Year: 2007

  • MIDDLE EAST DEPT.

    Hamas Cancels a Children’s Show

    Everyone these days is talking about the unusual ending to The Sopranos. But when it comes to ending a TV series, David Chase can’t touch Hazim Al-Sha’arawi. Al-Sha’arawi created Tomorrow’s Pioneers a now-cancelled weekly children’s television show airing on Al-Aqsa TV, the official television station of Hamas, the (ostensibly former terrorist) organization that now runs… Read more

  • PHOTOBLOGGING DEPT.

    Model Shoot: Theresa

    Theresa Here are a few of the pictures of Theresa from the model shoot I did a couple of weeks ago. Theresa Theresa Theresa Theresa Theresa Read more

  • CREEPING TOTALITARIANISM DEPT.

    The Slow Death of Law in Valkenvania

    Starting July 1, Virginia will have “traffic tickets that come with assessments of up to $3000 in addition to an annual point tax that tops out at $700 a year for as long as the points remain.” Driving as little as 15 MPH over the limit on an interstate highway now brings six license demerit… Read more

  • PHOTOBLOGGING DEPT.

    Model Shoot: Nicole

    Nicole I did a model shoot a couple of weeks ago with three other photographers and two models. The other photographers were all more experienced than I was, so I learned a lot by watching what they did. Here are a few of the photos I took of Nicole: Nicole Nicole Nicole Read more

  • LGBT DEPT.

    The Coolest Group at the Gay Pride Parade

    Photo Archive These women on motorcycles were the coolest part of the show at the Chicago Gay Pride Parade. They’d stop and hang back for a while to open up some room in front of them, then they’d punch it and come surging forward, engines growling obnoxiously as they roared past the crowd. It was… Read more