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The safest memories are in the brains of people who cannot remember.

I can't stop staring at this

Maybe it is the fact that I really haven't been able to keep food or liquid in me for the last three days, but this really messed with my head.

Time

Stripes

An Assignment (Part 6)

An Assignment (Part 5)

An Assignment (Part 4)

An Assignment (Part 3)

An Assignment (Part 2)

An assignment (part 1)

The credit crisis as an Antarctic expedition

The credit crisis as Antarctic expedition from Marketplace on Vimeo.

Emillie Hoyt is Missing

My sister is missing.



I don't talk about my sister much. That's not to say that she isn't in my thoughts, it is just something that I don't feel very comfortable talking about. It is such a complex and emotional subject that I have trouble thinking about it let alone speaking or writing about it. I think all of us who know her play the "what if" game with ourselves. What if I'd done this... What if I'd said that... What if I'd been there for her more... maybe things would be different. I don't know

Dr. Cox (Scrubs)

Dr. Cox: Lady, people aren't chocolates. D'you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bobble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine.

Bismarck

Life is like being at the dentist.
You always think that the worst is still to come,
yet it is already over.

Steven Weinberg

The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

Tilt Shift Video

From the time I first saw examples of tilt shift photography I was fascinated by the effect. The notion that giant buildings could be turned into miniature replicas with just a camera lens made me chuckle. Below are the first few videos of this that I've seen:


Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.


Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.



Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Groucho Marx

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

Tom Hanks

I'm glad I didn't have to fight in any war. I'm glad I didn't have to pick up a gun. I'm glad I didn't get killed or kill somebody. I hope my kids enjoy the same lack of manhood.