I finally had to face the truth. I'm done with film. For the past five years my vegetable crisper has been stuffed with dozens of rolls of medium format film of all kinds. I haven't shot a roll of film in three years and may never do so again. I have a kick-ass film camera (Mamiya RZ 67 Pro2) that I love, but it's a cumbersome beast and I just ( Read more... )

I think I posted this last year too, but it's my favorite traditional Scottish/Irish song. It was also the most popular song sung in Scotland and Ireland until Bobby Burns came along with Auld Lang Syne, which is not nearly as good ( Read more... )

The church on my street is promoting an event called "Youth Lock-In." Should I be alerting the authorities?

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Who was the only other U.S. President, besides Barack Obama, to take the oath of office twice for a single term?

Ron Asheton, the guitarist for The Stooges, died on Tuesday. He was only 60 years old and playing better than ever.

I know that there are a few Tom Waits' fans among my friend's list, so if you want to hear a good recording of his show in Atlanta last year it's available here.

My five-year old son Max beat me in bowling today. By ten points. And I tried to win.

Holiday message at 5:23.

So your driving your kids to school in the morning when this happens. Surreal.