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Danger No Swimming

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Danger No Swimming
Danger No Swimming, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Coast Guard is comin’ to getcha!

(slight photoshop work)

Two photos stitched together so that the sign and the boat are both in focus. Nothing spectacular, just a reminder that summer is approaching rapidly.

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March 18th, 2010 at 6:13 pm

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Usually not a good sign to receive a letter from the FDIC

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Usually not a good sign to receive a letter from the FDIC
Usually not a good sign to receive a letter from the FDIC, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

My bank got eated!

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: Helga Viking
Film: Float
Flash: Off

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Saving account, I think it held something like $400. Guess my retirement plan is shot now. According to the letter, if I don’t take action in the next month, they will just send me a check for the full amount. Whoo hoo. Birthday is coming up, maybe I’ll spend it on an iPad.

Also, especially in the enlargement of this photo, my fingers look like elephant legs. I guess I’m not a young man anymore.

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March 16th, 2010 at 7:40 pm

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Drink it before the ice melts

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Drink it before the ice melts
Drink it before the ice melts, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

My favorite drinking game.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Film: Pistil
Flash: Off

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If I’m motivated, can drink three drinks with the same ice cubes (i.e., before they melt). Personally, love good whiskey-with-an-E best when the ice has melted maybe 10%. Enough cold water to blend, but not too much to dilute it.

Anyway, I think it’s time for me to pour today’s cocktail, as I’m too tired to work on anything important today.

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March 15th, 2010 at 7:43 pm

Guitar blues, iPhoney edition

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Guitar blues, iPhoney edition
Guitar blues, iPhoney edition, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

messing around with the Best Camera iPhone app instead of working

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from last year

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March 9th, 2010 at 1:56 pm

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Edit ∆ (delta) IL Connect Four

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Edit ∆ (delta) IL Connect Four
Edit ∆ (delta) IL Connect Four, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

or whatever that says (Oil? Delta IL?). Pretty cryptic.

Kinzie Street and the stairway leading up to Orleans St.

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from last spring

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March 7th, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Dragon Skull

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Dragon Skull
Dragon Skull, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

at least that’s what it looked like to me.
Lake Michigan

Roger’s Park, Chicago, or perhaps Evanston (border is a bit amorphous right here)

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I’m sure there is an equation (Thermodynamics, perhaps?) that describes how this ice formation is created with waves, but I leave that as an exercise for you, the reader.

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March 6th, 2010 at 11:43 am

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Intellectual Amnesia

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Intellectual Amnesia
Intellectual Amnesia, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

slightly punched up in Photoshop (Velvia)

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from 2008

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March 6th, 2010 at 1:19 am

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It’s a Blue Light Special

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It's a Blue Light Special
It’s a Blue Light Special, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Red Light, Blue Light, all semantics anyway

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down the street from me

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March 6th, 2010 at 1:17 am

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Colleen and Seth – Colfax 1971

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Colleen and Seth - Colfax 1971
Colleen and Seth – Colfax 1971, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

My mother and me, circa 1971 (?), Colfax, California.
Slightly retouched in Photoshop.

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This is probably my favorite photo of my mother. Something about her expression here is just perfect. She isn’t smiling, exactly, nor quizzical.

Not sure exactly the provenance of this photo: think it was taken in Colfax, California, but don’t know where exactly, nor who took it.

The 1959 VW survived several more cross-country trips past this photo, and eventually became reused as the motor for a sawmill in Frostpocket1. Blue in this photo, later painted school bus yellow.

Footnotes:
  1. if memory serves []

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March 4th, 2010 at 11:08 pm

Streets slick with regret

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Streets slick with regret
Streets slick with regret, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Film: Float
Flash: Off

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more photos from Milwaukee

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March 4th, 2010 at 9:21 pm

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The Things We Didn’t Do

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The Things We Didn't Do
The Things We Didn’t Do, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward, mild snow.

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more from Sunday’s sojourn to Milwaukee.

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March 4th, 2010 at 8:51 am

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Alice in Wonderland with Shrooms

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“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass” (Lewis Carroll)

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

a clearer photo of the billboard that peeks at me through my office window

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I probably will see this movie, but maybe not in the theatre. Sometimes my agoraphobia1 is stronger than my desire to see films on large projection screens.

DVDs come out pretty soon these days

Footnotes:
  1. or whatever, agoraphobia is probably a little strong []

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March 2nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm

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Temple for lease

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Temple for lease
Temple for lease, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Film: Pistil
Flash: Off

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spent a few hours in Milwaukee on Sunday. Mostly doing work related things, but squeezed in a photo-stroll for about an hour right at dusk.

I really like Milwaukee for some reason, probably because at least from an outsider’s perspective, Milwaukee still has so many buildings left from the industrial age. Most of these structures no longer exist in Chicago, especially downtown.

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March 2nd, 2010 at 7:13 pm

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Merchandise Mart Sonnet 2628

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Merchandise Mart Sonnet 2628
Merchandise Mart Sonnet 2628, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

yet another shot of the Merchandise Mart at night

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a little noisier1 than I would like, but…

Footnotes:
  1. ie, digital noise from low light []

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February 27th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

Alien Hoopsters 6 on 6

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Alien Hoopsters 6 on 6
Alien Hoopsters 6 on 6, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Sculpture found somewhere near Northwestern Hospital (aka Chicago Memorial, if you’ve ever seen the movie, The Fugitive). Flipped around in Photoshop because they wanted to play full court.
Note: aliens use multiple balls/goals, so their game is faster moving than the NBA. Sort of like 3-D chess as played on Star Trek.

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from my archives, circa 2005

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February 25th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

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