Author: Glenn Ferrell

Just the guy who keeps the lights on.

Teabagger, thy name is Hypocrisy.

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So, the Teabaggers were at it again last weekend, rallying around half-truths and hypocrisy to make themselves feel better about their blind hatred of the President. The half-truths are well documented, so I won’t even go there. But why hypocrisy?

First, much of the protest and resistance to all things “socialist” are predominantly centered in Republican stronghold states. So? Most of these states receive far more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes, so they can’t even argue that their tax dollars will be spent on this or that. They aren’t PAYING any federal taxes.

In 2005, the last year for which data is compiled, Alabama received… Read More ➤

Time keeps ticking…

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So summer is drawing to a close. No fanfare here, as I didn’t do much anyway, and I’m tiring of the heat! I did get some great practice in with the camera.I saw a total of two butterflies on campus this summer, and the timing was right for me to immortalize them in the digital world. The two female “eastern swallowtails” posed nicely for me. Either that or they were just that hungry! The male Monarch was a pain in the butt, but I finally got him! I guess some ladies out there would say “of course the male was more difficult.” We are a stubborn lot, that’s for sure.

The only trip I took this summer was to… Read More ➤

My Name is Glenn…I’m an Addict.

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Without school and excessive driving to take up all my time, I finally have time to play with the camera I bought over 3 years ago. I wanted the full power of an SLR camera and the ease of digital, so I went with a Canon Digital Rebel. But I wasn’t quite ready for all the features! I had come from an all-manual Pentax K1000, so all the auto settings made life harder, not easier. Now maybe I can at least learn half of it, but I’m already addicted.

Burger time I have already just about maxed out the allotment of 200 displayed photos on Flickr. The rest will still be there, but only the latest 200 will show. I never thought for a second that I’d fill that up in a matter of weeks, but I… Read More ➤