New age Santa

Straight from the People of Walmart site. I thought it quite inventive.

Gatlinburg trip-last breakfast

Sadly the trip came to an end with one last time together....breakfast. I did try the gadget for a pic of all of us but it didnt come out too well.

Gatlinburg trip- my new gadjet

Gary gave me an early Christmas present. You might notice my hand sorta raised in some pics. The reason for that is I am learning to use a camera extender. You screw your camera onto it. Nearly all cameras these days have an universal screw hole in the bottom for tripods and extenders. Allthese pics were taken with that. I am still learning where to aim the camera and how high to hold it so some are not so good. But it was fun taking them without another person doing the shooting.

Gatlingburg trip - grandsons.

My daughter Tab and her son Douglas

Devin, his mom Tab and Gary while waiting for a trolley

Tab and Douglas on the Christmas trolley

Devin and me in motel room, all 6 ft one of him and he only 14.

Douglas and Devin at our last breakfast

Gatlinburg trip- very cold there

It was very cold while down south and Tab forgot her hat so I loaned her mine. She laughed...said she looked like old lady with it. Sniffle...I thought she looked cute. It goes with my new red and gray coat just fine.

Wondering about the back story

While cruising one of my favorites sites....People of Walmart, I found this pic and I do have to wonder the back story of this photo. I think that might be more interesting than the photo itself...or at least make the photo complete. Hey people...don't let us hang here. If this is you...step up and explain.

Please.

And just for those wanting a few minutes diversion that is updated daily, here ya go. The writer who posts captions for each photo is hilarious.

People of Walmart

The first big snow

We got our first big real snow of this winter. And it was still snowing. Anyone know what is different about the last photo? If you don't know me well,,you  might not get the answer.  The first two are taken out the front door and the last out the back door.

Because they can, should they?

From my point of view, this is a total waste of money.  I read this article this morning on Yahoo news and was so shocked at why they would do this. The only conclusion I came to was "cuz they can".

tron movie reverseages

If you are not into reading this article it basically is about a new movie Tron and how they are manipulating Jeff Bridges to look younger. He is 61 and they want him to look 35. Ok..they use computer graphics, yeah...it is in all movies these days. But they use his head and change it AND put it on another actor's body. HUH?

This quote from the article about one of the characters. "Clu bears Bridges' face, altered to make him about 35 years old, but it's grafted onto a younger actor's body."

Why spend all that money, and this HAS to be expensive, to change these things. Just hire a younger actor in the first place. There is so much talent in the world, surely they can find someone good.

But I question something deeper. Why the need to keep our actors looking young? What the heck is wrong with aging. I personally find it disturbing when someone who is past 70, ahem, Like Barbara Walters, for example, to look early 40's. It just isn't right. What message are we sending our young? It is NOT ok to age? If your body is not perfect..change it?

Plastic surgery and photo manipulation have already gone overboard but this completely false representation of an actor is absurd!