Larry Hnetka Goes HMmmm

Ugly Betty’s quirky, episodic programming has hit a nerve with viewers.

A bit didactic for my tastes but its over-the-top stereotyped characters are amusing sometimes.
ABC has devoted an interactive site for fans of the program.
Besides the usual wallpaper downloads, one fun activity is making your own magazine.
Create your very own Mode scrapblog and accessorize [...]

Apolgies to those of you who haven’t been able to comment here recently.
I upgraded my installation to WordPress 2.3.1 and some of my plug-ins blew out. I’m fixing those now and so you should be able to use the default comments box. However, I’m getting lots of comment spam now and have to work on [...]

Over at the blog, Mommy Needs A Review, I’m attempting to win an HP Photosmart M447 digital camera by leaving a comment about my “best missed photo memory.”
Here’s the comment I made about my best missed photo memory:
Instead of our usual winter vacation to Mexico or Hawaii, we decided one year to change our [...]

Has digital photography turned you into a crazy shutter happy shooter like me? I’m plowing through over 1,000 digital photos I took on my recent holiday.

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Photo Theme: HOT

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Got your Christmas crafts on the go?
Here’s an old but reliable way to add some sparkle to your festive decorations with just a few plastic cups, a string of Christmas lights and lots of Crazy Glue.
FYI: Crazy Glue and I are not friends. I usually end up with my fingers stuck [...]

Photo Theme: I LOVE . . . art in public spaces.

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The other day a friend of mine laughed at me when I vigorously washed the dog food can top before I opened it with my freshly washed can opener.

Surprised at this unexpected remark, I said, “Doesn’t everyone wash the lids on all canned food?’
Apparently not was his reply. Let’s get serious folks. What [...]

Photo Theme: FLEXIBLE
As I said last week, expect some recent vacation photos
to somehow apply to the PhotoHunt theme!

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Conceriege.com — where inspired travel starts — had this interesting take on those architects they consider as visionary.

In 1997, when Frank Gehry unveiled his very funky curving titanium museum in a backwater city in northern Spain (”Bil-where?”), few would have predicted the impact the building would have on both architecture and tourism.
Ten years later, [...]