Marine Ads Seek ‘A Few Good Women’.. pictures

A print advertisement from 1974 is targeted at women / PHOTO: J.W.T. and Duke University’s Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
The Marines has been looking for a few good women for a long time now. Check out some of the adverts, interesting marketing ploy. From nytimes.com -
The Marines started recruiting women for clerical [...]

Female Prison Idol ~ Lima Peru.. in pictures

Photo: REUTERS/Mariana Bazo
I know most people have heard of American Idol. Have you heard of Prison Idol? No.. now you have, from reuters.com -
The above picture:
An inmate tidies the hair of another inmate near police officers before the start of the 2008 “Melodies of Freedom” singing contest at the Santa Monica female prison in [...]

Light-up Day ~ Yuanxiao Festival, or Lantern Festival - Feb 08 pictures

Photo: REUTERS/Claro Cortes Iv
China is celebrating and preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games that will be held August 8-24. From reuters.com and woai.com out of San Antonio, Tx. -
Chinese Celebrate Light-up Day for the Yuanxiao Festival, or Lantern Festival, at the Confucius Temple on February 19, 2008 in Nanjing of Jiangsu, China. After [...]

The Ice Hotel ~ frozen accommodations.. pictures

Photo: Big Ben / Artists Doug Meerdink and David E. Scott
In one of the coldest parts of Sweden, the Ice Hotel offers frozen accommodations to rest your head, an Ice Bar where the bartender serves drinks in tumblers made of ice, and the caviar is served to guests of the hotel arrives in a [...]

Tokyo Panoramas.. interactive panoramic pictures

Alright people, we’re on the hump Wednesday and then it’s downhill from here to the week-end. I’ve found that I enjoy interacting with panoramic pictures, really cool.
Nancy Donaldson and Ben de la Cruz did a great job and hooked up these composites. You can click and drag on the image to move in any direction, [...]

Chinese New Year 08 ~ Year of the Rat.. pictures

Photo: Aaron Favila/AP
Let’s celebrate the new year again with some Indonesia flavor.. from ajc.com -
More than 1 billion people around the world celebrated the new year, the Year of the Rat in the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year falls on the first day of the new year when there’s a new moon. It [...]

Dancing Rio Carnival 2008.. pictures

Photo: Andre Penner / AP
Looks like the party is on because Brazil is rocking for the carnival, I mean dancing in the streets.. from abcnews.go.com.

The 22nd Yanqing Ice and Snow Tourism Festival - Jan 08.. pictures

Photo: Ng Han Guan / AP
Hope you guys are having a great week-end. From cbsnews.com - “Slice Of Ice”
“The 22nd Yanqing Ice and Snow Tourism Festival held in Yanqing county, Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. The ice festival is focusing on the Olympic theme ahead of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games to be held [...]

Fire Riders - in pictures

REUTERS/Susana Vera
I consider myself a man of the world, sort of. Having traveled to quite a few places in this world and experienced the different cultures that life has to offer, I find most truly amazing.. but I’m still learning. From reuters.com -
“Spanish villagers purify their horses by riding them through flames during the “Luminarias” [...]

Halloween Pets - Oct 07.. photos

Photo: Forin Hernandez
Halloween, tricks or treats? A time for the bump in the night things to come out and play. A time to dress up in fantasy costumes and make believe. But we can’t forget our little friends, well, some not so little. From the washingtonpost.com.. Halloween pets, if we only knew what they were [...]

Halloween - Playboy Style.. pictures..Oct 07

Nicky Hilton, Paris and Hugh Hefner
Photo: James Trevenen/AP
Seems like everybody is getting into the Halloween sprit. I know you’re not surprise about a Playboy party are you? From accessatlanta.com, the Playboy Halloween party.
Some of the pictures..
1> Can the girls come out and play? Of course Nicky Hilton (left) and Paris (right) can when it’s [...]

Halloween in Japan - Oct 28/07.. photos

Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
Hope you guys are having a great Sunday. I thought I would start today off with the first of a few post for some Halloween fun.. from reuters.com, a Halloween parade in Japan.. enjoy.
Some photos include:
1> A participant poses during a Halloween parade in Kawasaki, Japan, October 28, 2007.
2> People watch a participant [...]

Why We Travel.. in pictures

Saturday’s Special Feature: Welcome to the week-end.. time to try and relax but catch up on some of those much needed things to do. When I came across this slideshow, it got me to thinking about the many places that I’ve had the opportunity to travel (you can check the About Page for a list). [...]

A photographers journal.. “The Faces of Africa”

A Sunday Special Feature: In this photographers journal, Jehad Nga shot a series of portraits in Somalia and Kenya from 2006-2007. He was sent to cover the drought in the Horn of Africa for Human Rights Watch. Sometimes a photographer just happens to be at the right place at the right time, that and being [...]

Suburban New Jersey.. homeless, a picture story

The start of another week blog fans, got my coffee.. let’s do this. This post is what I call a special feature, which I will try to do often on a variety of things. It may not be in the news right now but I consider it to be of some value. This special feature [...]

The Notting Hill Carnival 2007.. in pictures

Most people like a good party and I wish I could have been at this one. From the BBC.CO.UK - “The Notting Hill Carnival, which is in its 43rd year, is the world’s second largest street party after the Rio Carnival held in Brazil. Processions of brightly-dressed participants in elaborate costumes have been dancing along [...]