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Been very busy recently and I haven't had any time
to go out and take any new photos so todays postings
have all been pulled from my archives. Some are not
so old whereas others were taken a couple of years ago.
I really can't wait until spring gets here. Granted
the winters here in the Kanto Plain are very mild compared
to what I grew up with. (Think of your average mild
Thursday afternoon on the surface of Saturns moon Titan,
and you get the picture of what Upper Michigan can be
like in January)
Yet I still am waiting for spring.
Not so much for the warmer weather mind you, but more
for better light.
I have always found it hard to work with the extremely
harsh light found here during the winter. The brights
are too bright, and the shadows are too dark and the
colors just don't have the normal "snap" that
I like. Everything is kind of washed out and overexposed.
I guess I could just focus on taking night shots in
the winter...But each time I try and do that I find
myself strangly drawn towards the closest drinking establishment
and not a whole lot of photoghraphy takes place once
a beer replaces the camera in my hand.
And speaking of drinking establishments, last week
a friend of mine (Pete) sent me a warning about a new
scam going on all over the world. It has always been
out there, but recently sees to have gained momentum:
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Warning!
Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties,
and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered
a drink from any woman.
Many females use a date rape drug on the market called
"Beer" to target unsuspecting men. The drug
is generally found in liquid form and is now
available almost anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans,
from taps, and in large "kegs." Beer is used
by female sexual predators at parties and bars to
persuade their male victims to go home and have sex
with them.
Typically, a woman needs only to persuade a guy to
consume a few units of "Beer", and then simply
ask him home for no-strings-attached sex.
Men are rendered helpless against this approach.
After several beers, men will often succumb to whatever
desires the women has. After drinking Beer men often
awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened
to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling
that something "bad" occurred.
In extreme cases these unfortunate men are swindled
out of their life's savings and free time, in a familiar
scam known as "a relationship." It has been
reported that in extreme cases, the female may even
be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into
a longer-term form of servitude and punishment commonly
referred to as "marriage."
Apparently, men are much more susceptible to this scam
after "Beer" is administered and sex is offered
by the predatory females.
Please forward this warning to every male you know.
If you fall victim to this insidious "Beer"
and the predatory women administering it, there are
male
support groups with venues in every town where you can
discuss the details of your shocking encounter in an
open and frank manner with similarly affected, like-minded
guys.
For the support group nearest you, just look up "Golf
Courses" in the yellow pages.
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You have been warned. (Please extract tongue from cheek
now...)
I am sure that similar warnings have been issued to
women as well. Not that women would really need
such a warning since they are much more observant and
wary than men in similar situations. In fact, it
has been scientifically proven that the average man
has an IQ roughly equivelant to that of cabbage.
We may be dumb but we are happy. If ignorace truley
is bliss I must be the happiest person on the planet.
And by the way....pass the "Beer".
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