For the Muppet fans out there. You know who you are!

Out and about today, I noticed this feller watching me.

Note to self: Get a bigger lens!

Youth and skill are no match for old age and treachery. [heard on the radio, link found on Insta-dude]

Just A Guy Thing salutes the 70-year old former Marine who snapped the neck of one of the assailants.

Some more details of the incident here. No charges to be filed -- the authorities have labeled it self-defense. Good.

I can only imagine the reaction of Milt [family friend]...
He let the other two get away?

Still not completely happy. That's not a problem, though. It just means I get to try again tomorrow.

I'm not 100% happy with this one. I'll probably shoot it again this afternoon.

My buddy Tony loaned me some old 35mm cameras. I figure I'll get out there and shoot with them, but for now I'm enjoying snapping photos of them.

When I first started taking photos in March of 2002, I was drawn to low-light and long exposure photography. I was always trying to capture the late night, middle of nowhere mood. I scoped out an abandoned barn, large cities at night, a dilapidated farm house, and the occasional county fair. In the years since I've seemed to bounce from one type of photography to another. After the late night photos came black & white film, to include really fast [6400 iso] stuff. Candid shots followed, with seemingly pointless odyssies across the US, camera in hand. I've messed with infra-red a bit. I've tried snapping photos of wildlife, sunsets, star trails, friends, firearms, and friends with firearms. There's also been a little pro bono work in a makeshift studio. It's just a hobby. I've had a few photos displayed in a lobby of a government building, and I've sold a few prints here and there, too. That's not the part that I enjoy, though.

Snapping a photo of something that most folks rarely see is the kick. Now, I'm by no means some National Geographic photographer who travels far and wide, from Angkor Wat to Techugigalpa. Let's clear that up from the get-go. I'm just a guy that's willing to drive a few thousand miles to see something on purpose that other folks would only see by chance. I'm also the guy that will stop and stare at what most folks zoom past every day.

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...and pass the ammunition.

Jeff at Alphecca asks, "What is the best 9mm pistol?"

The one in the photo below.

Why?

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Stumbled across this in my early morning reading: Anthony Pierro has passed away. I'd never heard of the guy, but I figure when a survivor of some of the bloodiest battles of the First World War passes away, I might as well take a moment to recognize him. Right now every other website in the world is discussing what's her name, who died in Flori-duh this week.

He was not only the oldest living veteran in the United States; he was the oldest living man in the country. He would have turned 111 next week. Born in Italy, passed through Ellis Island in 1914, and drafted into the Army in 1917. Served in the 320th Field Artillery Regiment of the 82d Division.

There's a few articles in the Boston Globe, but you'll probably need to register in order to read them. I'll link 'em anyway.

An article from his birthday last year. Another discussing his status as the oldest US veteran.

Rest in Peace.

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