lights camera trees

Imagemongering. Returning to the theme of the secular christmas, Flash went out taking pictures of lights.Ironically, he set his camera to no flash, so he could record the lights.



Consumption. The mall was crowded, but he did not go inside. The tree atop the department store was all he needed. Of course, consumption was once a term for tuberculosis.

Recognition. Time magazine has awarded "Man of the Year" to the content providers of the internet. I suppose I should be pleased to recieve an award that was given to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.
Of course, much of this content is reused. I found this from the other night:
I thought I would share a few of my favorite posts. All but one of these is from one night. The great American novel is too much work, but these wannabe scholars strut their stuff every night on the internet.
and this:
if you don’t agree with everything he says, you are a poopy head who is going to hell. ...

Spellcheck The spellcheck suggestion for “poopy” is poppy, pope, poop, poops. The source of heroin, a german with dreadful taste in hats, and the singular and plural of a child’s euphemism for feces. These are closely related to the original of “poopy”.
The suggestions for “german” include germs, gremlins, green, grecian, gagmen