e.e. cummings

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

e.e. cummings, poet

Photo via: http://agooddaytodie.tumblr.com/

Watch "Marc Benioff and Eric Schmidt Keynote" on YouTube

Eric Schmidt, Google Executive Chairman

"There is a hunger for a multi-platform, multi-vendor, highly competitive hardware platform, which is what Android essentially enables."

~ Eric Schmidt, Google Executive Chairman (at Dreamforce 2011)

Lucille Ball Stars in "Du Barry Was A Lady" (1943)

After Effects CS3/CS4/CS5/CS5.5: Twixtor Pro 5.0

New Santa Barbara Airport (SBA)

My glorious first view of the new Santa Barbara Airport (SBA) at dawn. It was indeed a shock to see the old building in early demolition.

2011 MTV Video Awards Show - 82711

2011 MTV Video Awards Show - 82711, originally uploaded by mastercontrol200.

Images of the amazing set for last night's 2011 MTV Video Awards show in LA's Nokia Theater. The set is the star now.

Untitled by pegasus flight

Untitled, originally uploaded by pegasus flight.

Shannon Completes the 2011 Santa Barbara Sprint Triathlon

August 28, 2011
2011 Santa Barbara Sprint Triathlon

Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550d)
Kit Lens
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5

Music: We Will Rock You by Queen

R. D. Laing

"We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy."

~ R. D. Laing

The Burning Bush of Our Home

I was impressed by the size of the fire as I prepared our BBQ of choice pork chops.

Canon EOS Rebel T2i (550d)
24fps
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Edited directly from SD Card using Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5

Music: Whats Goin On by Master Control

The Life and Career of Steve Jobs NMAWorldEdition

The Life and Career of Steve Jobs NMAWorldEdition

The Re-emergence of the Emerging Markets - The Economist

The Re-emergence of the Emerging Markets - The Economist

T.E. Lawrence, aka Lawrence of Arabia

"Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible."

~ T.E. Lawrence

Anthony Minghella, Filmmaker

"...You have to keep speaking about the film. So the one thing I instinctively knew was that I had to keep on announcing the film that I had in my head."

~ Anthony Minghella, Filmmaker

Berthe Morisot - "Young Girl With a Dog (Jeune Fille au Chien)", 1887

Berthe Morisot - "Young Girl With a Dog (Jeune Fille au Chien)", 1887, originally uploaded by artimageslibrary.

John F. Kennedy

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

~ John F. Kennedy, U.S. President

2011 Rolls Royce Ghost

2011 Rolls Royce Ghost

I Like The Old Time Way by Jim & Jesse