Independence Day

Flag and Statue at the Archives

“The Future” at the National Archives

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Our military, past and present.

Images of the Fallen

“Images of the Fallen” is a part of the Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial at the Newseum. These are the images of the reporters, photographers and broadcasters who died reporting the news in 2006 and 2007.

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” ~~Thomas Jefferson

Reading of the Declaration of Independence

Each year, the National Archives hosts a reading of the Declaration of Independence:

Part 1:

Part 2:

You’ve got to admit, the “Huzzahs” were kind of hilarious :-)

whYDA.org

Via KevinBondelli.com, be sure to check out the Young Dems of America’s newest project: whYDA.org. Why are you voting for Democrats this November?

Here’s the introductory video with YDA’s Exec Director, Tony Cani:

iTunesday - Punk Goes…, Fall out Boy, and REM

I’ve been on a wicked iTunes spree lately, looking for some new stuff to fill up my iPod. Here’s a few of the tracks I’ve been picking up:

From the “Punk Goes…” Series…
Wonderwall
by Cartel
Umbrella (Rihanna Cover) by All Time Low
Hey Jealousy by Hit the Lights

I usually hate these compilation albums, mostly cause of their association with those obnoxious KidsBop commercials on TV (there’s something disturbing about a ten year old singing a Christina Aguilera song…) Continue reading ‘iTunesday - Punk Goes…, Fall out Boy, and REM’

“Under Construction” is sooooo cliche…

For those of you looking for actual “content” at this website….sorry! :-D

I just got signed up with Dreamhost, an outstanding webhost out of California that has really good prices AND buys offsets so they’re carbon neutral. I’ve been wanting to put this together for a while now and I’m finally taking the time to get everything designed the way I want it.

But, sadly, that’ll take some time. So keep checking back! ;-D

And in the meantime, you can Facebook stalk me, Twitter-follow, and comment on my stuff on Flickr.

~~jag~~

Atari Dissembled

Atari Dissembled

Something I’ve been playing around with for a bit now. I took this great shot of Atari, the latest horse to move into Hornet’s Hill, and my photography teacher wanted to see it with just the ears…or just the eyes…or just the nose. So I did all three and matted them, and it turned out great.