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Say It Isn't So

Wednesday June 11, 2008 23:21 | comment icon 2 Comments

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Like many, when I first heard of the concept of Twitter, I was skeptical about the merits of the service. Ok, ok it’s more on the side of violently opposed than skeptical. I mean, we could already read the details of people’s lives on blogs, did we need more intimate up-to-the-minute updates in between blog posts? Is our attention span so diminished that we can only take the time to read information in 140 character chunks?

I could just imagine the monotonous minutiae that people would be “tweeting” about. I could literally imagine someone becoming a Twitter Shitter.

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Life in Photos

Tuesday June 10, 2008 13:06 | comment icon 0 Comments

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I love the Boston Globe’s new photo blog called The Big Picture. The photos are of amazing quality and tell stories that words alone can’t describe. Definitely recommended.

Spring Thunderstorm

Sunday May 25, 2008 16:27 | comment icon 0 Comments

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  • thunderstorm
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In the Pacific Northwest, rain is almost a daily occurrence but this rarely comes in the form of thunderstorms. Growing up in the desert Southwest, I miss the power and emotion that a thunderstorm can bring. I miss the otherworldly yellowing of the sky as the sunset bounces off of thunderheads high up in the sky.

Last night, that familiar scene played itself out here in Oregon and Southwest Washington. I couldn’t let the beauty of the storm pass overhead without taking some photos of the clouds.

My favorite photo out of the series appears below. It’s actually a photo that was taken vertically instead of horizontally (the position of the camera), but I like the way it turned out when it’s rotated.

To see the entire set, go to my flickr stream.

thunderhead

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