I Love Cynics!

Yes, I’m reviewing a four year old book. As the debate continues over evolution vs. intelligent design, and more of the fundamentalist right try to push creationism in the classroom, I decided to take a refresher course on the science of evolution. Consider it a sanity break.
I read other reviews of The Ancestor’s Tale: […]

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As may be noticed by reading my posts, I’m both a psychology nerd and a M*A*S*H fan. So when I saw Rule Number Two: Lessons I Learned in a Combat Hospital I new exactly what the title was referring to. The title is a quote from the M*A*S*H episode “Sometimes You Hear the Bullet”. A […]

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I had typed up a nice long review of this book, and then the database server ate it. Fitting… Let’s see if I can remember what I typed.

If you think you eat well, think again. Here’s an exercise for you. Go to your fridge or cupboard. Grab an item or two out at random. Don’t […]

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The best parts of this book are the last 18 pages. No, that’s not really a slam on the book… well… you’ll see.
LiViNG GREEN: A practical guide to simple sustainability is exactly what the subtitle suggests; a guide to improving sustainability in your daily life. Everything, from what you eat to what you drive, has […]

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A book review… a year after the book came out? Sure, why not? Someone has to be the voice of reason.
First, let me get straight to the point. A zombie novel with some cliche elements? I suppose it goes with the territory. A zombie novel that is nothing BUT cliche? I suppose I could ask […]

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If I could award one person with Cynic of the Year, it’d go to Alan Weisman. How often have we, as the jaded cynical people we are, considered the thought experiment “What would this place be like if every one of us disappeared?” Usually there’s the addendum “except for me.”
No, in Weisman’s book we all […]

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In the year or so that I’ve been trying to build up a stock photography business I’ve managed to amass a collection of over 2,500 images. These images are all in Nikon’s NEF file format, a version of the RAW file format.
As you can imagine, I’ve gone through several different workflows as I’ve tried to […]

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As I work to improve my photography business, Urban Raven Photo, I find that I’m reading more and more on photography. Not just looking at the collective works of others, but even going back to the basics, so to speak. This book is not one of the basics.
If you had to name a photographer that’s […]

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Last week I spent a wonderful time in Oregon. It was rather unexpected.
Oh, I knew I was going down there for a long time. But, it was for a work related class on writing and photography. I thought, quite arrogantly, that I was going to see and hear a lot of what I already […]

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I have to admit, the focus of this book review is very very narrow. However, with the recent release of the Nikon D80, the price of older models has dropped enormously. If you are in the market for a digital SLR, but are low on cash, looking to these older models might be a wise […]

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