If This Were Me and My Family, This Would Be My Christmas Card.

Sort of like the old Russian saying "If we had ham we could have ham and eggs if we had eggs." Heh heh

Regardless, this is a co-worker who graciously asked me to take photos for their family Christmas card.

She gave me permission to post it here so she could see it online but really, Gentle Viewers, I wanted to post it for YOU alone. Yes. Just you. You look great, by the way. Have you lost weight, Gentle Viewers?

Third in a series of photos blog-harrassing my friends in order to increase my Gentle Viewership.

Sometimes It's Only About The Eye Candy

Yes, Gentle Viewers, sometimes I just want to engage in a little visual onanism. There is no other reason to post this other than I wanna see it again. This is a photo from my friend Nicky's wedding. I'm her blogfather. Heh heh. I got her to make a blog. It's here.

Maybe I can justify using this photo because the colors are sort of Christmassy? Or maybe because Marcy on the left would make the most delicious Christmas Elf EVER. I even think her ears are ALREADY pointed. Today I took some photos of another friend and her husband and baby for them to use on Christmas cards. I think I'm going to use this one on mine.

Second in a series of posts blog-harrassing my friends.

YAY! The Bangor Metro is HERE!

Hmmm....I don't see it....

George Hale! I LOVE HIM!!!!!

Flippety Flip Flip......Flip..............Flip

No mention here...

No editorial thing.....no essay...no reminiscence....

....they must not have used it....rats.

George Hale!!!!!! HE's the BEST!

HEY! HERE THE FOOL IS! The Lucerne Inn

I got an email a few weeks ago asking for permission to use this photo of the Lucerne Inn in the December Issue of Bangor Metro which I, of course, INSTANTLY granted. I mean..I have it Creative Commonly Licensed for NonCommerical Use and as long as Credit is given...

Where's the credit? *flippety, flip flip*

Wait, I dropped a french fry... HERE IT IS!

In the MARGIN!! :)

But what part of the magazine is this, anyway? It's almost the BACK....

THE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE?????

THAT'S NOT EDITORIAL USE! THAT'S COMMERCIAL!

OOooOOOOOoOOOOooh...I get it now....

The LUCERNE INN didn't have a photo of itself suitable for use! The Snow Weasels! So now they get FREE copy from MEEEEE. Because I have photos of EVERYTHING!

In fairness to Bangor Metro I DID say "Sure, feel free to use it for anything you want" not thinking they'd want it for a PROMOTION!

I had this photo to show my photo editing skills. I took the photo and liked it but there was an El Camino in it.

"Anytime you take a photo and there is an El Camino in it. Your eye will be drawn to the El Camino." Henri Cartier Bresson told me that once.

So here is with the El Camino..and here is without.

Speaking of promotion, Marketing Media, one of the companies involved in Bangor Metro, used to be known as Marketing Media and Wellman. A rather grandiose title. Mark Wellman is the publisher of Bangor Metro and SUCH a promoter that years ago unbeknownst to him, myself and some friends in the radio business came up with our own promotional line for HIM that I've yet to see in print: "And on the 8th Day, Wellman created God."

"Screw the Holiday, It's the Prep I Live For" - Anonymous Christmas Tree Dealer

The Gimme.

Bear with me for a moment, Gentle Viewers. The Thing of the Moment was born on December 16, 2004. I have earlier archives, but I lied to you, they are false archives used for a lame attempt at making galleries. My first real honest to goodness, no cheating allowed photoblog posting was of the Reverend Louie, Christmas Tree Dealer and Finder of Lost Souls. He's a man of God and he loves the baby Jesus and he'll help you tie the tree to your roof of your car for free.

My brother tkirlin sold trees in Connecticut for a couple of seasons. He said they had a big sign reading Genuine Maine Christmas Trees and everytime they needed more they called a supplier in Nova Scotia.

Yes, before the Carnies there were the Christmas Tree Sellers who captured the curiosity of this Brownie wielding photoblogger. Who are they? Where do they come from? Where do they GO? What do they WANT?

I was too chicken to ask last year. I think I said I needed pictures of trees for some school project or for an aunt with a busted hip. God only knows what spewed forth from my mouth. But this year, it's to make those transient tree selling bastards FAMOUS!

Here at The Thing of the Moment.

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