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IMGP2350_1_2_3_tonemapped Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier

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Here's a funny go-round from my Facebook a few weeks back:Tommy Kirchmeier: My elderly father called me “middle-aged” on Friday. I took offense as "middle-aged" is what I call people who purchase sensible automobiles.On Saturday, Jessica and I bought a Honda Civic.March 9 at 11:23am · · Like · Leah L: pretty soon, you'll start wanting a lawn too.March 9 at 11:25am · LikeKaren C: This is funny on

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Wow. Another war. It's just a farce at this point. I'm not speaking as an anti-war dove or a fiscal conservative, just someone who lives in the real world: We can't afford this!

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Belvedere Castle in Snow, Central Park, 07 Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier Spent last Wednesday, Snowpocalypse 2: The Revenge that Never Occurred, playing hookie in Central Park. I got some great shots of Belvedere Castle, among other things. It seems many other New Yorkers were playing hookie as well.

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Shea Stadium: 1964 - 2008 Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier I finally finished my portfolio of best photos from Shea Stadium: A Requiem. This was the longest photo project I've ever completed. I plan to follow it up with a self-published book of photos, soon. It's funny to miss such an eyesore but looking over these photos, it feels muchh more like home than CitiField. See the

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IMGP4082edited Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier It's effing cold out there. Even for me.I want to generate some traffic to my blog so: Tiger Woods, Avatar, Michael Jackson, H1N1, Swine Flu, Brittany Murphy, Jersey Shore, Yankees, Senate, 60 votes, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wall Street bonuses, Joe Lieberman, Jesus.

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Creepy Subway Riders (updated) Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier This is the third time I’ve seen these women on the 1 train. I noticed them about three months ago, dressed almost identically in dirty, old-fashioned skirts and sweaters. They were lying against each other, just as they are here. About a month later, I saw them sitting in either the 18th street or 23rd street station

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Locked out Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier I’ve decided to restart blogging on my blog again. Or maybe I’m going to start blogging as I never really did blog consistently. Wow, it’s amazing how when you say (or type) blog several times, it starts to sound weird again, like it did way back in 2005. I did get some fair success with one post about a crash and burn job interview.

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So it's no secret that Jess and I have a sudden urge to remove ourselves from Brooklyn only to visit occasionally in the future. I think something has happened in the last twenty years. New York is not the rough and tumble place it was when I was growing up. The Bronx aren't even scary anymore. Everyone wants to live here now and everyone is working so hard to stay here that the quality of

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Well, I'm glad that's over. Had a rough season. It started out well-enough, when I got engaged to Jessica. Her step-father, unfortunately, passed away less than a week later. On December 23, my great-uncle, whom I was very close to, passed away as well. They will be missed. So the holiday season was a whirlwind of work (everyone wants to post programs by December 31 in my industry) travel,

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Okay, I decided a long time ago that I would work to live, not live to work. It's cliche but its true. I used to take creative positions where I could design and photo edit all day. The problem was that I never wanted to work on my own creative endeavors when the day was over. I made a conscious decision to take boring jobs that pay well in order to buy art and photo supplies, pay the bills,

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Thank you, Dick Cheney! Your tireless xenophobia and might-makes-right philosophy have made it possible for a minority to become President in my lifetime. I shudder to think that, had your divisive tactics in the 2004 election not worked to divide this nation, John Kerry would have won and we would have had to choose between him and John McCain. The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, we owe them

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Brooklyn Dances in the Streets for Obama Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier Most of the big moments I remember are negatives moments: The Challenger Disaster, the Tsunami, September 11. Tonight was a positive one: The election of the first minority to the Presidency of the United States. We went crazy in my boro tonight, literally dancing in the streets. I have no doubt that the

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Count me as an elitist. A proud, proud, elitist.

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tadium or [Shea S]tadium Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier Well, I guess it is no longer "Shea Stadium". It is now simply "tadium". The "Shea S" have been removed. I expect more changes next week. I know the scoreboard came down last Saturday (missed it by a few hours).In other news, brooklynmetfan.com has picked up a bunch of my photos and is running them this week. It is

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You know, it doesn't really seem that bad. Oil prices have come down, the Euro is trading at $1.30, not $2.00 and I still have food. I understand that real estate and construction are hard hit but it just seems like a market correction, not the end of times. I know that retirement accounts are taking a hit but if we can bail out banks, we will bail out retirees. Wait until all the boomers

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I wish Leonard Cohen had recorded a Christmas album. I understand that there would probably be an inherent conflict of interests considering his last name, but I'm sure it would have been an interesting melancholy take on some holiday classics.

