December 17, 2009
O Christmas Tree
Yup. That’s our Christmas tree. We purchased a base for the tree this year that rotates the entire tree, slowly, allowing you to see all sides. For the first time, we put all our ornaments on the tree, and even bought an extra strand of C9 LED lights. Since my brain is now unencumbered by terms like “market capitalization,” I can think of things like, “Hey, wouldn’t it be sweet to slow the shutter waaaaaay down and get some wicked blur with those lights?” And since I don’t have to spend my evenings typing term papers, I could take the camera and tripod in the library and set up long-ass shutter speeds and play. Yes, boys and girls, this is what we call photographic fun.
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Received this in the mail last night and cracked up laughing. I hate it when I spend gobs of money on a beautiful four-color-with-bleeds marketing piece and mail it out to a gajillion people, only to have my star endorsement (whom I’ve also paid gobs of money for) making headlines for not being able to keep his fly zipped.Question: Do you think the “friends” who told Tiger about TLC were his Vegas “friends?” Maybe a New York “friend?” Possibly a Florida “friend.” I’m going with the Vegas friend theory, as those showgirls are more likely to have had LASIK since glasses would totally mess up the line of their fancy costume headpieces.