Some Sunday cherry blossom photos
Here’s the first batch of cherry blossom photos that I took over the weekend, these were taken around noon on Sunday. It was a cloudy day to start, so some of the pictures may be a bit dark. You can see a larger image if you click on the picture after clicking a thumbnail, or if you want to see a really big picture, you can right-click on the image. I’ll be … Read entire article »
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Cherry Blossom time in DC!
It’s that time of year again, when the cherry blossom trees are in bloom! This year kind of snuck up on everyone, since it’s been so warm, the trees bloomed a bit earlier than usual. I managed to get down there this past weekend and got hundreds of pictures. I’ll be posting the best of them in a gallery in a day or so, but here’s one that I really like. … Read entire article »
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Air guitar? No, “Bear Guitar!”
“But Yogi, the Ranger only likes classical music!” “That’s okay Boo Boo, this is classic heavy metal!” … Read entire article »
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More Katsucon 2012 cosplayers
Here are some more of the cosplayers I took pictures of at Katsucon 2012 a couple of weeks ago. Some of them didn’t turn out so well, and for that I apologize to anyone that I didn’t capture nicely enough, or if I made your excellent costuming come out looking not as good. Everyone’s creativity and skill was definitely fantastic (in more ways than one ^_^) and I hope you all get to … Read entire article »
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Katsucon end of con photo shoot
My friend John Nelson let me tag along on his photo shoot with a group of nice kids he’d met at other conventions, and so I snapped a few shots at the same time. Here are a few of the best, I’ll be posting some videos to YouTube later, along with other pictures from Katsucon. Note: to download a full-sized version, click on the thumbnail and when the picture comes up, right-click to save. … Read entire article »
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What do you do when you have an unexpected singing partner?
Josh Williams was performing the Bluegrass song “Mordecai” when a little bird decided to land on his guitar! It’s not clear if the bird actually sang along, it might be he just wanted to get closer so he could hear better, or maybe he had a backstage pass and got ahead of himself! At any rate, Williams kept his cool and continued the song to the end, except he couldn’t play his guitar! Check … Read entire article »
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Quickest personality test
Here, for your enjoyment, a very quick test to determine your personality: … Read entire article »
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The Cello Song
More good music from the cellist guy in the Piano Guys duo, playing a beautiful Beethoven tune originally written for the cello. Here he plays eight different parts and blends them together in perfect eight-part harmony. Enjoy! … Read entire article »
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Okay, these guys are just way too good…
I stumbled across these guys when I saw this really neat video on Youtube. “The Piano Guys” are a couple of musicians that re-do popular music with piano and cello and other instruments. They use them to re-interpret the music as well, as in the “Cello Wars” video, which also has fun with the cello artist playing both the “good” Jedi and the “evil” Sith on dueling cellos. Look for the appearance of “Darth Vader”… One … Read entire article »
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AnimeUSA 2011 Last day pics
Pictures from the third and last day of AnimeUSA 2011. Kind of a shame, there has been an anime convention in Crystal City since at least 1997, and this will be the last one for the foreseeable future. I went to my first one, Katsucon 4 I think it was, in 1998, and had only missed a couple there after that. Ah, well, the price of growth, they just got too big to … Read entire article »
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