Pop-up pup.
Passing through Atlanta airport, today, on the Petri dish which passes for an aircraft run by the serial crooks known as air carriers, I spotted this pup while awaiting a connecting flight. He travels in the space underneath the seat in front and his owner told me that he is a seasoned traveler.
iPhone 12 Pro Max, background blur added in PS.
Our own leaning tower of Pisa.
The procurement corruption that gave the world the leaning tower of Pisa continues to this day.
I took that snap in January, 2011, when the vaunted Millennium Tower, a blot on the skyline of San Francisco, was being completed.
Here is the story today:
There again, when the Big One hits, it’s going over in any case.
Panasonic G1, kit room.
Future grandmaster.
While waiting at the car wash, dad decided to teach his young daughter chess. As he taught her the permitted moves for each piece he was rewarded with a squeal of delight. A joy to watch.
iPhone 12 Pro Max, processed in Focos.
Admirers.
With the furnace that is summer in Scottsdale gradually cooling, early morning runs to the bagel place are once more on the cards.
This admirer, with his fine companions, gets it:
The old BMW Airhead is in fine fettle after a summer overhaul, and much prefers the cool morning air to the alternative.
iPhone 12 Pro Max snaps.
Old money.
Buck Ellison has crafted a cynical and amusing series of posed images of WASP money in America, none better illustrative of the culture of entitlement and the Peter Principle (the Bushes, Betsy DeVos, etc.) than this one:
You can read more in this fine New Yorker article.