That was made (except for the paper) entirely of tape. Amazing.
See more of his artwork HERE.
A few posts ago I shared some pictures I has taken. I mentioned that my basic approach to photography was to shoot lots of pictures and hope for 1 or 2 good ones.
Always on the lookout for tips, I came across this site. DPS (Digital Photography School) has tons of great tips, but the one that really caught my eye was How to Photograph Children.
My favorite tip was to focus on the eyes. I can’t wait to give it a try with my 50mm lens (thanks for that tip, Tyler).
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief:
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief:
Polonius, Hamlet, Act II Scene II
Twitter. Social networking. Blogging on crack. Call it what you will… it is addicting.
And interesting. Because you’ve got to make it FIT in 140 characters or less. Including the characters for who you are sending the post to. Which means if you have a LONG Twitter name, you’re cutting into what I can say (you know who you are @shameonyoko and @randyparker).
JP Rangaswami asked the question in his post on Brevity, “What would Hamlet look like in 140 characters?”
Here’s his answer:
“I got some steaks at a gift exchange.”
It’s safe to say that most of you won’t here that phrase anywhere this Christmas. But then you aren’t at the gift exchanges I’m at. I was at out annual Christmas party with our close friends and got 4 filet mignons as a part of the “guy” gift exchange. Meat is always a winner.
So last night I decided to cook dinner. Here was the menu:
- Filet mignon topped with herbed butter and crumbled bleu cheese
- Elk bratwurst (recently harvested and processed)
- Bacon-wrapped green beans
- Mashed potatoes
- Hand-dipped garlic bread
The table was set in red and green at lit with Christmas candles. It was awesome. After dinner we walked around the neighborhood and looked at Christmas lights. What a night!
Filets
- Marinate filets in a homemade vinaigrette for at least one hour. For extra flavor, add lots of fresh pressed garlic and brown sugar to the vinaigrette.
- After marinating, wrap filets in bacon. Secure bacon with kitchen twine.
- Season with fresh cracked pepper and kosher salt.
- Sear steaks over wood grill. Sear for 1-2 minutes, then rotate 90 degrees and sear for another 1-2 minutes. Flip steaks and repeat on the other side.
- Move steaks to cooler area of grill. Cover grill and cook until medium rare (10-12 minutes).
- Top with herbed butter (see below) and crumbled bleu cheese.
Herbed butter
- Soften 1 stick of butter
- Add 4-8 tsp. fresh minced chives.
- Add 2-4 cloves crushed garlic.
- Add fresh cracked pepper to taste.
- Mix and spoon onto plastic wrap.
- Roll into tube and freeze.
Beans
- Blanch fresh green beans for 2-3 minutes.
- Plunge beans in ice bath to cool.
- Toss beans in olive oil, fresh pressed garlic, fresh cracked pepper, and kosher salt.
- Make bundles of 5-7 beans. Wrap bundles in bacon.
- But bean bundles on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes, or until bacon is cooked.
Bread
- Melt 1-2 sticks of butter. Add 6-8 fresh garlic, crushed.
- Halve a sourdough baguette horizontally.
- Place on grill to brown.
- Remove bread from grill and slice.
- Dip slices of bread into garlic butter.
Our house was decorated (inside) for Christmas before Thanksgiving. We started listening to Christmas music right after Halloween.
Suffice it to say, we like Christmas at our place.
You too? Then download some FREE Christmas music from Joel Rakes (and check out his other stuff, too).
This is my second day sick in bed. Want to know how I feel?
Women have no idea…
I enjoy taking pictures. I don’t know that I’m all that good at it. I believe in taking LOTS of pictures and hoping for one or two good ones in the batch.
Here are some recent shots:
