Last Free Man

If Johnny Castaway can do it...

 
 

For 16 years now Johnny Castaway has been trapped on a 16-bit deserted island.  I was watching today as I have for the last decade or so for something rare to popup and just as always he constructed a Christmas tree.  In passing I chuckled and walked by but as the day grew long it dawned on me.  These are hard times indeed for most people, and maybe as campy as it sounds this digital survivor is a good lesson for all of us.  Despite losing everything and having crabs attack him daily, Johnny still keeps the traditions alive, he keeps pushing his boulder uphill.  Winston Churchill said, "If you're going through hell keep going.  There is wisdom in the never-ending fight; and I think my Christmas message this year will basically be, If Johnny Castaway can do it for 16 years without crashing, I think we can all get through 1123 more days...

Get Johnny here.

Fall Photo Finals

This has been one busy Fall season, thankfully work has picked up and despite the job killing efforts of the Obama administration business is good. I also have found myself deeply involved with Maple Story, Adventure Quest, and several other quirky Korean mmos... When you factor in the latter, I just don't have the time to write scathing social commentary anymore.  Let’s face it what's to write? We are plunging head long into full socialism via the most Hitlerian leader to emerge since, ...well Hitler.  So being a classically trained comedian I always say: "too easy” I live by this theory that rich comedy comes from difficult targets, not the quite obvious white people FEMA death camp leadership in power at the moment political jabs... So I don't. I have completely withdrawn for the first time in my life. I am sticking my head in the sand, getting out, photographing and fighting dragons all night with people whom refer to me as: "what you like fight red dragon make lot the money” and how…

The result of this rather strange coping mechanism of mine is some great leveling stats, lots of online gold and a seriously bulging flickr account. I have turned into a "good German" pretending not to notice the impending doom all around us. To celebrate the last days of Fall I had my own photography contest. It's easier that way, I judge 20k pictures, I get the prize, no one walks away mad and I can write another meaningful linguistic unit while the results are tabulated. Oh here they are now. I give you the Fall photo finals:

 First category over satched HDR DSLR:

            
 
 

 
Second category Lomography holga awful:

        

 
 Third category drive:

         
 
Fourth category food porn:

     

Final category people: