Bilbao, Spain

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Bilbao has so many colors and shapes to photograph. Walking along the river, this bridge just past the Guggenheim Museum, stood out on this sunny day in January 2008.

Reflections - Seoul, Korea November, 2007

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Changdeokgung palace, originally built in 1405

Street Performer - Vienna, Austria

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I found this charming street musician at the edge of a park in downtown Vienna, Austria. The weather on that afternoon in September 2007 was just warm enough to bring out many talented performers as well as the more than eager tourist.

Brno, Czech Republic

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Some of the places that I have seen in the last few months. From my hotel window in downtown Brno, Czech Republic during a trip in September 2007.

Where in the World?

Thinking all the time about providing regular updates to this blog...traveling has gotten the better of that idea.

So where in the world have I been?

• Brno, Czech Republic

• Vienna, Austria

• Seoul, Korea

• Bilbao, Spain

I've selected photographs that represent the character of the city when I was there. All photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 and a 17-200mm ED-IF VR lens.

FWIW,
Andy

Are you following me?

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This is Nathan. He's a 5 year old Australian Silky Terrier.

What's on the sidebar

Time to seriously get into blogging. Let's start out by checking the sidebar. I've added a few of my "cultural" Web sites.

If you have a library at home and would like to share your catalog with others you MUST sign up at LibraryThing. Add up to 200 books for free and for a small fee you can add an unlimited number of books. Once you have a few books entered check out the variety of tag clouds showing who you have books in common with. Since I've first joined, LibraryThing has grown both in the number of books as well as features.

Also on the cultural side of life, I've added a sidepanel to Pandora Internet Radio. Enter a music artist, song or genre of music and Pandora will build a radio station based on your original selection. There's much more; explore.

NJTrout

Strange Bluetooth Sightings

You know you are spending too much time on your Bluetooth mobile phone when...here's the strangest sighting of too much Bluetooth I've seen to date.

Took my son for an afternoon session of ice skating at Skylands Ice World in Hardyston, NJ. The ice was pretty crowded. Skating around I saw a guy with his young kids following them as they flopped around on the ice. He was engaged in a pretty serious conversation from the look on his face. I was wondering who he was talking with. Certainly not his kids. As he spun around -Dick Button has nothing to worry about - I could see the Bluetooth receiver in his ear blinking away as he talked. "C'mon, give it a break why don't ya!" I wanted to say.

What's your strangest Bluetooth sighting? Add a comment and I'll post them as the list builds.

FWIW,
Andy

More on the B.O.R.G

So Home Depot does it again...a new CEO. Check out the write up at The Consumerist Home Depot: Introducing Li'l Franky. Do you think he can handle the Golden Hammer the same way as Bob? Based on his bio it's hard to tell.

Here is a riddle for you. How many Home Depot CEO's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Answer:_______

Provide you answers...I'll publish the best ones.

FWIW,
Andy

Movies, Movies, Movies

I'm really not that big a movie addict. Really.

I keep my own database over at IMDB (Internet movie database) of my favorite movies. Here is the current list. This list supersedes an earlier entry to this blog.

You can vote on my favorites. It will be interesting to see if anyone agrees with my selections. If there is a movie on the list you have or have not seen and want to comment upon please do so. I'm interested in what you think.

	Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) [Must See]
	Casablanca (1942) [Must See]
	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) [Must See]
	Field of Dreams (1989) [Must See]
	Gandhi (1982) [Must See]
	Gigot (1962) [Must See]
	High Road to China (1983) [To Buy]
	The Last Samurai (2003) [Must See]
	Life as a House (2001) [Must See]
	Local Hero (1983) [Must See]
	Love Actually (2003) [Must See]
	Red Dawn (1984) [Must See]
	A River Runs Through It (1992) [Must See]
	Saving Private Ryan (1998) [Must See]
	Snow Dogs (2002) [Must See]
	Violon rouge, Le (1998) [Must See]
	WarGames (1983) [Must See]
	We Were Soldiers (2002) [Must See]
	West Side Story (1961) [Must See]
	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) [Must See]

FWIW,
Andy