hatches battened down

As much as we can here. We have the wind, that is it right now.

Check it out http://hint.fm/wind/ cool way to see the impact everywhere.

Google's crisis map is pretty cool. Tons of info.
http://google.org/crisismap/sandy-2012

much better than Apple maps, yesterday it said Sandy was going to hit Antarctica and now today is says the storm will hit California in on Thursday.

It has been a pretty crazy couple of days. Worth writing about? I don't know, not sure. Everything is totally cancelled here, my wife is stuck in Virginia for who knows how long, might return tomorrow, maybe wednesday, who knows when everyone will get the airplanes back up and running the East Coast.

Oddly the picture factory has closed. It never closes. And right now it is just windy. I should go for a ride but I'm not motivated at all.  I could get super bored and ride the trainer later, esp if the power goes out, but that's going to be some heavy inertia to overcome, but probably something to do esp since I haven't touched a bike since Thursday night's open sprints, and then no commuting since Wednesday.

I have been both inspired and frustrated by my discovery of the Leica M Monochrome camera. And the user/ad galleries that have been generated since the announcement. Many shots were on pre-production models given out but some are not. Talking with one of my brother's neighbors who was shooting black and white film on an old Conex range finder at the wedding didn't do much to quelch the desire.  We talked at length about film, black and white, leica, my cameras, the thorium coatings that might be yellowing on my Pentax screw mount lenses, and the simple pleasures of developing a roll of film because you can, not because you have to.  It was good.  Except i really kind of want one of these monochrome cameras.  Not because I have time to shoot, but then maybe if I had it I would make time to shoot, and god damn it i would be fucking shooting the hell out of the races with it.  Shit maybe I should work on sorting out the darkroom shit and get the film cameras back out, yelllow lenses in black and white might be okay.  I wonder if i can find a battery for the Pentax Ashai hmmm.

November 15th will be coming along soon.  I would like to invite everyone to come down and check out the images I have on display at the Culinary Museum.  They don't have a link up but the postcards are printed and there will be a small collection at the door to cover food (i'm only one of the three exhibits the reception is for).  I think there's some RSVP stuff involved, will get the full info up when I have a postcard in hand.
I will likely have a small separate table with the images from the builder's ball on display (with the samples). Also will have the food samples there so people can appreciate the scale of the images.

When the power goes out GeWilli goes into analog mode.  We've got some time before the winds build, going to be a few more interesting days i'm guessing.

be safe out there if you're in the path of Sandy, don't be stupid

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