It’s a brain-dump post on a rainy Sunday morning!
A conversation between Veronica and I last night:
Me: You know what you should do tomorrow?
Veronica: Spend some time with the butt plug in my ass?
Me: That’s not what I had in mind, but I like how you think!
Veronica: What where you thinking?
Me: That you should sleep in tomorrow morning. The gym will still be there later in the day
Veronica: Oh, that sounds like a good idea too
She listened, she slept in and didn’t head out to the gym until after 8am. And since she mentioned it, she’ll be wearing the butt plug for a while later today 
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For all of the Red Sox fans who like to comment to Yankees fans like me that they just buy championships by having the highest payroll in baseball and spending the most money on free agents, I’d like to point something out.
In the past week the Sox have signed free agent Carl Crawford (7 years, $142 million) and traded for Adrian Gonzalez (and there is the expectation of big-money contract extension), this is on top of having the 2nd highest payroll in all of baseball last year and not even making the playoffs.
Here in New England the Yankees are known as the Evil Empire.
You’ve lost your right to bitch about the Yankees spending habits anymore- welcome to the dark side!
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I find myself really sitting on the fence about all of this Wikileaks stuff. On the one hand, the revelation of certain information could truly be a threat to national security and damage our diplomatic relations with any number of countries, so I can appreciate the point of view of those who view Julian Assange as a criminal.
On the other hand, to a certain extent our government needs some degree of transparency AND journalism in general should be allowed to function free of reprisal when they report on things that are potentially damaging or embarrassing to the government.
I’m reminded of 2 incidents during my lifetime, Watergate and Abu Ghraib. One brought down a sitting president, the other severely damaged our reputation in a country we’re trying to “help”. Were any of the parties involved in bringing those incidents to light accused as traitors or of espionage? No. I realize that these cases differ from WikiLeaks in a number of ways and are not perfect analogies, but I hope you see my broader point.
And I suppose that there are other points of view, but I only have 2 hands….
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346 Days in, and I’m still loving my Project365! In fact, I’m having so much fun with it, I’m going to continue next year, I haven’t missed a single day (some pictures have been posted late, but I’ve actually taken pictures every single day so far) and there is no reason to stop now.
Right now I’m messing around with shooting in RAW mode and I’ve also downloaded a free 30 day trial of Adobe Lightroom. Normally I shoot in jpg mode and use Photoshop Elements for re-sizing, applying my watermark, and some minor editing. Then I use iPhoto to organize my pictures, at least the family-safe ones, HNT and other more explicit pictures are elsewhere on my hard drive. I’m wondering if Lightroom can simplify my workflow.
I’m interested in hearing from my photographer readers, I want to know your opinion on shooting RAW and if Lightroom is worth it.
Emmy, Bettie Peach, I’m thinking of you!
I’m also continuing to explore other lenses, a Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 is on the way from LensRentals.Com! According to reviews that I’ve read it’s a very versatile lens and I think it would complement my 18-105mm kit lens and 35mm prime lens very nicely. I’m looking forward to playing with it for a week.
I found this on PetaPixal
That’s it for now, bring on the football!
