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Cats, by Shem Compion

By Aaron Macks on February 4, 2010 10:24 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
From the lens of Shem Compion, samples from two of his galleries:

Large Cats of Africa
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And part of a series on why porcupines are not afraid of leopards, Leopard and Porcupine
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WWII Bombers

By Aaron Macks on January 27, 2010 10:57 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Two photos of WWII Bombers under construction.  First a field of nose domes being polished
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1943( via)
B-24 Bombers mid-assembly, April 1943
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(From Shorpy)

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Fore!

By Aaron Macks on January 24, 2010 12:01 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
From the boston.com 2009 Year in Photos series comes this shot:
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a tennis racket to return an empty tear gas canister at Israeli soldiers during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah October 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)

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Personally I think Dunlop tennis rackets should use it as a promotional, but that's just me
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Kool-Aid Man, Origins

By Aaron Macks on January 21, 2010 8:16 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
From the stained glass in the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Troyes, France comes this stained-glass window, which broadly tells the story of Job*
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In the trefoil at the top of the middle window there is a piece of heraldry, perhaps the arms of the donor of the window.  It is quite plainly the Kool-Aid Man, about to pour a cold glass of himself.
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* The story of Job was in the news recently in reference to Pat Robertson's inane comments, since the only biblical character to make his "Deal with the Devil" was God, in reference to Job.

Watches by Candlelight, part 2

By Aaron Macks on December 20, 2009 2:52 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
La Tradition by Candlelight.jpg
(from)

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Watches by Candlelight, part 1

By Aaron Macks on December 19, 2009 11:17 PM | No Comments | 1 TrackBack
From the recent holiday, in chronological order
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(from)

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Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

By Aaron Macks on December 6, 2009 3:39 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Apparently discussing the finer points of throwing a change-up.
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Man Ray: Untitled (Space Writing), 1939

By Aaron Macks on November 30, 2009 8:36 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
As a follow-up to a previous post on painting with light I just came across this photo of Man Ray
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(Via)
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Sky Over Newbury St, Looking West

By Aaron Macks on October 25, 2009 8:53 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
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Drawing in Light

By Aaron Macks on July 13, 2009 9:16 PM | No Comments | 1 TrackBack
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