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I use a variant of this quote every week! Bonus points if I can use the word gravity.

If you know what I mean.

You may have heard of me, I get a lot of press

I think you’ve cracked this nut.

Seen on Steve Marsh’s YouTube channel today, this one opened in 1360, so probably older than the one on Central.

A tremendous show with Sandra Oh and Jay Duplass that had one season and like many of the best things on Netflix, was cancelled.

Long exposure iPhone pic under a cloudy sky of the now closed Exton Square Mall in Exton, PA.

The great grandson is mesmerized by the flag on great granddad’s front yard flagpole blowing in the breeze.

Brought his magic show to Arizona a State University while I was a student. Very impressive act to a 21 year old!

iPhone 16 Pro Max - Night Mode

In the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, Boyertown, PA

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From the 2007 Cleveland International Film Festival (and hanging in my living room) is my favorite FF poster of all time, summing up my reality in just 8 words.

I loved the look of this artist’s work, so years ago I bought one of his paintings. Turns out the original paintings are mass produced by imitators within his own warehouse, it’s a scam, and he’s long since passed away. It doesn’t change the fact that I loved the way the painting looked. The painting was in a horizontal format and ended about 1/3 of the way up this image, so I called upon Photoshop AI, using Firefly, to fill out the rest to use as a screensaver. I did two rounds of possibilities and selected the one I thought was best, dialed in the contrast for the top 2/3 of the painting and I think it came out pretty good. Again, I know the actual painting I have isn’t his original work, and I know Photoshop AI took care of the rest, but I still find the painting quite pleasing to look at and hope you will too.