2011/11/30

2003/2004

A chicken walks into a library, looks at the librarian, and loudly clucks: "Book!"

The librarian, not knowing what else to do, gives the chicken a book. The chicken takes it and leaves.

The next day the chicken comes back. "BookBook!"

The librarian gives the chicken two books. The chicken takes them and leaves.

The next day the chicken comes back again. "Book! BookBook!"

The librarian gives the chicken three books. The chicken takes them and leaves.

The next day the chicken comes back again. "BookBook! Book! Book!"

The librarian gives the chicken four books. The chicken takes them and leaves.

The next day the chicken comes back again. "BookBook! Book! BookBook!"

The librarian gives the chicken five books. The chicken, staggering a little under their weight, takes them and leaves.

The librarian, curious about where the chicken is taking these books, decides to follow the chicken. Along the sidewalk, down the street, out of the village: the chicken walks down a little path to a pond.

At the pond the chicken starts handing the books to a frog:

"Readit. Readit. Readit. Readit…"

I wish I could remember how old I was when my brother told me that joke. It was long enough ago that I was young enough for it to be funny, so that's really saying something.

I often take photos for reviews with my TS3. This one is exactly what it looked like straight out of the camera. It was lit with my Zebralight Floody flashlight, which I've used a few times before because it has a really nice light colour and falloff.

And I knew as soon as I saw this "BookBook" case that I would review it as it sat on the book "Letterletter". 'This iconoclastic collection of essays on typography, writing and life is the work of calligrapher, type designer and teacher of lettering and design, Gerrit Noordzij.'

And yes, breaking the 2000 photo barrier is cool. Only 2996 more photos to go.

2011/11/29

1997/1998

This is the van that blew past me to make a left-hand turn through the red light that I was stopping for. This photo was taken ten minutes later, when I waited for the van to catch up to me for a second time. A bike in a bike lane is still faster than a van in heavy traffic, no matter how important the idiot driving thinks he is.

2011/11/19

1916/1922

I took this photo to show that I was overcharged for a couple of organic cucumbers. I only wanted to save the woman at the "Customer Service" desk some walking, but she was so infuriated that I had dared to take a photo in her store that I decided that I might as well post it.

2011/11/18

1914/1914

This is one of the many photos that I've taken with my TS3 for a review. While it doesn't have the best image quality, and the eye-fi card I use in it is often a nuisance, it's still the most convenient combination to use for quick work.

I edit all of my TS3 photos on my laptop, and now I can go for days without bothering to use my desktop computer at all.

2011/11/16

1900/1905

This photo just wouldn't be the same without the penguin.

2011/11/08

1843/1843

This is a companion to a photo that I took with my Olympus XA.