The Department of Peace

You see this kind of thing in S.F. all the time, but I find this to be a particularly clever piece of rhetoric...

Why not? (Don't answer that.)

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The Rule of Thirds

There was a point when I was living in New York when photography got to be a pretty serious hobby.  Like San Francisco, there are just lots and lots of great subject matter there.  I never studied how to deal with lighting or got beyond a rudimentary understanding of the relationship between aperture and shudder speed.  Individually, they aren't so difficult, buy thinking about how they work together can be confusing.  In aperture, the bigger the hole, the smaller the number, right?  It didn't matter though because I really only cared about shooting in non-overcast sunlight, the best light there is, anyway.  All I cared about was composition which I think is

Bo Derek.........United States Special Envoy

Where do I apply?  I'll have to take a break from all the fun I'm having and start working on getting Madam Secretary's number... 

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A Match Made in Rock and Roll Heaven

If wishes were horses we'd all ride.

            --Doyle Bramhall II

It was only a matter of time.  I recently learned that my boy, Doyle Bramahall II, the best barrelhouse blues-rock guitar player you never heard of, is now dating my girl, Sheryl Crow, the most under-rated lyricist in pop music.  Isn't that sweet?  Lucky him.  Mr. Bramhall boasts a notable Rock and Blues pedigree which I'll leave you to explore for yourself on the bio-page of his website.  I discovered Mr. Bramhall when he opened for Gov't Mule at Irving Plaza some time around 2000 or so.  I thought he blew those fellas off the stage and to be blunt, after perusing his personal site and considering his relative pop-culture obscurity, I can't help but think he's been