I also found out that this is a real portrait from the 1700's.

Truth.

The Board has decided that the "Shit ____ People Say" videos being created must come to an end.  While this initiative had a positive effect on our Firm for a short while, we feel that the surplus is lowering our stock in the competitive market.

We expect that, moving forward, all staff will leverage their resources more effectively to better represent our Firm.

Best regards:

MGMT

Upper Management has decided it is time to archive the use of the phrase "cray-cray" in place of the word "crazy".  Let's put our best foot forward to no longer sound like illiterate adolescents.

Best regards:

MGMT

This upset me a great deal.  It is now 2012 and Black people still are not seen as equals as if it were 1950.  He even goes into how Black directors are pushed into a hole of limited expectations in the Film industry; which is an even more enraging and unsettling fact.

to be blissfully ignorant

merrily risking all sanity

in pursuit of what may very well be

but a dream...

Is it just me or does the Capin' look REALLY high in this picture?

Please invent Cinnamon Captain Crunch cereal.

The time to act is now.

Sincerely,

Everyone

Pardon my language, but there's no other way to put it.  The guy is screwed.  For those of you who don't know (and as a reminder to myself, when I read this blog a year from now and forget who Herman Cain was) Herman Cain is running in the Republican Primary to go against President Obama in the the 2012 election.  As of today, three women have come out saying that Herman Cain has either sexually harassed them or had an affair with them.

Now, I'm not usually one to pass judgement on people, but I for one believe it all to be true; however, I'm pretty sure Herman Cain isn't the only infidel that is running or has run for President.  It just so happens that one of his opponents had enough money to pay these women to come forward.

Yes, I said it.  I truly believe that one of Herman Cain's own Republican brethren (or sisteren, if that's even a word) dug for the dirt, found the s--t, and paid good rich-people money to see to it that the s--t hit the fan.  It worked.  Mr. Cain was leading the primary before these allegations surfaced, but now he's back at the bottom.

SIDE NOTE: I really wish Cain would lose this cowboy hat.Now, do not get me wrong.  There are two things you have to understand:

1) I don't believe anyone who would sexually harass another human being is fit to lead a sing-along let alone a region, state, or country.

2) I am not a supporter of Herman Cain for President.  I find him politically inferior to the other options we have.

It's strange to me how everyone treats this as if it is something brand new.  At this point we should be used to finding out our politicians and corporate heads are abusing their power to take advantage of women.  Dare I say we should almost assume that they are all horny little devils that lose control once they get a taste of power.  I say this to point out the probable fact that most every politician has dirt under their shoes and skeletons in their closet.  The same people giving Herman Cain flack for his idiotic history should look take a look in the mirror.

Politics is a dirty game and to know in our heart of hearts that someone would have the audacity to dig for this information and pay those women gobbles of money to relive the horror that Herman Cain put them through, to me, warrants an even deeper level of disgust.

No one who has gone through that degree of harassment should be encouraged to relive it and have to listen to the person who harassed them discredit that horror on national television. 

In the small chance that I am wrong and Herman Cain did NOT harass or engage with these women, I apologize for the judgement; however, if that's the case, it raises a deeper concern.  To what lengths are these people willing to go to rise to power that they would destroy a mans credibility for the rest of his life and lie to billions of American people?

Strange times, friends.  Strange times, indeed.

Today, I had my first photo shoot in a very long time and it was refreshing.  The weather was perfect (warmer than it should be in November) and my subject, Hiro, was very cool.  He was shy, but very fun to be around. 

I've been having an overly dramatic, artistic struggle lately where I haven't felt like I've been working to the best of my artistic ability, but I really feel like I captured some outstanding images today.  It was refreshing.

There are a couple more photos from this shoot in the Photography section of my web site, so check them out whenever you have a free second or two.