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Been a while since I updated. Kinda sorry about that, but it’s been busy times, and I haven’t really felt like writing. Worse, I’ve got some writing to do on a deadline that I’ve been procrastinating, and it’s meant putting off all the writing I want to do, including this periodic bit of drivel.
Tomorrow begins the Saints season for real with the home opener. It means a busy week for me, but I’m still looking forward to it. As I type this, I’m defrosting the chicken that’s going to be the basis of the first couple nights of tailgating dinner, and distracting myself by trying to figure out what’s going to follow it on the menu. I’ve got myself at least half-convinced that this is going to be the year I haul the wok out to the ballpark and do some stir-frying in the parking lot.
And finally, it’s Mother’s Day. Nothing really to note about it, except for its existance and a reminder to be nice to your mom today.
- In Look Ma, No Photoshop, Pop Photo takes a look at some celebrity photography with no makeup and no retouching. How do you take beautiful pictures of people who might not be at their most beautiful that day? And it’s interesting just how much retouching and makeup work is normally done for this type of photography. [strobist]
- Here’s how to Improve your photography with clasical art. Well, heck, it at least sounds like something I should play with. [boing boing]
- Via Dan: The Best Venn Diagram Ever! Heh. [flutterby]
- Does the ShotSpotter data for Minneapolis mean that we’re the new Compton? Dunno, but I think I need to learn more about the system. [metro mpls]
