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This is a video I recorded a couple of years ago at Hollywood Beach, Florida. It was early morning, the sun had just come up, and Ligia had gone into the ocean for a swim. I stayed on the beach and recorded this. It starts out wide, then gets progressively closer to the water until [...]
» Go to this postGrowing up, I listened to music on vinyl records. I had a huge stack of mostly classical music at home, and it was a real treat to put on a record, sit the needle on it, and hear music come out of the speakers. It was never tiring. It was always enjoyable, and I could [...]
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We watched Awakenings (1990) tonight, and I was left with a newly found appreciation for life. This movie drives home the following point very well: you don’t know what you have till you’ve lost it.
Imagine watching your life, as you know it, become unavailable to you, which is what happens to people who suffer from [...]
I know Christmas isn’t celebrated by everyone, but if you’re one of those who does celebrate it, Merry Christmas! Even though the origins of the date are pagan, the meaning we have chosen to ascribe to it over time is certainly worth celebrating. For those among us who are Christians, it means our Savior’s birth. [...]
» Go to this postThe pure color of these rose petals reminds me of fresh spring rain, washing away the cold mud of winter from plants too hesitant to fully bloom. There’s the expectant hope of better, warmer days, and the creamy, bright, white background practically radiates optimism. Yes, I manipulated the colors, but that’s makes this photo more [...]
» Go to this postI really like this photo of mine. It’s so grainy you might think I took it with a cheap digicam, but I didn’t. I used my Exakta EXA Ia SLR, and I think I had 100 ISO film inside. Yet it is this excessive grain that I like here. It lends a wonderful atmosphere to [...]
» Go to this postI find sunrises to be very encouraging. When that sun starts peeking over the horizon and lights everything up in those glorious, golden hues, hope springs anew.
» Go to this postMichael J. Fox appeared in some TV ads recently, to support stem cell research for Parkinson’s disease. The ads showed him moving uncontrollably, due to Parkinson’s. They were candid, and truthful. I’ve always liked Michael as an actor, and I thought he’s been a real gentleman throughout his ordeal with Parkinson’s. I agree with him, [...]
» Go to this postIn a lucky twist of fate, experiments on basset hounds with “bubble boy” disease, or XSCID, have been successful in giving them healthy immune systems, even a year after the treatment. This new method consists of injecting a corrected gene via an engineered virus into the bloodstream of the patient - in this case, basset [...]
» Go to this postStumbled onto this today, by William Hazlitt:
“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.”
Then read up on him and discovered these as well:
“He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies”
and
“Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are [...]
