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Pig Roast!

July 3, 2015 — 3 Comments

Pig Roast

F/4.5, 1/100, ISO 400.

Day 184 / 365

All our pigs are learning karate. Oh, I don’t believe that No? Well, just watch out for their chops.

Interesting Fact: A pig roast or hog roast is an event or gathering which involves the barbecuing of a whole hog (the castrated male pig or boar, bred for consumption at about 12 months old). Pig roasts in the mainland American Deep South are often referred to as a pig pickin’, although roasts are also a common occurrence in Cuba[1][2] as well as the non-mainland US state of Hawaii (a luau),[3] with roasts being done in the mainland states by descendants of other areas. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_roast )

Let’s Make Life More Colorful!

July 2, 2015 — 6 Comments

Graffiti 1

F/4.2, 1/60, ISO 800.

Day 183 / 365

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, yet the guy at the gallery wouldn’t trade me that painting for my newspaper.

DEMOLITION EXHIBITION : 100 Artists, 30,000 Square Ft of Graffiti, 12:00pm to 8:00pm Till July 4.

410 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Interesting Fact: The Longest Graffiti Scroll was created in Pakistan on the 3rd March 2012 and it measured 1,924 metres in length, and took 274 people to complete. This is an official record and can be found in the Guinness World Record .

Keep The Art Alive!

July 1, 2015 — 16 Comments

Demolition Exhibition

F/3.5, 1/250, ISO 100.

Day 182 / 365

The best way to tell if a modern painting is finished is to touch it. If the paint is dry, it is.

DEMOLITION EXHIBITION : 100 Artists, 30,000 Square Ft of Graffiti, 12:00pm to 8:00pm Till July 4.

410 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Interesting Fact: Green Villain is a small group of social entrepreneurs and creatives that in the past few years have developed a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships. Our regional mural program encompasses 22 sites across Jersey City, New York City, Brooklyn and Paterson and is accessible to the world through Google’s Cultural Institute. Monthly party and vinyl imprint, Green Village, is the by product of 5 years of producing DIY parties around the greater North East.  In addition to our creative ventures, we offer expertise in event production, creative consulting and project management. Our primary focus is build brand recognition by balancing between an artistic vision and serviceable platform. ( http://www.g.reenvillain.com/about/ )

Travel If You Have A Taste For The World

June 30, 2015 — 17 Comments

world for dinner

F/ 3.8, 1/60, ISO 160, Photoshop CS6.

Day 181 / 365

I’d tell you a joke about space, but… its too out of this world!

Interesting Fact: The Earth moves through space at a speed of 66,700 miles/hour. ( http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-facts-trivia.html )

I Am A Little Bit Rough Around The Edges!

June 29, 2015 — 12 Comments

grinder

F/7.1, 0.8, ISO 100.

Day 180 / 365

The sharp edges are gone, it’s time to move on.

Interesting Fact: The angle grinder was invented in 1954 by German company Ackermann + Schmitt (FLEX-Elektrowerkzeuge GmbH) in Steinheim an der Murr. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_grinder )

It’s The Weekend Wake Up!!!

June 26, 2015 — 25 Comments

coffee

F/4.5, 1/250, ISO 125.

Day 177 / 365

What do you call sad coffee?”
Despresso.

Interesting Fact: Shepherds discovered coffee in Ethiopia circa 800 A.D.  Legend has it that 9th century goat herders noticed the effect caffeine had on their goats, who appeared to “dance” after eating coffee berries. A local monk then  made a drink with coffee berries and found that it kept him awake at night, thus the original cup of coffee was born. ( http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a30303/facts-about-coffee/ )

Finally Got it!

June 24, 2015 — 2 Comments

idea

F/ 5.6, 1/320, ISO 640, Photoshop CS6.

Day 175 / 365

A man rides in on Friday, stays two nights three days and then leaves on Friday.

How is that possible?

His horse was named Friday.

 

Interesting Fact: In 1850 an English physicist named Joseph Wilson Swan created a “light bulb” by enclosing carbonized paper filaments in an evacuated glass bulb. And by 1860 he had a working prototype, but the lack of a good vacuum and an adequate supply of electricity resulted in a bulb whose lifetime was much too short to be considered an effective prodcer of light. However, in the 1870’s better vacuum pumps became available and Swan continued experiments on light bulbs. In 1878, Swan developed a longer lasting light bulb using a treated cotton thread that also removed the problem of early bulb blackening. ( http://www.bulbs.com/learning/history.aspx )

You’re As Sharp As A Marble.

June 23, 2015 — 20 Comments

marbles 01

F/ 9.0, 1/60, ISO 250.

Day 174 / 365

I didn’t lose all my marbles, but i definitely spill them.       🙂

Interesting Fact: Marbles were first mass-produced in Akron, Ohio in 1884 when the Akron Toy Company began producing clay marbles. The man behind the marbles, Samuel C. Dyke, founded The American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company in 1891, which became the biggest American toy company of the 19th century. For the first time, marbles became cheap enough for children to buy them with their own money.  ( http://www.neatorama.com/2010/11/03/neatolicious-fun-facts-marbles/ )

I Will Grant You Three Wishes… Maybe!?

June 22, 2015 — 20 Comments

genie in a bottle

F/ 18.0 , 1/60, ISO 250, Photoshop CS6.

Day 173 / 365

An older couple were walking on a beach when the husband tripped over a bottle and a genie came out. “You can each have one wish,” said the genie. The wife made her wish first “I would like to travel around the world, with my husband,”. Suddenly there appeared in her hand two tickets for travel around the world. Now it was the husbands turn, “Well” said the husband, with a naughty look on his face “I wish I can have a younger companion,” . The words were barely out of his mouth when poof, he aged 20 years!

Interesting Fact: Recorded from the mid 17th century (denoting a guardian or protective spirit), the word comes via French from Latin base of genius. Génie was adopted in the current sense by the 18th-century French translators of The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, because of its resemblance in form and sense to Arabic jinnī jinn.
let the genie out of the bottle let loose or lose control of an unpredictable force, start an uncontrollable chain of events. Sometimes in the form, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. ( http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/genie.aspx )

I Will Not Run From This Dragon… fly.

June 21, 2015 — 15 Comments

dragonfly

F/6.3, 1/800, ISO 800.

Dragonfly

Day 172 / 365

To All The Dads In The World, Happy Father’s Day!

Why was the knight afraid of the bug?

Because it was a dragonfly!

Interesting Fact: Dragonflies were some of the first winged insects to evolve, some 300 million years ago. Modern dragonflies have wingspans of only two to five inches, but fossil dragonflies have been found with wingspans of up to two feet. ( http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-dragonflies-96882693/ )