Sicko

Michael Moore never fails.   After each movie, I'm ready to move to Canada.   This one is no different.   But I hadn't thought about Cuba before.   Apparently, health care is top notch there.   The film ends with a bunch of 9-11 rescue workers traveling to Havana seeking health care. 

Sadly, I doubt our sorry state of health care will change any time soon.  

Sunny with highs in the 70's

We enjoyed this weekend at Shelby's, around the beach, or shopping at the Town Center (I continue to wonder what will support the high end shopping now that the luxury of cashing out home equity is no more).   The weather has been just perfect, a little cool in the evenings, but so comfortable in the sun during the day.   The searing heat is just around the corner, so we're trying to the make the best of the weather.

Bonnie heads off to St. Louis tomorrow for a class.   So I'll be holding down the fort.   I'll have plenty to keep me busy - a few books to page through, maybe a movie (Sicko should be arriving from Netflix soon), and with a wedding assignment next weekend, I'll be double checking my gear. 

The last few evenings we've been enjoying HBO's The Wire on DVD.  As Bonnie put it, "It's like Law and Order, but a little more raw."

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2nd Stripe

With a touch less fanfare, I was awarded another stripe this evening. Now I might last a little more than a minute with a senior student.   There's still so much learn...  

Fill it up

At $3.25 today, gas is getting a little ridiculous.   Maybe I should've bought a Prius instead of a BMW.   I guess I'll just make the most of my growling combustion engine while I can still afford to fill the tank!

Thank Your English Teacher

Hopefully your understanding of the language isn't nearly as poor as these blogs like to highlight:

Apostrophe Abuse

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Lunar Eclipse

I wasn't the only one to throw a few pictures up on Flickr of the eclipse tonight.    I took a quick glance at what I shot (since it's past my bed time) and picked two images.    Not bad, certainly not the worst two on Flickr.   Maybe I'll have a chance to play with them in Photoshop this weekend.  Goodnight!

Racing Around Florida

I'm just winding down after a very busy weekend. We attended a big wedding on Saturday for Bonnie's coworker. Bonnie sang during the ceremony so, we made an appearance at the rehearsal too (with dinner at the Casa Marina on Friday). The reception was held on the 35th floor of the Modis building right downtown. Dinner was wonderful and the view was great!

Today began at 5 this morning for me. I attended a Strobist lighting seminar in Orlando.   Learning the tricks  to enhance an otherwise dull photo with off camera lighting is great fun.   The seminar was simply a hands on consolidation and review of the fundamentals.     Seeing the setups in action is probably the best way to learn.     Now I've just got to keep practicing to hone my skill.

Luckily I didn't get held up by a little race held in Daytona today.   I was quite worried about the drive since the traffic was backing up at 7 this morning.   But it seems that race fans don't leave early so I was fine on the way home.