In prostitution, everybody involved gets something they want. It's a victimless crime. That doesn't stop cops and prosecutors from going after it anyway. From the AP wire: TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - A woman convicted two weeks ago of being the "D.C. Madam" hanged herself Thursday, apparently making good on her vow never to go to prison for running a high-end Washington … [Read more...] about Driven To Suicide For a Victimless Crime
Photoshop Disasters
One of my new favorite sites is Photoshop Disasters, which features actual commercial photoshop work that is bad or stupid. Check out, for example, this ad for Elizabeth Arden lipstick, where they've gone to the trouble to hire Catherine Zeta-Jones, and then photoshopped away all her actual facial features. Or how about this impossibly thin babe? Or this jaw-dropping horror? Or … [Read more...] about Photoshop Disasters
New! Big! Photos!
As the resolution of computer monitors creeps up, the visual size of pixel-dimensioned page content has been shrinking, and web designers have been tweaking pages to compensate for the changes. For example, when I first started posting my photography on this site, I would size the images to have a maximum dimension of 400 pixels. A while ago, I resized photos to 450 … [Read more...] about New! Big! Photos!
No More Tobaggan Slides in Cook Country Forest Preserves
Cook County Forest Preserve District is tearing down the last of the toboggan slides: The last toboggan slides in the Cook County Forest Preserve District will come down despite an impassioned plea to preserve the historic attractions enjoyed by generations of city and suburban residents.The Forest Preserve Commission approved contracts Tuesday to demolish the storied, … [Read more...] about No More Tobaggan Slides in Cook Country Forest Preserves
A Few Thoughts About the Sean Bell Shooting
I haven't really been following the trial of the four cops who shot an unarmed Sean Bell outside the strip club where he'd just had a bachelor party. However, a few things seem worth mentioning. First of all, the fact that the cops fired 50 shots is vivid and horrific, but I don't think it says much about the cops who did the shooting. Cops used to be taught to draw and … [Read more...] about A Few Thoughts About the Sean Bell Shooting