How Can I Go Wrong?

(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

Here is the last photo that I will ever take…

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… with this camera, my old Sony Mavica FD-73.

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My friend, Suzy, called me yesterday afternoon and said, “Hey, I found a Sony Mavica for $50.”

I said, “What??? I paid $500 for mine four years ago! Please buy that camera for me!”

The place had just closed. But Suzy saw a friend of hers who worked there as they were leaving. She was able to get back in and snag the camera for me!

The new camera is a Sony Mavica FD-88. It has better pixelization, a better zoom lense, more photo options, and it takes 5 to 15 second movies. Oh man! I can have some good fun with that! The camera was only $50 and doesn’t even have a scratch on it. What a great find! While the digital camera that I’d like to have is currently around $1,000 and can take incredible photos, this FD-88 is a decent improvement in the meantime until I have the funds for the more expensive one. And for only 50 bucks, how can I go wrong?

(Don’t answer that. I know how I can “go wrong.” I’ve certainly done it enough.)

Chasing a Rainbow

(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

Look what I chased yesterday. I just wish I had a better digital camera that could have really captured the color of this. Hopefully the photos I took with the 35mm will come out nice.

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Silhouettes

(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

The sky was so perfectly clear yesterday that I decided to do some sunset and night photography. My son Tim and a few of his friends went with me to Point Mountain. We got there just after the sun went down behind the mountains. A few of the nightime photos taken with the 35mm came out kind of interesting. The others were over exposed. It was my first serious attempt at it. You win some. You lose some. I guess that’s one way to learn.

Below are a few photos taken with the digital camera.

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Never Flush a…

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(Originally posted on the website Continuum…)

Well, the toilet went crazy
Yesterday afternoon
The plumber he says
Never flush a tampoon!
This great information
Cost me half a week’s pay
And the toilet blew up
Later on the next day-ay-eee-ay
Blew up the next day
Woo-ooo

Lyrics from “Flakes” by Frank Zappa

The first human voice I heard this morning came floating down the hallway with the words:

“Dad! The toilet’s overflowing!!!!”

First, I freaked and ran around looking for towels.

Second, I cursed. Or maybe that was first.

Third, I had a good laugh over it all when Zappa’s lyrics came to mind.

The moral… “Don’t cry over spilt *milk*.”