Tampa Taxi Shots

NOTE: this post was from 2006..."This morning I got a ride out of Tampa Airport to clearwater beach and the way back on the causeway there was this spectacular sunrise. Of course, I could not resist getting a killer image. Later in the morning the back office called me to say I had won the door prize drawing from the TBT* event yesterday and that I had some mail! Cool! Addison Phillips sent me a copy of photoshop! I took it home and immediately got into it. I have already found out what the magic Lasso is! The potential of this is off the chart. Keep in mind that I have always maintained that you need a good image first. The sunrise shot is publishable in anything. No photoshop can give you a great image it is up to the artist to do that. Thanks Addison. You are great! posted from Bloggeroid

In January, 2006.I wrote this about the themes of the show from a philosophy standpoint. It was obvious to me, they were exploring some of the major themes of philosophy and I believed it would lead to only one conclusion. Looking back, it seems I nailed it. In fact, I WAS THE ONLY ONE that nailed it. This is what I wrote: " Meet John Locke:    One of the main characters in the show is named after the father of deductive reason. This is an important point and not an accident. You can Google John Locke and find out his total belief in pure reason. The Character on this show(played by the imminent American actor Terry O'quinn) has all of his life put stock in reason and logic. It has got him nowhere. On this Island everything has come alive. His hopes, His dreams, His ability to walk. What appeared on the surface to be an item of science - The Hatch - has now become an article of faith. To believe without evidence now becomes the prime mover in his life. The writers of...

Man I love my job. I once read that over %50 of all Americans really don’t like their jobs. They especially dread going in on Monday mornings. I can honestly say I have never had a day when I dreaded going to work. In fact, I really like it. I’m a people person and I enjoy talking to all the interesting people that I pick up in the course of my day. Plus, the $30 an hour I can make ain't bad either. Monday mornings are especially exciting. Monday is like going to a casino and knowing the odds are stacked in your favor! The cash comes quick and it piles up. I usually bound out of bed anticipating the wonderful things that are waiting for me. After the bars close, you get people going to the airport and people coming into the airport. There’s a tremendous amount of activity and it last all morning. I heard some guy on the AM radio this morning, and it seemed ironic because of all the money I was making, that the “average guys” style of living was being eroded by a number of fa...

THIS WAS POSTED IN JANUARY OF 2006 hours before the Redskin v Buccaneers wildcard playoff game: This was the scene from my taxi about 3 hours before kickoff. The traffic was already backed up past Borders Book Store. I pulled into the book store and spent about an hour browsing. I bought the soundtrack to Brokeback Mountain. It is pure Country Western without any hint of homosexuality. Willie Nelson..Emyle Harris..that sort of stuff. What I did not know was that the crowd was going to be about 10,000 Redskin Fans! What the hell is that! This is our stadium. The ones I was picking up later told me they where getting the tickets on-line! That means that our fans where giving their tickets up. What! Why our you doing this? I have always been suspicious of Redskin Fans. THIS CITY IS THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS. YOU ARE TURNING IT INTO GOOBER VILLE! You GODDAMN IDIOTS! This was an embarrassment.  I'm driving around all afternoon not picking up our people only people with PIG NOSE...