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It has been mentioned that video is the future of photography. One only has too look at the rise of YouTube and the death of newspapers to see this. We want video. We want moving pictures. At the very least we want still cameras that shoot 10 frames per second.
One thing that video will never trump still photography on is capturing the essence of something, in one slice of time, in a manner that is immediately evident to any onlooker. Sure, video can capture the essence of many situations in ways that photography can’t. It can capture the motion and movement and the progression of events. But to absorb that essence requires one to sit down and watch. It requires effort on the part of the viewer. Photography can relate all you need to know in a single glance, even if the viewer has no intention of actually studying the photograph.
This photo does that for me. It might not have meaning to those who don’t know Max, the dog pictured. But to see this picture is to know this dog.
M.I.F.C. – Mardela BBS
tom
M.I.F.C. – Sunday Bloody Sunday Edition
I realize this didn’t actually go up Sunday, but the title seemed appropriate since it is the 7th comic in the series.
Demons
Dick and I played SPI’s Demons, written by James F. Dunnigan, over the Thanksgiving break (Elias hooked me up with the game — props). The premise of the game is that King Solomon was given a magic ring by archangel Michael that gave him control over demons of the land. The Demons get out and all hell breaks loose. To add to matters, magicians, spotting an opportunity (as they do), start showing up and getting the demons to do their bidding and basically plundering the treasures of the land. Players play power hungry magicians.
Like my other experiences with paper war games, Demons is extremely complicated. It took Dick and I a couple hours to figure out. When we finally did, we played for about an hour and realized we were playing wrong. Here are some pictures.
M.I.F.C. – Pet Pub
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I finally got around to watching the Netflix movie that has been sitting on the top of my DVD player since 9/15. The previous movie had made a multi-week stay as well. I decided to watch this movie and then cancel my membership.
So I put the movie in. My DVD player couldn’t read the disc because it was “dirty.” Right. It was badly scratched. Oh well.
So I cancelled it anyway. With my last movie being a $30 rental that I never even watched.
The Best Page of Wolverine – EVER
The Chris Claremont scripted Wolverine is far superior to what the comic devolved into. Peter David’s scripts (David took over a number of comics after Claremont) leave a lot to be desired. However, this page from the 6th part of the “The Gehenna Stone Affair”, which appeared in Wolverine #16, is a triumph in all manner of the word.
Click on the picture for a bigger one.
brian
Thanksgiving pictures are slowly being put up.