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For Memorial Day weekend the SciFi Channel had a Godzilla marathon. I loved Godzilla as a kid, and I wondered if Son was old enough to appreciate the giant lizard. So I tentatively TiVo’d something called “Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.” I vaguely remembered a movie in which Godzilla defended Tokyo [...]

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The wife got one of those inexpensive backyard pools, and the kids had a blast. Here Daughter takes a dip.

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Do you care how the sausage is made? Probably not. But I’ll tell you anyhow. You’re looking at an all-new zirkel.com site, created from the ground-up. Some of the changes:

New Hosting service
Wordpress for blogging, instead of Blogger
All names other than my own have been anonymized for privacy
All old URL’s are now dead
Portfolio site is down, [...]

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Another in my macro botanicals series.

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Another botanical macro …

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This image is being used for print ads and online graphics for the Meeker St. Emporium, a thrift shop which benefits the homeless. It’s a great example of how iStockphoto brings stock photography within the budget of clients who are unable to afford conventional stock (at, say, $300 a pop). Plus, I’m personally a big [...]

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I’ve taken a few macro shots of plants and flowers. It’s a little different for me, so I thought I’d share a few over the next few days.

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Daughter did this lovely artwork, which incorporates an outline of her hand.

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Simulated cross-processed effect, from “The Fine Art Effects Cookbook“

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Daughter is a super-reader. Not only does she have an outstanding record of sccelerated reader certificates from school, she just loves to read. Her favorites lately include a fiction series about “Cam Jansen,” and the long-running science series featuring the Magic Schoolbus.

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