Providence , RI

Today I covered the announcement of a plea bargain to take place by one of the people indicted in the fire at the Station club where Great White played and 100 people died a couple years ago...

Skiing

MIME TIME

That's me on the left...a couple years ago...with my buddy Joey in front playing a little pool.

Budweizer Tour

They gave us samples...

We saw the horses...

Did you know that Bud is the best selling beer in the world but it is beat by another beer in the US...

Bud Light.

GOALS

I have been challenged by Sinan to come up with a list of Goals so here goes...

This is what I got brimmin in my head...

BY THE AGE OF 35 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE:

1) freed myself from debts to cards
2) Bought a house
3) Child(ren)
4) Finished at least one comic book
5) Illustrated someone's book
6) Created a coffee table book
7) Produced my audio drama trilogy
8) Visited South America, Barcelona, Prague, and Japan
9) Seen the pyramids, Great Wall, Petra, Jerusalem, and Stonehedge
10) Shot a documentary
11) Started a business venture
12) My weight at around 155 - 165 lbs (73k)
13) Taught at least one class
14) Perfomed in another play
15) Journeyed somewhere by human power (bicycle/kayak/hike)

HOW'S THAT SINAN?

BATHTUB MARY

I Have always been one of those people who is fascinated with oddity...I have alway been intrigued by the type of person who would bury half a used bathtub and put a statue of Mary in it...For those of you not accustomed to seeing this...My old home of Plattsburgh NY has a large population...I went around once and gathered many photos of these statues to put together in a collage for a poster...(never finished)
I just googled Bathtub Mary and came up with an image of a Mary I have actually photographed (the one above)...it got me thinking...I might start working on that again

Sad story...Four kids from a Christian High School were finished with their exams and were preparing for a weekend retreat...They crashed into this car and two of the kids were killed...It is always tough to coverthe deaths of kids...Very hard when you have to go to someone in the family for a picture and ask them for a statement.

Harp Seal

This seal was sited around Revere Beach and they sent us out to see it...It is leaning on its side but I guess it was just taking advantage of the spring weather...

The police brought it back to the water but he hadn't had enough so he came back to the beach...

He was not afraid of people though and a crowd gathered to check it out...it was kind of cool

STATUE SPOTTING

Boston is known to have many statues...so I decided since I had some time I would check out a couple... The first statue you have to check out in any American city is the statue of George Washington...Here he is riding on his horse...looking very much like the military leader he proved to be...Then I sat and thought about what other statue could I see that would surprize me...(the fella behind me just sat there silently so I had to come up with it on my own...)
I decided on the statue commemorating the discovery that inhaling Ether can ease the suffering of those in pain...In this picture above you can just barely make out the older man rubbing the ether on the ailing mans chest...this is the oldest statue in Boston's Public Garden...presented to the city in 1868...I tried to take a few pix and put them together so you can see the whole monument.

JOURNALIST ABDUCTION

I have a hard time with this. She's a freelance journalist for a local magazine. The Christian Science Monitor out of Boston and we just found out Al Jazeera has recieved a tape with a silent Jill Carroll and a threat that if all female prisoners in Iraq are not released she will be killed...in three days.
First off this is such a bad situation because I think when a journalist is abducted and threatened or killed you wonder what the deal is...
I mean we aren't supposed to get involved...we only watch and report back...We have no advantage to the terrorist...and it's not like the US is going to negotiate...they don't negotiate with terrorists.
Second, this is a woman, I mean what does that prove about these people except they are cowards...
I Hope everything works out for her...I don't know what to say...I could be there...in her shoes...camera smashed...beaten...waiting to see if I live...
Pray for her and her family...I know I will.

BOSTON'S FREEDOM TRAIL # 1

I started at the Statehouse and decided since I had some time to kill before work I would check out some of the historic scenes...Today I saw the location where The Boston Massacre happened...It is located right behind the Old Statehouse...

It has no statue but only a marker on the street because it is a busy intersection and someone would probably hit it...

Then I decided I should see one of the monuments in the city remembering the five men who died on that day...

Above you can barely make out a representation of the propaganda print that Paul Revere made of the occasion...Below is the original image...

History states that this is a very inaccurate depiction of the events...for one thing Revere's crowd looks like they are peaceful...the real people were throwing oyster shells, rocks, and snowballs at the soldiers...and the soldiers look like they are shooting on command when what really happened is someone tripped his rifle went off and everyone started shooting...The commander, rather than lead the fight tried to break it off...but when he did it was already to late and resulted in the deaths of five people...Although inaccurate it was really good at promoting the desire to break from England.

This is the statue they came up with...what is interesting is that I think it does justice to the mood of the time very well...The woman has loosed one of her breasts and is now baring it in defiance...she clutches a chain in her hands and under her right foot is a broken crown...

INFORMATIONAL PICKET

This is me in an informational picket for the union...I was there to see the sunrise...and experienced for the first time what it's like to be in a picket line...The numbers on the plackard are bills going through the statehouse (behind me)...They are supposed to lead to things like insurance for part-time workers...since they make up a large portion of many workforces...

NINJA LESSON # 1

Lesson of the day start looking up...I am editing today...which is not that bad seeing as it is sub-zero weather today...I took this picture in the edit bay I have been in all day and discovered something I had not noticed until then...There was a cardboard box blocking a hole in the ceiling...IT WAS PRETTY BIG TOO...I never saw it...and if a ninja had wanted to he would have had the drop on me...

IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!!!

I am seriously freaked out why is a picture giving me new hidden information everytime I duplicate it?

WHAT'S THE MESSAGE?

My friend Hooter sent me a picture and when I tried to view it I realized it was a message full of code...some numbers and picture files...like breadcrumbs...to help me find Hooter...and now I am not sure who to trust...there is someone writing his blog but is it him...do I need to find him is he in trouble...who is the girl in the one picture I have fully desifered...When I duplicate the photo I seriously get extra info every time...