The New Cartographers

The Old Cartographer: Someone who makes maps.

The New Cartographer: Someone who drives around in a CAR and takes phoTOGRAPHS to make maps.

Classic Rip-off #1

In today's "Classic Rip-off", Sergey Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2 - Adagio sostenuto" is ripped off by Eric Carmen's sob song from 1975, "All By Myself".

Classic Rip-off - Rachmaninov vs Carmen

Do you know any Classic Rip-offs?

If Apple made voting machines...

Dia de los Muertos at Forever Hollywood Cemetary

I went to Dia de los Muertos at the Forever Hollywood cemetery and took the pictures of Juana and her crew. The pictures turned out pretty well. You can check them out on my Mobile Me page or on Facebook.

Where would you go?

I think that the reasons for asking this question are obvious. Many of us are both hopeful and fearful for the future of our country, like the Burning Man theme, but two years early. 

I've been thinking, "If the shit hit the fan and I just could take living here anymore, where would I go?". Unfortunately, I haven't traveled very much outside the US, so I don't have very much experience to go on. So, I ask you.

Where would you go?

And, yes, if you reply, you are Anti-American.