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Oh, what’s a week and a few days between friends?

Yes, I’ve been a bit lax with my blog. But in all fairness, I have been updating my joint Strangers blog, one two three four FIVE times since I last posted here. And some good material too, I might add…so go check that blog out HERE. (I mean, there is an elderly woman with a green bag of poo…THAT is worth a click!)

Nevertheless, I do have a few tidbits for Tribulations! First off, last weekend, Jeff and I paid a long overdue trip to ye ole Coinstar machine. We carted four containers of coins: one Harrah’s Casino bucket from Vicksburg, MS (can you say deep fried pickles?), one Classico spaghetti sauce jar, one red plastic cup that looked straight out of a college keg party, and one tin container with flowers. Our grant total: 3329 coins worth $ 235.74. Not bad. 6 dollar coins. 1 half dollar. 555 quarters. 546 dimes. 342 nickels. 1879 pennies.

And what got kicked out? 1 Canadian dime, 1 Malaysian penny, 1 2-cent euro, 1 British penny and 1 Putt Putt Golf video game token.

Also last week, I got to watch one of San Francisco’s oddest forms of civil disobedience. The monthly Critical Mass bike ride through the streets of the Financial District. Basically a few hundred (maybe more?) bikers take to the streets, ignoring all lanes and traffic signals. Their purpose is to disrupt traffic. I’ve only been caught in it once, and it is maddening. BUT, from my office 33 floors above the fray, it is a fascinating scene.

Hmmmm, then I flew to Seattle for a few days of meetings. I’ll post those pictures separately.

One quick oddity from my flight today from SFO to Washington Dulles. I boarded a VERY full flight…eventually bound for Paris, but I had the pleasure of hopping off in DC 🙁

Anyhow, we took off late, because of a missing bit of plastic covering the light panel shown here. We nearly cancelled the flight, before the mechanic appeared with a replacement panel. I was curious why duct tape wouldn’t work!!

Hmmmm, can’t say what exactly I like about this driving photo, but I’m drawn into the abstract movement of this image. Perhaps something to explore a bit. Just thought I would share.

I love photographs of people…family and strangers. This is an odd statement coming from a photographer that struggles with people pictures. I find it hard to connect with my subjects. But I am captivated by these photographs more than any other type, because they reveal so much.

Being at home this weekend and being surrounded by my father’s photographs of my brother and me was an inspiration. This photograph of me is so simple, and yet so amazingly elegant (the photograph…not me). THIS is my goal as a photographer, and my dad set a high bar for me 🙂

I learned two totally unrelated (and useless) factoids this weekend.

First, I learned that there is in fact a Daytona 500 Fragrance for Men. Available today at your local CVS. Hints of musk and new car scent, I would suspect. For those special occasions when rubbing the tiny hanging pine tree all over your body just won’t do!

And second, I read an odd story from Reuters of a 74 year old Finnish man who sued a couple for “extortionate overcharging”. It seems the man paid the couple $32,000 over the course of 10 visits to fondle the wife’s breasts. The judge ruled in favor of the elderly man, saying that “Based on general life experience alone, it is indisputably clear that a [$32,000] charge is disproportionate to the compensation in question.” OUCH!

As I was flipping through my recent shots, I ran across this one from SF. I really like the colors and shapes in this image.