This album posted on Boston.coms ‘the big picture’ is a personal up close look at what the soldiers in Afghanistan are living like. These photos put a face on what is becoming the new front in America’s ‘war on terror’.
Entries from November 2008
November 18, 2008
The Big Picture
Boston.com’s the big picture is an inspiring collection of high resolution photos that span the world. From the depths of war, to the roller coaster of American Poltics, to the barren nothings of Antartica. These photos capture a moment in time and anyone a hundred years in the future looking at them would have a clear [...]
November 18, 2008
Writing for Response
Putting up one post amidst the thousands daily on wordpress and getting it read is not a simple task. I see it akin to posting a flyer on a giant wall covered six deep in paper and expecting someone to call. The post on Iran was intended to draw commments by whoever read it, the [...]
November 15, 2008
Surfs Up
It’s a bird it’s a PLANE. This is Princess Juliana airport in the Dutch Antilies. You Tube has hundreds of these videos. I would go to this island just to watch planes on the beach, it would never get old!
here is a jet landing and taking off
November 12, 2008
Post Election Coverage
The week after America’s longest election saw alot of the media patting itself on the back. After the gamut was over many polls came true and many pundits got their wish for Obama as president. After the fact campaign stories dominated the scene this week. Newsweek ran a seven part serial story, on what [...]
November 6, 2008
Election night in America
The harp is a little tavern situated in the backyard of Cowls Lumber Co. in North Amherst Massachusetts. Just a little corner of America. Tonight it is full of young people playing trivia and amidst the questions the announcer shouts out the states as they come in. “Obama just got Ohio!” and the crowd cheers. [...]
November 4, 2008
The most arbitrary thing besides the election
So the biggest election in our time is taking up all the news space. Had it up to here with election coverage?
Well I thought Id post something that is as far away from elections as the pope is from popcorn, here you have it. ABBA!
November 3, 2008
Flights to Europe..for the price of a pizza?
Ryan Air, the budget airline offering Europeans flights for pocket change, is now offering an even more audacious bargain, transatlantic flights for 15€. RyanAir is the most dominant airline on the European market. They operate from smaller airports, many times over a hundred kilometers from the metropolises advertised. Taxes and Fees where the money is [...]
