I alway thought Starbucks was a nice company. Now I know different. This coffee maker giant I think has to much caffeine in the corporate blood veins.
Little did I know when I made my last visit to Starbucks, they had the nerve to ask me if I wanted their coffee grinds for my [...]
Archive for May, 2008
STARBUCKS TOMATOS AND THE $3,000 GARDEN
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged starbucks on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
REMEMBER TO REMEMBER
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Marines, PhotoshopCS3, retouching, Vietnam on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end.”
-Stephen Hawking
(Hover over to hear music) GLANCE
Last week I looked at a blog by Scott Eccleston (this link will take you to the slideshow) from Maine. His site is an invaluable resource for me. He is doing a tribute on Memorial day. From his blog [...]
CRAPMANSHIP
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“According to Plato, Craftsmanship refers to the idea of specialization, in which the lower society has a specific job in the greater society so that it functions properly as a whole. noun Definition: The technique, style, and quality of working. Synonyms: workmanship, craftsmanship.
“So what does he know?” says Ken
It was a nice warm May Day, [...]
GLOBAL WARMING – RAY RINGFLASH
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most; we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long. (Folio, 3298)”
According to the Strobist blog, “The Ray Flash is the first commercially produced ring [...]
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY – KENTUCKY STYLE (eating what you shoot)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I always say, if you can’t win, lose. I surfed a lot of food photography sites and wow, these food photos look to good to eat.
Not here in my kitchen. One of my heroes in the Photoshop world is Scott Kelby. He recently did a blog on food photography and his favorite places to eat. [...]
THE THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR GARDEN
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dukes, Food, fresh market, Garden, mayo on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A man I am, cross’d with adversity” A quote from Shakespeare.
At times bedeviled by perfectionism, and or sloth, this years garden may produce the $500.00 per lb. tomato.
Enter me and my plans to save on food costs in 2008.
I have found out the playing field is not level, aka, Ken’s garden.
Drought, [...]



