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I have a decent number of pictures queued up, flower pictures and leaf pictures and a little assortment of random other photos too. That's good, since the time for leaves and flowers is mostly over already.

This flower picture came out grainy, but I like it:


Sovphoto Flowers


I suppose I should shoot at ASA200 when I can; I just leave it at 400 most of the time and never even think about changing it - I like having more shutter-speed options on the low light end, which we have quite a bit of this time of year. The camera has an "auto" setting for the ASA, which would partially solve this problem, I guess, but then I'd be fighting with it over whether the ASA should change or the fstop or the shutter speed, and I'm too much of a control freak in my photography to put up with that.

Mmmm, old-sk00l full-manual metal-body SLRs...

Tuesday's miles: 2.0
Wednesday's token: 0.1 miles
Thursday's token: 0.4 miles
Friday's miles: 2.0
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1427.7
Miles out of Rivendell: 969.7
Miles out of Lothlórien: 515.7
Miles past Rauros Falls: 97.8
Miles to Isengard: 363.9

Why, no, I don't miss Newt Gingrich, why do you ask?

Our Friends, the Saudis seem to have been giving the administration political cover for making few or no real changes in Iraq. (Well, other than a large troop add, I suppose, which might actually help provide some security were they trained properly. But that simply is not happening.) That's interesting.

Mind you, I halfway have to wonder whether the Saudi government wouldn't actually almost like doing something on their own - they have a lot of people of fighting age - which in that country, means young men - and war is a traditional way of giving them something to do. But I'm also sure the Saudi government doesn't want so many people trained in military affairs coming back home, so I don't tend to think that's really very like to happen. So I really have my doubts about the credibility of these statements on their part, which is why I think it's more about political cover than anything else.


THE LIBERTINE
Okay, we didn't want to get into this, but you're a lazy, perverted... rockstar. Everything about you is idealistic and romantic, with that sassy hint of danger. It's the hint of danger that makes things so damn spicy. Oh, there will be exposés, and films, and biographies, all about you and your fabulous excesses. Even though you're selfish and greedy... we're charmed.

You're equally susceptible to seduction, because you're a sucker for fantasy. You fall in love at the drop of a hat, as long as the hat is stylish and nice to you. We want to be your hat.

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