) Could it be complete? This humbling feat displayed on a skull ridden rock? (6) Surounded by death, men of murder and theft died a scion of King David’s stock (7) Three…
Snowzilla!
1st Amendment ‘doesn’t create church-state wall of separation’ as a US Appeals Court finally sees reason.
The violinist for the aforementioned christmas program.
The pianist for a friends Christmas Program. One of my first "official" event gigs.
Beautiful Little Girl by Sara, who is turning a year older tomorrow.
Few things are as beautiful or made to suit cold and grey weather like the runes and designs of the Celts. Always did love the particular asthetic of the Celtic Cross and the Endless Knot.
Every year at thanksgiving, I try to take the family portrait. Its harder than you might think. Each year I end up having to photoshop heavily to get an image that is pretty decent. So here it is, before and after. There were six other images besides the base image used to composite the final product. Pre Touchup Base Photo:Final Product:
The thing about family is, its relationships are neither temporal nor conditional. If you are the son of your father, you will always be your father’s son. Unlike friendship, citizenship, and work relationships, all of which can cease to be true after a given amount of time, or under certain conditions, family is always true, whether acknowledged or not. In most religions, membership comes with conditions, and salvation is one or lost based on how well you meet them. But Christianity is different. Christianity is Family. And not just any family, but one with a perfect Father, and a perfect…