"What do you mean don’t care?!" bellows this young lady holding a clipboard and wad of ominous looking leaflets. Okay, maybe my response should have been a tad more considerate and thoughtful when asked for my opinion on paedophilia, but I’m on my lunch break and trying to perfect the art of walking and eating a sausage […]
Scientology – The last bastion of the unevolved
On Sunday afternoon I had a pleasant stroll down Tottenham Court Road, London. Whilst walking through one of London’s popular shopping areas i noticed several hundred copies of L. Ron Hubbard’s most famous publication "Dianetics". These books were peering out of a window belonging to the Church of Scientology. I look up and see "68 Tottenham Court Road – The […]
Only those connected benefiting from price blitz
It was just a casual remark. But it was loaded with meaning. Thieves had just broken into my house and stolen almost all electrical goods-a video recorder, a digital satellite television decoder and a radio. I was in the house with all seven members of my family but no one heard a thing. The […]
Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?”
Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?” By Richard Davis It’s often said that flying is one of the safest forms of travel. That may be true but it certainly isn’t the most pleasant, especially in this post-9/11 era of poverty-stricken airlines. Add kids and summer crowds to the picture, and you may be tempted to […]
THE IDEA OF VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPHS IN MAJOR EXHIBITIONS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
<p>I am all about being a visual person. Ever since I was born I began to see. Let me tell you about one of the first visions I had when I was an infant in Prague Czechoslovakia. I was looking up at the amazing clock tower in the main square while in my mothers arms, I saw […]
The 7 Lazy Man’s Way to Market on Flickr.
The 7 Lazy Man’s Way to Market on Flickr. First, let me emphasize that it’s against the Terms of Use to “exploit for any commercial purposes” the Flickr/Yahoo service. Posting a photo specifically for the purposes of advertising your company, your products/services, etc., would be against the TOS and would turn off the Flickr […]