Quote: Say What You Have To Say
Say what you have to say, not what you ought.
Any truth is better than make-believe.
-Henry David Thoreau
Friends Lost After Cataan Game
The subject is an accurate fact but a bit sensational on my part. Actually, they moved away.
BC, SH, VA, TN, JB, MA had one last late night game of Cataan. MA almost walked away with the victory but beginners luck (and a little underhanded under-the-table trading between BC and SH) sent BC home as the new super power on the dinky island of Cataan.
No, they didn’t move as a result of losing the game :)
Christmas Eve at the Corner of Westwood and Fairview Avenues
The Christmas lights strewn on the trees lining Westwood Avenue in downtown Westwood are simply elegant yet symmetrically impressive. Standing on the street and gazing a down the street across the 3 blocks of lights creates an illusion the lights stretch on forever into the infinite darkness. It may have been a brown Christmas but Christmas lights have a way of blinding you to surrounding circumstances and bringing the reason Christmas is important to mind, if only for a short while.
For best results click here to open the panorama in a new window.
Christmas Eve on Westwood Ave.
Westwood, NJ
Notes: First night panorama picture. Used a remote shutter to prevent camera shake during each of the more than 50 source images. The nadir cap picture was not used because I couldn’t hold the camera steady enough and I couldn’t blend out my shadow. So I emphasized my shadow and put a black cap at the bottom. The overall result was quite good, most of the pictures were clear and stitched cleanly.
General Things To-do
- Hike Breakneck Ridge
- Go back to the Gunks
- Train trip ideas
Lunar Eclipse Pictures from Northern New Jersey
It was a beautifully clear night in Bergen County New Jersey and it would be such a waste not to share such a celestial sight. The first picture was taken about 2:15 AM EST and the second about 30 minutes later. Both were captured using a standard dSLR camera with 200mm lens and remote shutter.
Before the eclipse started there was enough light outside to easily move around and see the dials on the camera. By the time the second picture was taken the light was gone and it was almost pitch black. The moon was a dark red color as it passed into the Earth’s shadow.