history, politics

Memorial Day and Sedition

I had nothing new to say for this Memorial Day.  Disappointed when people trivialize the holiday with recycled platitudes or co-opt it for their own agendas, I had expected to observe this day only with my flag in 2023.  Then I saw a post by Robert Reich and remembered a quote from Voltaire.

humor, language, photography

Waldo Lemonsucker & Rule of Thirds — Part 2 of 2

Where there are rules, there are people like Waldo, more intent on abiding by rules than accomplishing the mission, even when the rules are oversimplified guidelines w/o the force of law.  It’s hard to formulate a rule of thumb in a way that is simple to learn and remember but adequate for the real world.  One example is the Rule of Thirds in photography.  Let’s try for a less exception-ridden formulation.

humor, language, photography

Waldo Lemonsucker & Rule of Thirds — Part 1 of 2

Where there are rules, there are people like Waldo, more intent on abiding by rules than accomplishing the mission, even when the rules are oversimplified guidelines w/o the force of law.  It’s hard to formulate a rule of thumb in a way that is simple to learn and remember but adequate for the real world.  One example is the Rule of Thirds in photography.  Let’s try for a less exception-ridden formulation.