Friday, December 10, 2010

Horrified!

How could anyone even think of allowing this to be posted on the open internets?

For background information, see the relevant Wiki and be suitably enraged. Or not.

Friday, November 26, 2010

KD Lang - Constant Craving

kd lang sings one of my favorites, "Constant Craving" -- her lyrics make no sense, but damn, she can sing!

kd lang - I will Survive

kd lang in 1995, singing "I Will Survive", which I still think of as "Alien Song":


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Starting with the all-knowing Twin, slightly larger than Tiny, and a silver tabby
Tigger, up close and staying still for a second
Tigger giving me what-for
Tigger and Tiny demonstrating wrestling
Tiny, a few weeks ago.

Cal, at the same time
My hand holding Spot, but you only see her paw
Let us NOT forget the awesomeness that is Miss Kedgie Princess!
Or the Coolness that is Brady..
A little video of some CRAZY KITTENS RUNNING AROUND -- they insisted on barging through the door and into the hallway at the top of the stairs, so I let them. They go crazy at least every hour, so I'm sure there will be Further Adventures before they leave.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Monday, October 4, 2010


The original photo, taken with a 3.2 mp camera, of the Mormon Temple and the setting sun. Note that they built the church on top of a hill to make it look taller. 





I'd already photoshopped out the traffic by using the clone stamp tool, and here I cropped it down to the central image. 





I noticed that Photoshop has different artistic filters, so I tried the stained glass -- it's ok, but there's no way (or no obvious way) to make the cells into variable sizes. All the cells are the same size. It's ok. 





This version is craquelure, or a style of painting with thick layers of pigment that results in a cracked appearance or texture. It works very nicely on this, making it even more impressionistic. Monet would have been jealous.