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Reply to Another International Pinhole Day has Come and Gone in Photography JoeUser Forums

Here's a sample from the pinhole. The camera is about 10 centimeters away from the subject but the focus is still horrible. I like the composition and don't mind the hazyness except that I probably could have gotten the same effect from a filter. The most dramatic thing was the amount of dust that glommed onto my sensor. :( <img style="float: left;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/Lori.Ono/SBxcx9r5tEI/AAAAAAAADOo/zkY997QDBpU/pinhole_digital013.JPG" alt="pinhole digi

Reply to Making Her Cry in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[quote who="SanChonino" comment="1"] I say, "Honestly, Mom, I didn't miss home that much. I mean, I love you guys, but (City) is my home, now. It's where I'm supposed to be, I know that, and I kind of don't want to leave."How exactly is she supposed to react to that? You know her, you know how she takes things. In essence you said to her 'I don't give a flying f*** about the family'. No wonder she started to cry.You know I love you, sis, but I really think you could have done

Another International Pinhole Day has Come and Gone in Photography JoeUser Forums

April 27 was International Pinhole Day. Note that I wrote Pin HOLE not Pin HEAD (I read somewhere that Pinhead Day is the 29th). How many of you got your pinhole cameras out? I missed it, but better late than never. A great example of pinhole can be seen here. It's a flickr group for pinhole that really inspires me to try it. This person has beautiful work.<

Reply to Respecting Your Fellow JUs in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Great points and I like how you worded your reasoning. However, I can't join your coalition until it's name makes a funky acronym. How about DiBloSA? Disrespectful Bloggers Suppression Association (Authority?)

Reply to "On" Posting Profusion in Blog Communities JoeUser Forums

[quote] Not to mention it gives the opportunity to try out new levels of sarcasm.Oh well.More power to him.[/quote] Ha ha! That is CLASSIC! [quote]I try to put in reviews on different subjects, not just one thing. If you don't give about my articles, I don't care. I'm writing for those who do.[/quote] Dude, the point you seem to be missing is that your stuff IS on one subject. And you are annoying people with your minutia and making it difficult for other people to b

Reply to Confession of a Epicaricacist in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

[quote] like it, then its good, right?[/quote] Thanks for the vote of confidence! I'm actually not worried about the JU regulars. I think you're right about it being a pretty safe place to post work. I still use the word "wiener" instead of more anatomical terms.

Reply to Do we Americans get too 'hot & bothered' too easily? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Honestly, what I think she really regrets is that it has caused such a major controversy. Tova makes an intersting point. It's not so cool to change the shoot like that after a parent leaves. That more than anything is inappropriate. However, what I think the big deal seems to be is that Americans (I guess anywhere with a huge celebrity culture... Canadians mostly borrow the American one ;) and Britain has some issue) have this huge desire to put someone on t

Reply to Do we Americans get too 'hot & bothered' too easily? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Honestly, what I think she really regrets is that it has caused such a major controversy. Tova makes an intersting point. It's not so cool to change the shoot like that after a parent leaves. That more than anything is inappropriate. However, what I think the big deal seems to be is that Americans (I guess anywhere with a huge celebrity culture... Canadians mostly borrow the American one ;) and Britain has some issue) have this huge desire to put someone on t

Reply to Confession of a Epicaricacist in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="foreverserenity" comment="3"] Nicely done momijiki! This kind of reminded me of those old western stories! [/quote] Thanks, FS. Looking over it, I can see what you mean. Maybe I'm kind of chanelling my Grandpa who read all those Zane Grays and Louis Lamours. But actually, I was going for isolated, forest dwelling alchemist (along the lines of the unibomber) on his sabbatical in NYC. LOL ;)

Reply to Confession of a Epicaricacist in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

Thanks Tova. You picked some pretty fun words so that made it a lot easier. Like you, as soon as I saw the word "auric" I started thinking about gold obsessed people. For me that led straight to alchemy. I would have been too intimidated to go my own way if I had read yours first. Different styles but I saw some similarities. I wanted to use some different words for the ending but got gun-shy.

Reply to GOLD--JUWC in Writing JoeUser Forums

Fun stuff, Tova. I'm glad I wrote mine before I read yours. I would have been too intimidated to go my own way if I had read yours first. They aren't too similar except in the sort of secret society thinking, though my character is a loner. I guess the words lead to that kind of world of acadmia and lust for gold. I really like that you wrote it in that style. Very fun and you did a great job of staying in that academic-journalistic register.

Reply to New JUWC Challenge 4/28/08 in Writing JoeUser Forums

I had a go at this as well. Confession_of_a_Epicaricacist Thanks for the inspiration.

