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Warren Zevon – Hall of Fame?

Warren Zevon is up for the Hall of Fame! (Please Vote!)

I was contact by Timothy Paruszkiewicz a couple of weeks back, and he was thoughtful enough to reach out to ask if he could use some of my 1982 Ithaca College concert photos, and I was happy to say Yes!

Yesterday, I got a link to the video Tim produced – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5xi5fpXc0

and Yes, the Thumbnail for the video is my shoot!

Thanks again to Timothy Paruszkiewicz for asking and the video looks AWESOME!

If you are a Zevon fan, you will like this video!

and Yes, “his hair was perfect”!

I also realized while writing this Post, that I never said anything about another of my images appearing in the book “Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon” by James Campion.

One of the most memorable conversations I had with James, was when he said to me, “You now have an image in the Library of Congress.”

Never in my wildest dreams did I think back in 1982, that taking a few pictures at an on campus concert would end up any where else then the school newspaper, and that my hoarding those B&W negatives would ever go anywhere.

Needless to say, keep your film images safe!

  • Andrew
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Infinity bottle – Rum

A while ago, I read about the concept of an “Infinity bottle” in regards to bourbons, and whiskies.

At this point in time, I have moved to Rums, specifically, dark age rums.

My current “Infinity bottle – Rum” consists of 2 oz each of –

Current –

Unfortunately, I had started down my current Rum path a few shoots before I started this bottle, so I am missing a few.

I also have added a personal number rank and key notes.

In experimenting, I have personally found the following blends rather nice –

  • 50/50 – Plantation O.F.T.D. Rum/Zaya Gran Reserva 16

I also have an idea of my next “Infinity bottle” – “Infinity bottle – Rum XO”!

Could be fun!

What are your thoughts… Let me know.

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Intelligent Lazy (IL)

I was in a meeting today, describing a philosophy that I learned years ago and pass along to my co-workers.

The idea of “Intelligent Lazy”.

One of the meeting members, suggested that I “copyright” the term, so goes, and I know there are many more steps, but…

Personal example –

I work in Information Technology, and I have to create scripts to get certain jobs and tasks done.

First round of the script, I just get the Job Done.

I leave Comments/Notes in the script(s) for the future – skills included.

If I get the chance, I sit on it for a while and revisit.

Always tweaking with each visit. [Pro-Tip – Date Your Notes!]

The Hope is, that some time in the future, all you have to do, is open the script, change the fewest “things”/variables to get the Job Done!

Intelligent – Creating the script and tweaking…

Lazy – Fewest changes needed later

Intelligent + Lazy = Intelligent Lazy

At the time of the posting, the is no direct Google search term for “Intelligent Lazy”, but several links to Lazy folks being Intelligent.

Kinda the same, and in the same spirit.

Which sounds better?

“They are Lazy, but Intelligent.”?
vs
“They are Intelligent Lazy.”?

and if this does happen to be a new lexicon, should it be –

“Intelligent Lazy” (c)
“Intelligent-Lazy” (c)
“IntelligentLazy” (c)
“iLazy” (c)

What are your thoughts?

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As Seen at the Delaware Art Museum

The big day has arrived!

In my last post on the subject, I my SAS Classmate (’82) and Life Long Friend, Pilar Wyman contacted me via Facebook IM, and she said that she was interested in attending the Opening of the Wyeth/Ruskin Exhibit.

Needless to say, I was more then happy to give her tickets!

But, would there be enough time to send her the tickets?

The smart women that she is, suggested that I just leave the at the Ticket Booth with her name on it!

Earlier tonight, I IMed Pilar, and asked if she was still interested in going, and she informed me, Yes, and she was already in Wilmington hanging-out, getting some coffee, after traveling North from the DC area.

Damn! – We had NOT even left the house!

At around 16:45, we (Amy, Madison & Logan) left our house in Downingtown, and head South, mainly on Rt 202, and ran into the usual Friday night traffic.

I had IMed Pilar just before we left home that we expected to be at the Museum around 17:45, but at 17:46, I handed Amy (my wife) my phone and asked her to IM Pilar that we where going to be late…

We arrive at the Museum, as as we are getting out of the car at valet parking, I look across the other lane, and there was Pilar, just being contacted about parking her car!

Absolutely PERFECT timing! (F-ing amazing!)

We walking to the Museum, chatting away, with neither of us knowing what to expect.

After we handed in our tickets, and told which direction the “Eye on Nature” was, we headed down the hall, and down some steps, and then turning the corner…

Bam…

There it was!

My Image! My Photograph! As big as Life! – In a F-ing Museum!

I became such a little kid!

Thankfully, Pilar had the where with all, and organized a Family photo!

My LARGE Image in a Museum! - Thank you Pilar Wyman!
My LARGE Image in a Museum! – Thank you Pilar Wyman!

If you look, you can see me pointing to my credit on the wall, and saying to the guard standing there “That is ME!”

After the initial excitement, I went back with my camera, and started to take so more pictures, and hearing the same guard saying “Your flash is on!”

My response, “It’s OK, I have the Original!”…

Eventually, I began to calm down, and I finally found Margaretta and introduced myself and the rest of the family.

I also got a chance to walk the gallery with Pilar, stopping at my main image, and explaining several other images that I have over time, and then we walked and talked about the other Wyeth and Ruskin images.

When I was a child, my parents always had a 16″x20” print book of Andrew Wyeth’s work (circa 1968), which is now in my possession, but after being exposed to John Ruskin during this adventure, having never heard of him before, I have taken a deeper interest in his work.

While Madison was at school on the morning of the Opening, she was explaining where she was going later in the evening to a friend, and as she showed the friend Ruskin’s work, she had to pause for a moment, because I have almost exactly the same image, but 200 years apart and on different land masses!

Times ticks, and Pilar and family went different direction, but I hooked up with Pilar over the hors d’oeuvre table, and as we looked over the crown, Pilar notice Mr & Mrs Colburn walking down the hallway, and we both rushed over to greet them!

After chatting with the Colburn’s for some time, the rest of my family found me, and with energy running out of both Madison and Logan, we started out the door for home.

Needless to say, it was a GREAT night for me, and hopefully a good step in the right direction of my photography love!

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As seen on Facbook…

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Going to Be Seen in the Delaware Art Museum

Eye on Nature: Andrew Wyeth and John Ruskin