AgainstTheWind

Seek Wisdom?

I took my first negatives from the view camera into Metairie on Feb 19, and decided to visit with Marianne as I was in the city. So, I took the view camera out of the park while we were at Audubon park and I took a photo of her. Using my digital as a light meter required some of the easy "snap snap snap" sort of photography I'm so spoiled by. When I got the film back I realized the film was loaded backward, so probably this one of Marianne is also a big orange mess. And I've still not taken out the view camera and figured out how to used the metering to get decent exposure settings. So here's the digital anyway.



A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: Proverbs 1:5-6

Everytime I decide it's time to humor Beth and quit blogging politics someone will say something nice about what I do. This is about a week old, but I find the supreme court a polarizing and fascinating institution. Scalia is a supreme court judge, appointed by Reagan who makes the liberals spit nails. I'm not sure I can buy 'originalism', but my bona fides as a legal scholar are, well I'll look around this house and tell you if they turn up somewhere. Tis a video clip from a TV news magazine. 20/20 or some such. Been too long since I looked at this to recall. It does run about 15 minutes or so.

Another big time eater would be to read the entire series of blogs from ShrinkWrapped on the Arab mind. They're each short, but there are about nine of them now. The link to the first of them is here.

After the 1967 and 1973 Arab-Israel Wars, I believed that the Arabs were "just like us" and that through dialog of equals and some give and take, peace would come. My knowledge of Arab culture and character was gleaned primarily from Television news and newspaper; it did not occur to me for many years that the depictions of the Arab that was all I was privy to were superficial and distorted by blindness and deception

This link was a fairly long read as I recall, but fascinating thoughts on the "Are we alone?" question. Why haven't we heard from other intelligent life? Could we actually be alone? What would that mean?

And I guess I can't help myself. Two views of the Clinton candidacy, both from liberalish views. The first is a firm "Hillary must drop out." The other a "Go, girl go." Hillary is indeed a fighter. But even if she is channelling her inner Republican, I still don't think I want her and the hubby anywhere near the White House. However with the Republicans running from Bush as hard as they can, we'll probably have a Democcrat in the White House. Better Hillary than Obama. Best yet, let's have a brokered convention and have someone else come out of the smoke filled rooms.

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