There is a time of day where light is golden. This time comes when the sun's rays are hitting us not from up above but from the side. Hence, light is coming at us from the horizon and not from above. The light is filtered to be more softer then than when it comes directly from up above. This filtering is caused by light traveling through more atmosphere. This time of day is usually sunrise and sunset. Since I like to sleep in when I can, I rarely get a chance to take pictures at sunrise. But when I am not working, I try to take time to capture golden moments. Those of you on Facebook will recognize my profile picture above. I took this two weeks ago up above the Griffith Observatory. Can you spot Milo close to the right margin of the picture. I have been meaning to drop the word picture from everyday speech. I like using jpeg better.

Here is another jpeg from that day. If i wanted to impress you, I could say that I took that from a Helicopter. And, you might believe it, given the angle and position.





Here is Milo in that same golden scene. But Milo never seems to look at the camera for pictures. Maybe he is camera shy or easily distracted like my nephew who always seems to be interested in something else when pictures are being taken. Hence all picture of him have him looking away.









So are you excited about yesterday's turnout/results (election)?


I guess I am interested but lately my perception of things has grown jaded. I worked last night in close proximity to Democrat (I hate when people use Democratic to refer to Democrat, one is an ideal the other is a political party, non-inclusive) Headquarters. I gotta say the cheering and jubilation reminded me of a sporting event where the home team won. I would like to think that Politics is not about being on the winning team but creating the dialectic which in turn would lead us to a better system of government. In this light, I believe the right person won the presidential election. Not going to say anything else, that would be political. By the way I didn't vote. I was reprimanded for that many times by many people and the whole time I thought, "you think you're smarter than me?" I think I will let silence do the talking for me in this new age.


Okay, one last thought. I referred to sporting events and being reprimanded. During the Basketball championships last year, I was in a group and someone asked me what I thought. I told them I really don't follow sports and an awkward silence arose. The group broke up which was good cause we were at work and nothing was being produced. Later someone who felt close enough to me to confide, told me that it seemed arrogant that I didn't partake in sport's talk, that I should make an effort. It bugged me but I conceded that maybe he was right. So I kept my ears out for info and let myself become interested. I listened to some A.M. sport radio and heard some interesting points. The next time a group was talking about the Lakers, I interloped into the discussion and threw out this little tidbit,"The Lakers cannot be a great team because there is no 'who is the best player?' rivalry within the team. There is no Bryant, O'Neil or Pippin, Jordan dynamic." I got warm looks from everyone in the group which told me that I was no longer shunned. My point is that it really doesn't hurt to participate. People will like you for showing some interest in what they are interested in (hate ending that in a preposition, but it reads better that way.)






List of things to do:
1. Blog
2. Laundry
3. Go to Gym/ stomach, chest and 40 min. cardio.
4. Dust and Vacuum
5. Fish tank, empty and replace 4 gallons of water.
6. Rent thought provoking movie.
7. Cook a delicious dinner (thinking steak and blue cheese salad accompanied with mama belle garlic bread.
8. Watch Thought Provoking Movie.
9. Feel enlightened for watching movie.
10. Forget enlightenment and go to bed.

Thank God that I got to live one more day and for all the blessings given that day.