Mack: 100 Things...

Thanks to Mac Hall for letting me post this.

Mack Hall

 

100 Things to Ignore Before You Die

 

A recent visit to the book store reveals that there are only about two kinds of books for sale just now: those with pictures of the President on the cover and those telling you of 100 movies, songs, places, meals, adventures you must see, hear, visit, eat, or experience before you die.

 

Just what death has to do with any given 100 experience eludes the thoughtful person.  You see Plan Nine From Outer Space because you want to laugh at a cheesy film with pie plates doubling as flying saucers, not because your physician has given you a thumbs-down.  You listen to Wagner because of some atavistic impulse to listen to people yelling at each other in German with Nibelungsomethings beating on kettledrums in the background.  You eat a taco because you're hungry.  You jump out of an airplane because against all logic you really, really feel that some cloth and a few lengths of string will keep you from terminal planet-hugging.

 

Life should be lived on one's own terms, as far as is possible (God seems to have His own plans in the matter), not on some other human's schedule.  Perhaps part of the scheme is not doing all that other people tell you.  Following are some things that can well be ignored in living a meaningful life:

 

1.  Numerology, horoscopes, and global warming
2.  Art that must be explained
3.  Poetry that doesn't scan
4.  Bottled water
5.  Batman movies
6.  Coffee with adjectives
7.  National Public Radio on Saturday morning
8.  That quiet young man who collects Nazi memorabilia
9.  Activists
10.  1968
11.  Fat-free potato chips
12.  Newark, New Jersey
13.  Wedding receptions
14.  Golf-as-life metaphors
15.  Meetings
16.  Movie remakes
17.  Afghanistan
18.  Margarine
19.  Eateries that serve margarine
20.  Holding hands with total strangers in church
21.  Cell 'phones
22.  Sea salt
23.  Air Canada
24.  Belgium
25.  Lists!

 

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I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

-- Bob Newhart

Good Morning!

Taken with my LGVX8600 1.3Megapixel phone.
From RMStringer

Ficus Bonsai Macro

Ficus Bonsai Macro, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Looking at Air Roots on a Ficus Bonsai plant that i have had for close to 4 years.


Componon 40mm f/4
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Across The Field...

Across The Field..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Farmhouse viewed across a snow filled field.

Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
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DSC06374: Country Road

DSC06374: Country Road, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

This is a road located about 2-3 miles from my home. I love how the trees grow on both side and almost come together at the top. With the big hill to the side, you get a real sense of the time of day that i took it. It was very gold this day and just three days later, we had a 6 inch snow.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 400

Golden Morning

Golden Morning, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

If i would have not said where this photo was taken, one could assume that it is anywhere in the world. The snow gives it a desolate look. The sun glowing off the snow looks like it could be in the tundra or some other location like that.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 200

Snow Covered Sunrise...

Snow Covered Sunrise..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

With the hint of civilization in the background and a little fog at 7.15am this morning, i saw this beautiful sunrise over the snow covered field. It took my breath away so i had to get several photos this morning of it. I love the blurriness of the photo because of the fog in the air and the sun's reflection on the snow.

Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/2000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed: 200