Confession of a Epicaricacist in Fiction Writing JoeUser Forums

As I sat at the table of the bed and breakfast trying to ingest the incondite tonic prepared by my host, a pilgaric with a face of chimeric proportions, a terrible thunder whose verberations threatened to rive the establishment asunder diminished into the sound of scree scrabbling down the rooftop. Curious as to the sound's emanation, I picked up my cu

Reply to Butter Shortage! in World Trade Issues JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Locamama" comment="3"] You're right. We really are used to getting whatever we want at least in the U.S. We expect the shelves to be stocked and complain about the prices being too high. I do think that ethanol being made from grain is a huge mistake. I know that legislation has already been passed to eventually make the shift to using the corn stalks and inedible parts of corn or sawgrass. Of course, the rising corn prices and subsidies e

Reply to Butter Shortage! in World Trade Issues JoeUser Forums

[quote who="KellyW0498" comment="1"] It's interesting, and saddening to here what's happening all over the world. [/quote] It is interesting. It's scary, too. I'm really thankful to have grown up in abundant times. I think people my age are really going to have to undergo a huge paradigm shift.

Butter Shortage! in World Trade Issues JoeUser Forums

One of the big news items the last couple of days has been about a butter shortage in Japan. It seems like a really trivial story. I mean, really. Not enough butter to go around? But the cost of butter is not only on the rise in Japan, there is often a shortage of stock. Want to buy some butter? You're lucky if the store still has some and some stores limit what they have to one per customer. But what separates this story from the silly section are thr

Reply to Discipline on the floor in Parenting JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Locamama" comment="4"] That's funny. It reminds me of the time that my sister was sent to in-school suspension and I let her borrow my "7 habits of highly effective people" to read. The teacher seemed to think it was hilarious. [/quote] That's because it IS hilarious! I'm having quite a chuckle and I don't even know your sister. But I'm assuming a lot perhaps.

Reply to "Free Range" Parenting and "Helicopter" Rearing in Current Events JoeUser Forums

i had a longer post about this. Sorry. I after some reflection, I decided not to share it. Anyway, I disagree with blanket judgements about raising children. For anything that can be considered a judgement call, and I think this applies, you have to know the child and surrounding circumstances and then make the call. I'm with Dynamaso and MasonM on this one. Just because one person does it, doesn't mean everyone should. Then again, the

Reply to What Happened to Me? in Life Journals Stardock Forums

Grey hair could be cool as long as you do it up funky (like an anime character) and not like a soccer mom. I've seen several people in their early 20's who have dyed their hair grey or silver. One guy looked like a doof but that was his clothes. Oh, and accessories!

Reply to Why Puppies Suck in Dogs Stardock Forums

Zoo, what kind of dog did you have? 14 puppies seems like a lot for a single brood. Puppies suck because they need milk! Ok. Seriously, I feel for ya. Over the course of growing up, we had three puppies come through our house. We never experienced the scale of destruction with having raised the three dogs over the course of their lives as you seem to have with your little one. My mom and dad always had baby gates

Reply to JoeUser vs. ImpulseDriven in Virtual Communities Stardock Forums

A I think I like the JU Ui better. I don't mind the color. Brown is nice. The JU seems a bit lighter. Also, Life Blogging is my favorite category so I miss it in the impulsedriven.net. This color scheme is nice too. Love green.

Reply to A Revelation! in Life Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Tova7" comment="2"] I loved reading this. You have such a great writing voice....and the story was pretty good too. [/quote] Thanks. You should see me blushing now! [quote who="Tova7"]I don't think I have ever tried tonic water....sounds too much like colonic...haha..not really. [/quote] That is funny. I also had the same idea. GMTA? [quote who="Tova7"] The Golden Gai sound

Reply to A Revelation! in Life Journals Stardock Forums

[quote who="Dr Guy" comment="1"] Your tastes have just changed. [/quote] They have definitely changed. I used to really dislike oolong tea as it was too bitter. Now I find it a bit bitter but with a very subtle organic/planty sweetness. I can barely stand cola except when I get a rare craving. I also like brussel sprouts now.

A Revelation! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's a revelation! I never knew until three days ago that tonic water is sweet! This explains the extra tasty vodka tonic I had when I was at an extremely interesting photography exhibition in a tiny, tiny izakaya in the Golden Gai area of Shinjuku. At first, I thought it was the ambience adding to the flavor. Golden Gai is a small maze of tiny izakayas (Japanese drinking bars) that are about as large as the average second bedroom of a typical apartment rented

Reply to It's Getting Quite Slippery Out There in Current Events Stardock Forums

[quote who="KFC Kickin For Christ" comment="8"] I think they are over-reacting. It's a commitment ceremony not a porn shoot. But it's taking part in a homosexual celebration that a Christian should not take part in. To do so gives the impression that they were ok with it. Our Christian Faith goes with us into the work place. It's part of who we are. We don't leave it at the door. To do so would be hypocritical. <