Happy Holidays to all!
Please note that this is a reboot of a series that went to seed a few years ago. I know that there are some photo hobbyists like me who post here already. Hoping to incite a bit more “community behavior” in our community blog. AndiF and BobX used to curate the old foto flog. Others contributed quite regularly, and I suspect I’d miss way too many people if I tried to name them all.
I don’t use anything especially fancy. Right now my Samsung Galaxy 6 keeps humming along, and it continues to serve me well for most general photography purposes. Unless that phone goes bad, I plan on keeping it for at least the next couple years. Some of our regulars have actual professional equipment, and before Photobucket turned into such a drag, we were graced by some absolutely stunning landscape shots, close-ups of flowers and insects, and some abstract photography.
So, I am hoping to incite a few of our hobbyists to post some photos – ideally holiday themed this month. If you don’t want to post photos, just use it as a regular cafe – we can always use a safe space or two to just shoot the breeze. Next month, I’ll be back with another Foto Flog. Enjoy.
Tips and recs always appreciated. If I can incite any of our photo enthusiasts in the process, even better.
I haven’t been out like I had planned this year to take photos of some of the Christmas lights around town and nearby communities. I’m getting better, but just not well enough yet. At least got the Christmas shopping done. So mission accomplished on that front.
Happy Festivus!
Happy Festivus, time for airing of grievances and feats of strength! Today, I’m going to recycle last year’s theme, airing grievances about Donald Trump. Last year, it was Keith Olbermann. This year, it’s Vox. Without any further ado, here is How Trump makes extreme things look normal (click on link to watch video).
It may not be up to Keith’s level of high dudgeon, but it’s still quite the airing of grievances. Speaking of Keith, he has stated he’s retiring from political commentary. That’s quite a loss for his fans, including me, as well as the country. So concludes the airing of my grievances for today.
Modified from Vox airs its grievances about Trump for Festivus 2017 at Crazy Eddie’s Motie News.
The Overton Window concept is one of genuine concern. The other concern I have is one of how strong our various institutions are in withstanding Dolt 45’s attacks. So far, he’s done some damage, and will do more, but he’s been largely ineffectual. Had he actually come to the White House with a popular mandate (which other dictators such as Orban in Hungary or Erogan in Turkey, and perhaps to a degree Putin in Russia) he probably could have put us well on the way to being an illiberal state. That said, we’ll be much more vulnerable to the rise of a smarter despot in the near enough future to be of concern. Was just listening to a podcast interview with Francis Fukuyama on that very topic. I don’t always see eye to eye with him, but he does have an interesting take.