Seven Years in America

Last week, Mike suggested we write about our experiences with or thoughts on the events that occurred on September 11, 2001. I thought about it… where I was (Russian TA session), how old I was (freshman in college - I had just turned 18), who was affected (my roommate and dorm neighbors were from [...]

How a snapshot can get you 10-20, photographs can ruin your life

As a photographer, I can truly empathize with this article and while I am not a parent, plenty of my friends have children and have asked me to photograph them. Most parents take hundreds of photographs of their children in the first two or three years of their life, with digital the number is [...]

Teens and Fast Cars Don’t Mix!

Sadly, other beautiful and bright young women has died in a car crash.  What makes this incident particularly painful is two-fold.  First, what on earth is an 18-year-old doing with a Porsche 911 Carrera?  Apparently she took it on her way to a doctors appointment without her parents knowledge and without ever having driven the [...]

Tips to not getting busted surfing the internet at work

There are reports online that your average company worker wastes around 1.15 hours per day, a good chunk of which is surfing the internet. This is costing companies millions of dollars per year. If you are going to do it though, don�t get caught! Lifehacker has a great article out today on [...]