They found my photo on flickr and voila! It makes me go squeee! (now if only they could add my last name to the credit)
This was in my in box this morning:

You've been sent a Flickr Mail from Emma J. Williams:

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:: Schmap Los Angeles Fourth Edition: Photo Inclusion

Hi Steve,

I am delighted ( Read more... )

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My reaction to an article about bear designers.

http://www.observer.com/2007/design-bears-growl

Pick up any magazine and almost every advertisement and fashion spread will feature thin hairless 20-somethings. The bear identity runs counter to that. Promoting the concept that hairy thick men are attractive challenges the concepts of beauty that ( Read more... )

The daylight is very surreal. Everything is cast in a golden glow and looks as if the world is a giant faded photgraph. The smoke is heavy enough that I can smell it, but light enough that I can still see blue sky. It's as if the whole world is disappearing except for the tiny island that surrounds me.