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IMGP8765BW Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier Not much changed between week 1 and week 2 at Shea. It does feel more desolate. Perhaps that is because things are disappearing that I am not noticing: Small promenade trees, signposts, etc. I watched some workers unceremoniously remove the sign for Gate E. That was sort of the stand-by place where I would meet people when going to a

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I think we just used up all of the money. All of it. It's not coming back. I'm pretty sure I just heard that sucking sound that you get from a straw when you reach the bottom of a drink. Did anyone else notice it?In the meantime, I'm going to propose to Jess that we eat our cat. That will give us two savings: 1) We won't need to buy cat food anymore 2) We will be full for one more day.

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Shea Stadium: 1964 - 2008 Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier I’ve decided to do a photo series on the dismantling of Shea Stadium. I plan to go once a week to the place where I spent so many summer days and so many autumn heartbreaks where I will document the razing of the field. I’m sad to see it go. I find some irony in the fact that it is 44 years old, the same age that Ebbets

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Digital broadcasting and the end of analog television - my TV went dark years ago and my life has been all the better ever since.

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Has anyone noticed that we are at war in Pakistan?http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/world/asia/09pstan.html?hp

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Typing OOTO instead of Out of the Office on your vacation auto-reply does not increase your productivity. It just messes with your recipients' heads as they try to figure out what OOTO means. It probably also decreases their productivity as they scratch their heads.

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IMGP7045 Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier

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The only thing missing is a sound file of the music when the dog pops up:Source: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/08/duck_hunt_lamp.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890

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Alaska photos are up! IMGP5414 Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier

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There's a new X-Files movie out this weekend? Shoot, I'm still trying to get tickets to Batman.

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Soooo... With a gallon of gas at $4, a car that gets 24 miles to the gallon goes a whopping 6 miles per dollar.I love my Metro Card.

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I don't hate my job, I hate Mondays and Tuesdays. By Wednesday I'm numb and resigned to working. Wednesday is also not not Monday or Tuesday. Thursday is nice because it's a weekend's worth of days away from the weekend. Friday is fine and gets better as the day wears on.Sunday nights can be downright depressing.

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Let me be the first to ask: Can we get this guy on a coin or a bill or Mt. Rushmore or something? I know he hasn't been elected yet but we may as well put him up there.Check this out: www.fightthesmears.com.

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From NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/us/politics/10cnd-campaign.html?hp):In his speech to the small business group, Mr. McCain denounced Mr. Obama’s plan to pay for his economic stimulus plan by increasing taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year, arguing it would harm businesses, as well. “Under Senator Obama’s tax plan, Americans of every background would see their taxes

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So I’m sitting in a meeting about internal and external questions and how we capture the data for those programs. All I can think is: God I want to work on a spaceship.

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I wanted to like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I really did. But, like so many Lucas properties of late, it got too cutsie. I would review the film, but I can't bring myself to go over its tedious childishness. Perhaps I have grown up since eighth grade, when Indy was last on the screen. I guess nothing could match what I had hoped for.All I want to say about Indiana

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I am thoroughly prepared to enjoy Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. So prepared, in fact, that Jessica and I have tickets to tonight’s Ziegfeld premiere at midnight. A lot of friends and people on the net have prejudged an aging Indy who fights Stalinists instead of Nazis. Be that as it may, it is a natural progression. It is also a chance to break out of the mold of two of

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If you call yourself a Christian then you have to know in your supposedly Christian heart that immigrants who are trying to build a better life should be let into our country. Anything other than completely open immigration is unChristian. It does not take a whole lot of research in the New Testament to verify that this is what Jesus would want.

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A funny thing happened shortly after my last entry. I was hired by WebMD. Since that event, I have had little time... okay, let's be truthful, little motivation to update this blog.But, as usual, politics weighs upon me as much as the two Old Fashions that I just drank and I feel compelled to talk about my disillusionment with the whole thing.We were promised that Iraq would be a cakewalk, the

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I started a new photo project last weekend. It is in the vein of Doctor Beef's Storm Troopin set on Flickr. I fear that it lacks the fun and ingenuity of the former. I Think I did it because I was bored and trapped at my parents' house for Easter:

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I'm sorry but if I were one of the bank robbers, I would have to steal a police car as well. I hope this was not real:

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I had an interesting, if not intense, interview last Friday with World Access Marketing. http://www.worldaccessmarketing.com. I urge you to check out their website which is mediocre at being long-winded and high-impact while stating nothing. I also urge you to check out the bad things people are writing about them at http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/097/RipOff0097045.htm. That link is

