Monday, March 23, 2026

Fleetwood Mac Under the Museum Lights


The original "light-painted" image (shown at the end of this post) was taken on May 2, 2016, in front of the steps where the iconic Rocky statue is shown standing on the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 

To create or edit some of my photos, sometimes I use music. Music helps me relax and inspires my editing process. For this AI cartoon selfie, I listened to one of my favorite rock bands, Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac.

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Donald Trump Now Wants To Terrorize Our Airports By Sending ICE Thugs


The Orange Turd, our authoritarian fascist dictator wannabe is now threatening to send masked armed ICE thugs to our airport checkpoints starting tomorrow to create chaos and terrorize travelers. Who wants to be bothered by ICE at airports? TSA was bad enough, now you got these fools itching to rough people up and shoot them.

Untrained ICE thugs working at another job they are not trained for. Long TSA lines full of frustrated travelers, adding ICE, what could possibly go wrong? That tactic worked out so well in Minneapolis.

This proves yet again that they aren't an actual federal organization, just the private militia for the Orange Turd. Definitely not a good time to be traveling in the United States.

There goes ALL international travel, and the billions it brings. Are we winning yet?

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Donald Trump Now Wants Immigrants Back, As Labor Crisis Explodes


To show you how out of touch our government is, now all of the sudden they understand that they need the migrants they already locked up or deported in other foreign countries that they are not from. MAGA cultists are surprised and upset that their dear moron leader wants immigrants back.

Earlier this month, the Orange Turd ordered his allies to stop using the phrase "mass deportations" and to adopt a new approach on one of his top campaign promises. He is concerned that the term "mass deportations" is unpopular to voters and the Orange Turd is worried about losing votes on the next election.

You know all those farm workers that the Orange Turd has been deporting? Those deportations caused a labor shortage because they can't get enough Americans to get off their lazy ass to go out in the field and pick those veggies. Our "stable-genius" moron president doesn't understand why Americans don't want to go work on farms for subpar wages.

Our government plan is to lower the wages they could pay them, and the farmers can deduct for room and board. Sounds like sharecropping to me. We are back to the Civil War era where formerly enslaved poor farmers were trapped in cycles of debt and poverty. Our government is going back to what they know best, indentured servitude and modern-day slavery.

What do these geniuses in our government were expecting to happen after deporting all these farm workers? Who is going to pick your crops? The Orange Turd is too stupid to realize that you need people to get the produce from the farm to the grocery shops.

Do these racist fascist clowns in our government think farm workers are coming back? In my opinion, migrant workers are not going to come back to the US as long as the Orange Turd is in office.

How Photography Changed My Life


When people ask me how I keep myself grounded, especially when overwhelmed, I tell them that photography has been a tremendous therapeutic tool. It keeps me focus and it also has improved my mental well-being. At the same time, it helps me appreciate the beauty in everyday life.

To me, photography is more than just taking pictures and creating/documenting my life. It may sound silly, but photography has made me feel alive. I think it is fair to say that getting involved in this hobby, has saved my life. It isn't just what I do; it is who I am. Photography defines me, I know that it has changed my life for the better. It has taught me how to live in the moment and look for beauty where others may miss it.

Now that I am turning my old pictures in a cartoon or AI caricatures of myself, it has added a new dimension to it. Not only I am having fun taking pictures, am also personalizing them by creating unique funny cartoons and inserting myself into them. I love it!

This last picture if of la Catedral de Nuestra SeƱora de la Candelaria in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The Catedral was built in 1763.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Throwback Thursday


This picture was taken in 2020 at the George Washington Bridge overlook in New York. That weekend I traveled to NYC specifically to take pictures of the GWB, the Statue of Liberty, Coney Island, the Brooklyn Bridge from the top of the Manhattan Bridge walkway, and a couple of sunset pictures from Top of the Rock at the Rockefeller Center.

It was a lot of fun to travel all over New York to photograph those locations. Just for fun, last night I created this AI caricature of the same picture. Enjoy !!!

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

The Mark of the Beast


Wearing baseball caps since my Little League days, has become an everyday thing for me. I even used baseball caps for business. I have a photo collage where the first pic was taken in 1996 during my second year working in the HIV/AIDS field. These days baseball caps are acceptable gear for casual, and also business attire. 

Have you noticed? Since the Orange Turd decided to enter politics, wearing a MAGA red baseball cap is the "mark of the beast". It is viewed as a symbol of divisiveness, or a "cult-like" and blind loyalty to their "really smart - a very stable genius" leader. 

Now I can't wear a red baseball cap in public (which happen to be my favorite baseball cap color), to prevent being mistaken of supporting the MAGA movement. The Phillies team uses a red baseball cap, and my favorite Yankees hats are also red. It has become politicized due to the popularity of the MAGA hats. To avoid confrontations during my daily commute, I stopped using my Yankees red hats as the MAGA red hats became popular. 

I just spent a couple of hours editing some of my earlier photos from past years, turning my red baseball caps into dark blue or black. What a conundrum.