I'm not saying anything...

...but I couldn't help noticing:





...Just an observation...

About those pictures...

It's true, as Amysue pointed out in her comment on my last post, that I find the oddities that I see in the world more interesting than the "pretty landscapes", etc. It appears that I may need more "leavening" in my world than most do - or at least, a different FORM of leavening.

As an example, I find that MY opinion of when the fall foliage colors "peak" is different from the news-critters' opinion. In my opinion, things peak when there's still green foliage visible, for the reds and yellows to play aginst. Once everything is "autumn-y", I lose interest - it's back to being all one thing, agin - it's just moved halfway around the color wheel... big deal! It's when the span is from blue-greens, through true greens into the yellows, oranges, and reds, that there is contrast and interest.

I suppose that it's similar to the way that my musical tastes run. I LIKE straight-on music - Art Tatum, Beethoven, Janis, Ella, et.al. But mixed in there, I NEED my Whisky Before Breakfast (Rock 'n' Roll with bagpipes), Don Angle (Ragtime harpsichord), and Babaloo (Punk Mambo).

So, getting back to the items tha I find to photograph; again, it's the odd juxtaposition - the element that (arguably) has no place being what and/or where it is that fascinates me.

As examples; presented for your approval...



Sorry about the quality of this one - it was shot at dusk, looking west (that is - INTO the shadows) with eveything on automatic. At that point, without a rest of some sort, the picture WILL be blurry. I just didn't dare take the time to change the settings for fear of missing the shot.
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A while ago, walking around town, I (again) noticed something odd, which made me curious, and led to more cheking and led, evntually, to this picture:



As near as I have been able to tell, EVERY fire station in town has a fire call-box on the front of it. Which, of course, raises the question: WHO ARE THEY GOING TO CALL? Or if it's for public use, wouldn't it be easier to open the door and shout: "Hello-o-o-o...! Your firehouse is on fire! Hello-o-o-o-o!!"
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As I mentioned in my last post, I went to New York for a couple of days, recently. I had gone a while previously and had snapped some pictures of local oddments then, as well.





This, for example, is apparently what happens if you screw the manhole coves on too tight.
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More later - I want to walk the dog and get settled in before "Heroes" starts.

Back, again...

Yeah-yeah... It's been a while - work was crazy, I had some computer problems that I haven't fully resolved yet, yaddada-yaddada...

And right now I'm almost over a nasty cold that I had tail-end of last week/first half of this week... The only symptom left is that my lymph nodes absolutely REFUSE to drain, giving me the feeling that my head is going to explode from the jawbone back ("And THANK YOU for sharing that," I hear you say... Tough! You grumble about the fact that I'm not posting, you get what I feel like posting!)

On a lighter note, I took some long-overdue vacation time last week and spent part of that week in New York. As often happens, a couple of odd signs caught my eye as I was out and about.

This one, I spotted on the way to catch my transportation:



Now I have to admit that, at first glance, I thought that offering a free buffet at a women's health-club/weight-loss-center was wildly inappropriate. But on a moment's reflection I realized what a brilliant bit of marketing it was: Anyone who would be drawn in by the free buffet is EXACTLY the sort of person that they are trying to bring in!

On a similar note, I saw this one near the Port Authority Building in New York:



Again; it seems incongruous at first glance (or at least, it seemed so to me...), but THINK about it...

If they can walk in, then it's PROBABLY NOT THAT BIG A PROBLEM!

I mean, if someone just decides to walk in off the street into your foot care center, they probably don't have the sort of foot problems that could lead to you getting sued for misdiagnosis/mistreatment! And in any case, you're STILL billing by the hour!

It makes perfact sense.

At least in THIS world.

More later... my head just went "boom" again.

Though for Today:
"I know I've made some poor decisions lately, but I'm feeling much better now." -- HAL-9000