Sign Language

This picture was taken January 30, 2008 in Duluth, MN. The temperature was 20 below zero at the time of the photo. Apparently fall is right around the corner.

The employees have to walk right by this sign every day when they come and go. Don’t you think that someone, sometime would think that it’s time to update the sign?

Definitely good advice. Keep your eyes open for that Avian Flu. Apparently it’s hiding in a suitcase somewhere in Asia.

They’ve been there for over 25 years. Concepcion Picciotto and William Thomas continue to ask the world to give peace a chance. They choose to live across the street from the White House in an effort to convince their neighbors to prefer peace over war. I wonder how it feels to be basically ignored for 25 years.

Last night was the Winterfest celebration at the local university. It was great family fun, with a spelling lesson for my kids thrown in for free. Ouch!

At the Korean War Memorial in Washington D.C. you’ll see these signs at the fountain asking people to not throw coins into the water.

The photo below was taken in the same spot where I had the pleasure to watch one of the visiting high schoolers toss coins into the fountain.

I wish I had bought one of these.

From the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

just kidding - I know that hip hop is not evil.

This graphic was on a billboard in Seoul, Korea. I’m not exactly sure what they’re selling here, but I think it includes two or three different vices. Sounds good to me.

Shown here are two of the examples that I am using with the 4th and 5th grade after-school Tech Club at a local elementary school. Their first assignment is to take a photo and turn it into a poster along the lines of the one shown above, or to create a balloon bubble photo like the one shown below. These are two of the effects available at fd’s Flickr Toys. One thing that I forgot about was that these youngsters have never heard the Todd Rundgren song that the photo above was based on, so I’m going to play the song for them next time just so they don’t think that I’m totally clueless.

From Hong Kong … ’nuff said