Cars (075/366)

Ralph Wiggum: [at the Lincoln Memorial, sitting on Lincoln's lap] I want a tricycle, and a dog who won't chew my Hot Wheels, and a brighter future for America. I'm Ralph Wiggum, and I've been a good boy.

"The Simpsons: E Pluribus Wiggum (#19.10)" (2008)

TIME:  7:45 PM
PLACE:  Target
SUBJECT:  Hot Wheels
(taken with my cellphone)

What do you do when the photos you took today left you feeling less than excited?  Why, you process the jeebeezus out of them in Photoshop of course!  That automatically makes them better.  Right?

Letterman (017/366)

“Faster than a rolling "O"! Stronger than silent "E"! Able to leap capital "T" in a single bound! It's a word, it's a plan, it's Letterman!”

"The Adventures of Letterman." The Electric Company. Narrated by Joan Rivers. Children's Television Workshop. PBS, 1972.

TIME:  9:08 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  MonkeyBoy

This evening at an awards ceremony at the junior high school, MonkeyBoy received his letter for playing basketball this season.  Way to go MB!

Saputos (012/366)

Capt. McCluskey: How's the Italian food in this restaurant?
Sollozzo: Good. Try the veal, it's the best in the city.
Capt. McCluskey: I'll have it.

The Godfather (Sterling Hayden, Al Lettieri performers, Francis Ford-Coppola-director, 1972)

TIME:  2:12 PM
PLACE:  Springfield, IL
SUBJECT:  Neon Sign

I had a meeting at noon in Springfield today.  And just to make the day even more special…we had our first accumulating snowfall of the season this morning.  It was very windy and the snow was blowing across the highways, obscuring our vision for much of the trip, making the drive a fun and exciting challenge (hmm, not sure if the sarcastic tone is coming through – note to self, locate a sarcasm font for future posts).  The silver lining?  I was able to eat some very delicious Italian food at lunch. Complimenti alla cuoco.

Mew Year’s Eve (365/365)

“The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.”

P.J. O'Rourke (American, Political satirist, journalist. writer, b1947)

TIME:  9:32 PM
PLACE:  Living room
SUBJECT:  Jack

Because nothing says “New Year’s Eve” like a picture of a sleeping cat made to look like he’s passed out with a badly Photo-shopped New Years hat and bottle of Maddog.  Cheers!

Sometimes You Just Need Filler (244/365)

“Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler.”

”Generation X," Douglas Coupland (Canadian novelist, b1961)

TIME:  11:29 PM
PLACE:  Kitchen
SUBJECT:  Jack

It is almost 11:30pm.  You are tired and ready to go to bed.  You then realize that while you thought about what picture you should take today, you didn’t actually press the shutter at any time.  So now you have no photo to go along with your day.  You decide, the hell with it, and go for the old reliable…the Jackster.  You add a quick bit of Photoshopping and you’re done.  That was easy.

Window Treatments (225/365)

“The truth in the matter lies in the fact that anything repeated too long without variation tends to become boring.”

Don Ellis (American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader, 1934-1978)

TIME:  7:47 PM
PLACE: Around the neighborhood
SUBJECT:  Windows

I took this photo while walking Oreo this evening.  This are the windows of a factory that is close to our house.  The top picture is SOTC and I like it.  But to have some fun, I applied some Photoshop Actions to it.

Here is one called “Old West”:


This one is called “Seventies”:


I like this one.  It’s called “Vivid Blur”


And finally, a “#2 Pencil” action:


I just love Photoshop.

Homemade Baseball Card (110/365)

“I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.”

Bob Uecker “Mr. Baseball”  (American former Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian, and actor. b1935)

TIME: 8:36 PM
PLACE:  Home
SUBJECT:  MonkeyBoy

   MB’s new baseball bat
+ book from library on Photoshop techniques
= today’s photo

I’d better not quit my day job.