Somethin's Missn'

           
Friend asked for Mellencamp suggestions this weekend and a blog post soon to come will reveal how these 2 things melded.
This video was shot in my "lane" (Savannah's courteous name for an alley), right by my carriage house. These are the steps I've taken many times in my continuous love affair with this mysterious and crazy welcoming town!  I feel the opposite of Scarlet O'Hara who loved Atlanta because of it's newness and did not want to be sent to Charleston or Savannah to visit relatives (too old and established).  For me, there is something in the air, that hint of jasmine and magnolia, mixed in with the sticky air and smell of decay and the paper mill, add in that touch dark magic/voodoo/ghosts and you have the right amount of trouble and excitement for a city girl like me in a small town. _______________________ _________________________________

Panda Earphones. WANT!

Amazmi.com is running a great deal on these too cute ear buds, known as the Pineapple Panda Earphone. The website boasts that these ear phones have an audio isolating design, crystal clear sound, and mega Bass sound.
For $9.99, I'm all for the cute and fun factor and bonus if they deliver what they say they will. Want! _______________________ _________________________________

Signage gone awry

Viel Spaß!!!! I was in New York at a Hampton Inn (it said it was a Times Square location, but it was more like Hell's Kitchen) when I snapped this picture-yes a little fuzzy, but you get the point.
Isn't this a little over kill in having a Hearing Impaired sign written in braille?
It reminds me of my first night in Flat Rock, NC when we visited the Food Lion and my boss caught me staring at the mangled handicapped parking sign that had obviously been hit and backed over and hit multiple times.  There was even concrete rubble remnants.
My boss then commented, "That person wasn't only handicapped, they were blind!"
Beyond taking keys away from grandma, maybe we do need signage like this, plus the braille on the highway with speed bumps and cat's eyes that make noise! _______________________ _________________________________

Insure or Ensure?

in this case, my gut says ensure but oh what a wonderful play of words!

From Peggy Gillespie Hazelwood's ehow.com article, How to Use Ensure vs Insure:

1.Look at the sentence you are writing. Know what it is you are trying to communicate. Read the sentence out loud.
2.Know the meaning of ensure. Ensure means to guarantee or to make sure, safe, or certain.
3.Know the meaning of insure. Insure means to provide insurance coverage on something or someone. Insure can also mean to make certain by taking action and precautions.
Decide which meaning you need to use to communicate.

Generally, in nearly all cases, if you are talking about insurance, that is, an insurance policy, the word choice is insure.

If you are talking generally about taking care of something or someone, the word is ensure.

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Day at the dentist and another view of how I see the world.

Slight fail or Epic #Fail?

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Type Downtown Los Angeles

After  living in Los Angeles, over the last decade, the past three years have created my so called crush of downtown.
While headed to the last bookstore on Main, I saw these two old storefronts a block or so away.
As a prop and scene painter in the past, I really appreciate the sign painting and difference in type. _______________________ _________________________________

Dodger Monster Supercross Timelapse

Los Angeles Times blog has posted an interesting video and run down/how to for Bryan Chan's Time-lapse video: Dodger Stadium filled with dirt (for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series races and Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam. It gives insight to pre and post production of this time lapse. Details like shoot times, codecs, editing etc. Worth a look! _______________________ _________________________________