In your journey through life, don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers…

[5D2 - Tamron 28-75/2.8@75mm, f/2.8, 1/500, ISO 100]

Actually, I lie. It’s not Funnel Cake time. I wish it were, but it’s not. These shots are from some time early summer 2012 at the annual Baltimore Charles Village Festival, before I moved up to New York. It was actually the same day that I took this picture of a shallow creek behind good o’le Johnny Hopkins!

Straight out of the fryer…

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Sprinkling on the finishing touches!

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Oh, how I’d kill for funnel cake right about now… Oh, and that guy’s nail in the second picture is gross.

Once in a while, you are lucky enough to catch a passing glimpse of clarity in a sea of ambiguity.

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The previous dose of Filet Mignon wasn’t enough; I had to make some more! 3 minutes per side seared on a cast iron skillet, then I tossed her in the Oven at 375F for 7 minutes. She came out quite perfectly, if I may say so myself. And yes, that’s a pizza stone on the oven rack below the skillet.

[5D2 - Tamron 28-75/2.8@75mm, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 2000]

OK. This isn’t really photography, as much as it is a simple snapshot of a terrifyingly evil looking creature that was scaling my wall a few months ago. Please excuse the poor image quality. That wasn’t exactly the greatest of concerns at the time.

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As some of you may or may not know, I live an alternate life as the Portal Administrator / Editor-in-Chief of XDA-Developers. Today, as part of my duties, I had the privilege of live-blogging and playing around with HTC’s new flagship, the (new) HTC One. I’m going to assume that my thoughts on the actual device will interest approximately 0.000001% of those who come here for pretty pictures; so instead of ranting and raving about the One, I’m going to share some pics!

“Will Verduzco…” I think I know who that is! I’ve heard good things. He must be extremely handsome and well groomed!

[5D2 - Tamron 28-75/2.8@56mm, f/2.8, 1/100, ISO 6400]

Some Dude (Jason Mackenzie, President of HTC US)

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More Dude

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Dat oblique shot of the phone…

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Dat oblique 2…

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Apparently, phones can fit in people’s (namely my) hands!

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I was a little naughty and installed benchmarks on the device!

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My reward for my efforts? A fantastic boba (not “bubble,” east coasters) tea in Flushing!

[5D2 - Tamron 28-75/2.8@51mm, f/2.8, 1/60, ISO 2000]

My good friend Paul, his wife, and I split a massive slab of some Psoas Major, a.k.a. Filet Mignon. Let’s see how this turned out…

Here’s what it looked like out of the bag:

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OK. Let’s cut it up, shall we?

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Time for some seasoning…

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MOAR!!

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How was the finished product? Divine.

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He’d probably be asking why on Earth his human captor dresses him up in such a silly costume!

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New Xanga name (yay, bye bye childish/annoying name!), new profile pic, and now a new post (of a pic from last year that I am now getting around to processing/posting)!

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Took this shot when I went to Chicago for an Alzheimer’s Disease conference where I presented some of my fMRI research. No, I did not stage this. Yes, I planned for this exact shot.

[20D - Canon 35/2, f/8, 1/125, ISO 400]