Did You Vote Today?
Seriously.
It could make or break our friendship.
While I would prefer you vote for Obama,
I'd rather see you vote for McCain
Than not vote at all.
Seriously.
It's that important.
Vote.

I was reading Thomas Paine's Common Sense today (as we near election day, its always nice to revisit some of the classics that helped shape our nation) and a passage in said pamphlet struck me as being essential to why things just aren't working out in Iraq. In this passage, Paine is explaining why reconciliation with Britain is simply not possible ( Read more... )

Mary Ella (Newsom) CarenzaCarenza, Mary Ella (nee Newsom), 80 died Sat., Oct. 18, 2008, a result of stroke. Wife of the late Joe Carenza Sr. Mary Ella spent her life devoted to caring for her family and teaching. Beloved mother of Joseph S. Jr. (Diane), John R. (Dianne), Christopher J. Carenza and Mary Lisa Carenza (Peter Keenan; dear Nana to 13 ( Read more... )

For the first time since i was in "college" (read 1997)
i weigh under 180 pounds.

after todays run, i weighed in at 177.

for those of you that know me in the flesh,
yowza, that's skinny.

i'm posting snaps here lately too if anyone is interested:

Fauxmantic's Photostream on Flickr

I'm in Milan for a couple days,
any suggestions?....

Hotel Lobby Berlin


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Here's some examples of what CameraBag does:

Some examples using CameraBag:

Original image:


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Just started using the iPhone app Camerabag


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