If you haven't noticed, I've been playing with a few things on site here, inspired by an idea I got from Yensid. Any tips, suggestions, and pointers on making it better would be appreciated.
Comments:
sikaurai
No, the pink one is from the other bush (we have two), the bush they trampled is a hybrid tea rose with an unusual colored blooms. I have a feeling you'll be more annoyed at the roofers once you click that link. It's always a shame to see a thing of beauty destroyed.
I'd like it just fine if the temperatures would even out here and not keep going up and down, it's just insane. One day it's hot, then it's cold, then it's warm, then it's cool, I can't make heads or tails of the weather. I'll take your word on that and not plan any trips to Minnesota anytime soon, though I can't plan any trips anywhere for the time being, it's hard to travel with no money.
Yensid:
I can't be a grumpy dragon all the time, no one would talk to me.
sango87
I had to do something when that PM system kept blocking my efforts to pass the message along. I realize they want to cut down on PM spam here, they could do it in better ways. Since I'm not good with copy and paste ASCII pictures like that, I dug up one of my best ones to spread the word the only way I could.
scorchbird12
One of my better pictures, if I do say so myself.
For everyone reading, there's a bit of graphic content in this paragraph, so if you're squeamish, you might want to skip it and move on to the next one. The "based on true events" or whatever tagline was used for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes, on the packaging, posters, and in the opening narration I hear, is just a storytelling element (one I like to use a lot, it's called "false document"). It, like Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs, are believed to be (some writers/producers dispute the claims) based on a real man, Ed Gein, who lived in Wisconsin. He's the guy who had lampshades and other things made of human skin, bones, and other body parts in his house, and is believed to have killed several people to get the materials he used.
I used to live in Texas myself, in the town that used to house a Texas Instruments factory (yes, those calculators used to be made in Texas), called Lubbock (and elsewhere, but that's all you get from me). There's actually a bit of a UFO phenomenon that happened there in the 1950s, well, near there in Levelland Texas, but that was before my time. Anyway, the claim by "authorities" was something to do with St. Elmo's Fire (an electromagnetic phenomenon like fireball lightling on a larger scale, not the movie), which the people who saw it say different. As for the Mothman, I'm nit-picky with the details because a good investigation done properly will produce results. And so far, the movie hurts objective evaluation just by having been made (as evidenced in the Sci-Fi investigates show). People see that and think it's presenting the facts of the case, when it's not. Sad to say, but most amateurs are ignorant when it comes to doing things completely, or competently. For all the bunk that's out ther regarding the Mothman, someone has to be there to set the record straight, in this case, I guess that's me.
Most of the time I lean over the camera when I'm in a tunnel with it, or a put my cap on it to keep the drips off, that's how I got this one. Having a good light source to find a non-drippy spot is a good idea too. Fuji doesn't make a cover for the camera I have, nor am I aware of any aftermarket covers available for it, but that's a good idea, I'll have to investigate it a little more given my recent difficulties with an umbrella.
alphonse13:
It sure is.
