Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

Nikki Haley, who can’t acknowledge ‘slavery’, is a pathetic shill.

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

Even though I know this is a bad idea, I’m off to do it anyway!

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

It’s not hopeless, and we’re not helpless.

This really is a full service blog.

The frogs are rarely mistaken.

Bark louder, little dog.

Republicans in disarray!

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

You cannot shame the shameless.

The media handbook says “controversial” is the most negative description that can be used for a Republican.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

The most dangerous place for a black man in America is in a white man’s imagination.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

Republicans can’t even be trusted with their own money.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

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Mr. Furious, On the Blue Ridge Parkway, north of Asheville.

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Moonbatting Average, Moonrise through the yuccas, Whipple Mountains, CA

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Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

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Having fun with the new toy.

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Some of you guys have posted first-rate pics on my photo threads, so I will turn it over to you for a while. Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites in open threads. Send a short caption if you want one.

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Seven hours is too long to hold it.

***Update***

It seems like a while since my last photo blog, so meet the new lens. A manual-focus Sigma 50mm f2.8 1:1 macro arrived yesterday from KEH.

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The compact lens fits nicely on a little E-P1, even attached with a Hong Kong Nikon-m4/3 adapter from kp_store on eBay (the adapter also works well, although it grabs the lens a little tighter than I like). All-metal construction gives the lens some heft and wonderful focus action. Although lens weight makes the camera a bit front-heavy and the light meter goes Galt whenever I put on a manual lens, sharp close-ups call for a tripod and exposure bracketing no matter what so it is not that big a deal.

Some tests will determine whether this becomes my go-to portrait lens; so far all signs point to yes.

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