Blog Wager Of The Weekend

My Hotmail account has not yet been blessed with the upgrade to an inbox size of 250 MB. I sent a tech support email to MSN Hotmail. I politely requested the upgrade.

Submit your wagers on whether I do, or do not, recieve the upgrade.

There's something else I thought of today.

At last reported count (or at least the one I saw) the death toll from the tsunami disaster had climbed past 150,000. Given that the totals are not abating in their continual rise, I think it is safe to say that, when the final tally is made, that one disaster will have wiped the equivalent of ALL of Saskatoon, off the map.

It is a disaster. It is being covered in the media. However, what I'm not seeing is the sense of awe that we had when the two towers fell. The death toll from this event is going to dwarf the 9/11 tragedy by so many times that to compare the two will do an injustice to the suffering of the people living out this tidal wave horror.

Nonetheless, the reporting of it, or what I'm seeing in the coverage available to me, is not quite the sense of monument that we had when the towers fell. Is that fair? Its a world away from us, and so I suppose we feel a bit insulated from the gravity of what has befallen those poor people.

One city's population (or the comparative amount) was wiped from existence in the span of a day. Doesn't that merit at least as much solemnity as was afforded the city of New York?

Are there any photographers among my devoted readership? I looked at my own blog today, and a question came to mind that I've always had, but have never pursued the answer.

How do you take a close-up?

I'm not talking about a nice crop of someone's head. What I really need to know is, how do you set yourself up to take a close-up shot of something small. Since its current, and we've all seen it (you do check my photo links, right?), let's take my example from a few days ago, and the vial of mystery fluid.

Why didn't that work?

Its almost what I wanted. I snapped just the vial of water, and the half-ass background I made for it. Its almost in focus, but not really. What was my mistake? I tried it a bunch of ways, and it never turned out clear. I try sitting back and zooming. I tried being close, and not zooming. I fiddled with flash versus no flash, in case it was a lighting thing. I tried supporting my camera with something other than my shaky hands, and that didn't work. I wish I knew where my mistake was. There are many instances where I'd like to take a close-up of something small, but I never get it right.

Thoughts anyone?

You know you're boring and have no life when you sit down and make up a spreadsheet like this on a Friday night.

Beverage Comparison

Blog Guessing Game:
(yes, I know that I'm the only one that finds all these guessing games amusing)

Mystery Fluid!

What is in the jar?

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There's a line.

On this side of it . . .

GRANT IS PISSED OFF!!!!!

Is the word 'digital' the most over-used word in the popular, English-speaking lexicon?

The Chrysler 300 looks like a pimp-mobile

For the record . . .

I LOVE HIGH DEFINITION TV!!!



we now return you to your regularly scheduled blog

So, I am almost over my seething rage.

Guess what happened this morning? If you guessed, truck didn't start, give yourself a cookie. It is true, my stupid ass vehicle did not start, AGAIN!!! I am decidedly unhappy. And it wasn't, too cold to start, not start. It was the same, damnable, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO BATTERY start!!!

Okay, I guess I'm not over my seething rage yet. Thinking about it irritates me. I will attempt a coherent blog entry this afternoon, if I calm down.

P.S. Chevrolet sucks

Tonight I make a declaration.

By the time 365 days pass, on this planet we call Earth, I shall no longer believe myself to be a loser.

That is my pledge to myself, and the world.