Darkness never wins. It just fools you into thinking it does.
Quote of the day….
An oldie, but a goodie….
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn’t commit when he had the opportunity.
- Helen Rowland
One of my all-time favorite attractions
I absolutely loved this ride as a child and it brings back great memories to see it here replicated in miniature…
The days go by…
…and it’s time to do some housecleaning. I’m giving up the tiny little web hosting business that I’ve had for, oh my gosh, 20 years? Along with that, I’m getting rid of a couple old domains. OriginalSteves.com is headed to the wayback machine soon, but I’m still proud of the digital artwork I did in those years. Here’s a small sampling from those days. The last “job” I did was for Phin City PHC (the former Las Vegas Parrot Head Club) and their “Last Man Standing” event back in 2013.
I had a lot of fun creating these, and more fun attending the events. Lots of memories.
Can’t find the original file for this one, so here’s the finished product.
Things you should know #1
There are a lot of videos out there telling you how to pour a beer. This one explains it and makes sense….
What’s not to like?
A desert evening, lovely music, lovelier women….I play this one often. It always brings a smile to my old mug.
Quote of the day
Wisdom from Game of Thrones:
“A man can only admit when he is wrong, and ask for forgiveness”
Quote of the day
“I decided arrogantly and arbitrarily, because there was no one there to contradict me, that what we have lost by culture is integral consciousness of mind and body, and gained instead large stomachs, and brains overcharged with knowledge 90 percent of which is useless.”
From Romanian Furrow – Touches the very soul of rural Romania by Donald Hall
Never Stop Dreaming!
Come on! Hurry!
– Excuse me, may I please go first?
– Can you wait for me? I need to use the bathroom
– What the Hell lady!? Watch where you’re going!
– A bagel please!
– Where is track no. 9? Can anyone tell me where it is?
– What time it is?
– Crap! Where’s my phone? I can’t find my phone! Help! Someone help me!!!
The voices of hundreds upon hundreds of people were all mixed together in a unintelligible, chaotic buzz. They’re all in a hurry, they’re all focused on their own individual tasks and most seem to have lost both respect and awareness towards the existence of others around them. They’re all in a hurry; buying tickets, booking trips, ordering food, eating, reading, getting they’re daily dose of bad coffee…
A loud whistle sound makes interrupts all other noises for a second. The big, old…
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Quote of the day
“His larger point – his life lesson actually – was that identity is too fluid for the primitive nationalism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.”
Robert D. Kaplan, In Europe’s Shadow – Two Cold Wars and a Thirty- Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
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