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Eliot Spitzer had a chance to turn his personal, private, non-policy failings, an act not even illegal in parts of the United States, into a media advantage for the Democratic Party. I wish instead of resigning, he had stated the following the following:"Though what I did in Washington DC was illegal in that jurisdiction, I stress that my acts did not lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians

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Empire State Building Originally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier Happy weekend!When I was out running on Wednesday, I found this excellent cemetery that overlooks the city from Queens. If there is any space left, I hope I can be buried there. By and large it was a fairly industrial area (I love running through industrial zones, for some reason) and there were a lot of vantage points that

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When I was in Vietnam, I urged my omnivorous friend to try eating cat or dog meat. She refused. I was unable to understand her resistance considering she eats chicken and pig and cow meat.Fast forward a year and we have this wonderful, funny, heartwarming video of a puppy. So cute. We also see a marine throwing it off of a cliff:People are outraged. Rightly so. (I'm sure most of those

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I was sorry to hear this on NPR this afternoon: Gary Gygax, instrumental in the creation of Dungeons and Dragons, has died. I have no idea what I would have done with my pre-teen years if it was not for this game. Obituaries are available through the following links:Salon.comDungeons and Dragons Website

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Just some things to remember about William f. Buckley:"Mr. Buckley worked as a freelance writer and lecturer and wrote a second book with his brother-in-law L. Brent Bozell. Published in 1954, “McCarthy and His Enemies” was a sturdy defense of the senator from Wisconsin who was then at the height of his campaign against communists, liberals and the Democratic Party. The book made The New York

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Anyone who knows me knows that I love running. While I can't say I was thrilled to loose my job, I did find some excitement in the fact that I would have more time to get out and run. A funny thing is happening now as I am unemployed. I am running less. Now, I still run about twenty miles a week which is more than most people run in a lifetime. I have also finished four books this year and

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Finally people are realizing that the drinking age is way too high in this country and we don't need Sharia law:http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080229/twl-drinking-age-1be00ca.html

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I've always liked Michael Bloomberg. He sees things in terms of a double-entry ledger and he is straight with his constituents. I've always admired his basic philosophy, "We can raise taxes or cut services. Which do you want?" Generally I believe there are three ways to pay off credit (at a Federal level): 1) Mint more money 2) Cut benefits 3) Raise taxes. I invariable believe in raising

Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069508813599551217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633234787702903891.post-49831077920150471162008-02-25T12:10:00.003-05:002008-02-25T12:36:31.356-05:00

I'm glad George Lucas has developed a sense of humor about Star Wars in the past few years.

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This week's New Yorker (25 Feb,2008) describes John McCain's campaign bus as"stocked with Dunkin’ Donuts and Coke, the staples of the McCain diet." (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/25/080225fa_fact_lizza)The same issue states, Barack Obama, "took up running (three miles a day), stopped hanging out in bars, and started keeping a journal," in his sophomore year of college at Columbia. (

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I have continued to burn through the weekend on a creative/catalogical kick. I have added a VRML archive. VRML is an archaic web technology that I spent my senior year of college studying. More info is available at wikipedia.I don't usually spend this kind of time in front of the computer (if I'm not working). I swear I'm not geeking out. I'm going to go watch Star Trek II now.

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I spent Friday and Saturday uploading videos to YouTube and putting together my new video archive. I've been shooting photos my entire life and making videos since college. I think it should be fairly self-evident that I approach video-making as a photographer. My interest is rarely in telling a story so much as it is in examining a subject. Video gives me a chance to make what are

Tommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069508813599551217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8633234787702903891.post-89013453617823159882008-02-21T21:51:00.005-05:002008-02-21T22:02:52.077-05:00

If there is no air in space, why was this such a big explosion? These are the thoughts that forced me to go to a liberal arts college.

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Adding the video this morning made me realize that I should be showing off my own experimental pieces. I've started uploading them to YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/tommykirchmeier. I also expect to host some on this site soon. In the meantime, here is a piece of a much longer film I made a while back:

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Here is the best video I have ever seen on YouTube. Come to think of it, this video is better than most narratives produced by Hollywood.

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jess copyOriginally uploaded by TommyKirchmeier I posted this image of Jessica over the weekend and it went straight into Flickr's "Explored" section. An image found in Explore means that the photo is among the top 500 of roughly 4 million images posted that day. So I'm pretty happy about that.

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I started this blog today while I am out of work. Apparently, as a semi-real artist/photographer/writer, I am supposed to have one. I assume it will end up being fairly political and heavily photographical without a side of Brit-wit. We'll see what happens.

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