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January 1, 2006
Can`t be too cautious . . . . . . when there`s a hawk nearby. Like Alfred Hitchcock, Jane Austen frequently likes to make a cameo appearance in her films. O tannenbaum, o tannenbaum, how useless are you to us! On the corner of Green and Tecumseh.

January 2, 2006
At the entrance to Serenity Pines. As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the maidens. SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 Come on in, the water`s fine. Where eggplant comes from. Mr. Collins invited them to take a stroll in the garden . . . Every view was pointed out with such a minuteness which left beauty entirely behind. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

January 3, 2006
We now interrupt this Web page for a special bulletin. So I should put this out by the curb then? Here are today`s winning lotto numbers. Abandoned art (well, not the couch). Ask your doctor if Zyrtec is right for you.

January 4, 2006
There will always be dust, so why fight it? What a pane! The secret to happiness in life is finding the door that has your name on it. Caution! Plastic sign left in middle of stairwell. Today was the first day of my first photography class. Hopefully I can learn learn how to take pictures.

January 5, 2006
Happiness being delivered. Happiness bestowed. I sometimes feel like I`m on the outside looking in. The little squiggles weren`t supposed to be there, but they`re kind of nice squiggles. Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man. SAPPHO

January 6, 2006
One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, in the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I may have found the door with my name on it. Flying high. Upward mobility. Should I worry that it`s circling above me?

January 7, 2006
All my pictures seem to fade to black and white. ELTON JOHN Today I shot pictures for my photography class. Did I mention it`s a black and white photography class? Our first assignment was to choose a theme and capture many different versions of it. Guess what my theme was. After some initial uncertainty, I decided I like the dramatic look of black and white.

January 8, 2006
Life is full of uncertainty. `That towel boy is pretty cute.` And there`s time out on the floor. Those seats must be really expensive. Someone`s already looking at my pictures on the Web.

January 9, 2006
That Henery was just a wildman. Dangerous berries. To get to my photography class, we have to climb this staircase . . . Here`s what you see if you lose your balance. What one does while waiting for dinner to be ready.

January 10, 2006
One is a reflection, the other is not. They`re off my coffee table and onto the gallery wall (see December 11, 2005). Part-time architect, part-time quarterback. Singer-songwriter is a thankless job. Good knight.

January 11, 2006
Yes, another shot of the dreaded staircase. Today`s brush with fame: violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Not interested in violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. You can get anything you want at Alice`s Restaurant . . . Walk right in, it`s around the back, just a half-a-mile from the railroad track.

January 12, 2006
Rise above it. Two cats in one. The grass in the background seems to be showing through its eyeballs. It was a very good year. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave?

January 13, 2006
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Back again to see famous violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Burning the midnight electricity. Have fun storming the castle! What so proudly we hailed at the twilight`s last gleaming.

January 14, 2006
An insect views the would through thousands of tiny eyes. Order another truckload of Windex. Better order some Brillo pads too. Dayton Arts Visual Center? The Brillo building at night. Nothing in the shot was moving, it just reflects light this way.

January 15, 2006
Here are some more pictures I took for my black and white photography class. This week`s assignment was to take photos of abstract shapes and textures. So this morning I crawled around underneath some playground equipment . . . . . . and shot some natural textures in a park. This is a very concrete object trying hard to look abstract.

January 16, 2006
I sometimes feel like I`m on the inside looking out. MANDA-lin, not man-do-LIN. Let`s hope not. Down by the riverside. For being one of the `noble` gases, helium gets utilized in some pretty silly ways.

January 17, 2006
I drive in kilometers per hour. That way I can go 100. Morning, noon and night: rain. Not really trying to be abstract this time, just looking for something to shoot indoors. Photos on the phloor again -- must be an exhibition coming up. It is up to each viewer to find meaning in art.

January 18, 2006
A polite snowfall . . . . . . quiet, unassuming . . . . . . more decorative than functional. When I saw this drawing on the wall of the art building, I immediately remembered the location . . . . . . but I guess I remembered it backwards.

January 19, 2006
`Nothing up my sleeve.` She loooves squirrels. I`m sometimes curt in these captions. Cubby grows up. Tad-Boppin`?

January 20, 2006
I`ve got a wonderful feeling everything`s going my way. Compared to other composers, Mozart`s music winds hands down. Reed my lips. First violinist Sarah Nade. Shot from a spooky place, but I had my tripod with me for self-defense.

January 21, 2006
Before . . . . . . during . . . . . . and after. AquaMan. I don`t know much about the sport, but it seems to me that the three-legged swimmers have an unfair advantage.

January 22, 2006
I have at last . . . . . . run out of things . . . . . . laying around my apartment . . . . . . to take pictures of . . . . . . when the weather`s bad.

January 23, 2006
Escape hatch. While shooting this, I expected someone to approach and ask if I wanted to take a test drive. It was an encouraging day photographically. If I am granted TIME and GOOD WEATHER, I can find the shots. It`s murder trying to find a pair of pants that fit. If I am granted TIME, GOOD WEATHER, and A COUPLE OF COOPERATIVE PEDESTRIANS, I can find the shots.

January 24, 2006
Remember what I said yesterday about TIME and GOOD WEATHER? I didn`t have much of either today. Cheer up! Don`t B down. ______________ was here. I just love freshly baked chocol -- -- forget it.

January 25, 2006
Some days I don`t have much to take pictures of, and other days I have too much. Today began at the airport, where it was snowing and blowing, but I got some unprecedented photos. By the evening, I was taking another set of unprecedented pictures -- some from up high . . . . . . and some from down low. Besides getting hit by stray basketballs, and stepped on by referees, it was a pretty good night.

January 26, 2006
I was sorry to learn that I could be replaced by a machine -- and a BROKEN machine at that. Half-a-dozen to another. Where Allen keeps his wrenches. Allen says this isn`t his. You know what happened to Isadora Duncan.

January 27, 2006
Football falls into that very large category of Things Other People Care About But I Don`t. New and improved. Chevrolet. I had lots of one hundred year old first editions of Dunbar poetry on my desk today. Happy birthday, Wolfgang Amadeus.

January 28, 2006
Today I listened to Miles Davis` record `Kind of Blue.` Dereliction. Though it was 55 degrees, Winterfest went on as planned. Look quickly! `You told me everybody would be dressed up!`

January 29, 2006
Ripples equals wind which equals cold. Places to go, people to see. It wasn`t very sunny today. It was very sunny today. It`s a cat`s life.

January 30, 2006
Believe it or not, this is a photography class assignment. It demonstrates how a camera tries to make everything (white or black or in between) a shade of gray. Unless you manually tell it: Hey, this is white! My favorite book. Here`s where all my money goes now.

January 31, 2006
It looked much better with snow (on January 18). Delicatessen delicacy. A vase within quotation marks. No, I didn`t get an oil change today. The publicity avalanche begins.

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