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The Serious, Sober Job of the Media Covering Elections
… (with a whiff of the sweet smell of satire) I love the people of the press. So very serious about their work. So industrious about their duty to inform the public. Especially when covering politics, government and the election process, While they hang out near the beer tent –
There Is Nothing New Under The Sun
~ Ezra Taft Benson ~ Born and raised on a farm U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for 8 years as appointed by President Eisenhower. Life long supporter of The Boy Scouts of America A very wise man …
Edward Curtis – Master American Photographer
… I have always been fascinated with Edward Curtis and his eye for light and composition. His work was a great influence on how I saw shadows and exposure. Monochromatic photography is very telling and unforgiving if exposure is not carefully considered. He did not have the choice of color in his day, but tinting […]
Those Who Appeal to the Baseness that Lies Deep
… From Marcus Tullius Cicero ( 106 BC ~ 43 BC ) A Roman Statesman, writer and Orator – “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the […]
What Was Really Cool Back Then
… There were a few times in a week when just about anyone knew where I could be found. They all involved a 19″ television. But the absolute coolest was FIREBALL XL5 !!! XL5 was all we talked about on the playground. That was before I had to start the first […]
An Essay about the Meaning of Words –
… “Revolution” An essay on circular motion by Tony Rollo “If you can sit by the river long enough, eventually the bodies of dead enemies will float by.” – Daoist Proverb Because I am a product of somewhere between a television screen and a government education, I’ve had to unlearn a few “facts” to […]
Another installment of my 1790 portrait study
… I finished another installment of my photographic study of the 1790 settlement in middle Tennessee known as “Mansker’s Station”. Here, one of the first settlers to come to the area just north of what is now Nashville. The man is enjoying a wilderness stew prepared in the fort’s kitchen as he listens to an […]
A Short History of Political Cartoons
… Illustrations are an important aspect of my work. One of the more fascinating aspects of illustration is the political cartoon. Benjamin Franklin made the very first political cartoon ever. He ran in his paper during the War of Independence (the “so called” American Revolution) against England: Since that first political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin, […]
Creation is infinitely huge and infinitely small
I first saw a monochrome test of this film at the Smithsonian Institute’s newly opened Air and Space Museum in 1976. Everyone who saw it had their mind blown. As I have always thought – Everything in this universe from the largest body to the smallest particle is but a part in the Creator’s pocket […]
History is sacred to those who lived it.
Very funny and a bit exaggerated. However, this is essentially true. We also suffer the consequences by stopping short of total victory. Korea is divided to this day because of a mistake made by the Commander In Chief of that era by not allowing the professionals to fully perform their duty. Micro-management from […]
Will the real Tony Rollo please stand up ?
… There has been some questions and confusion with some of the emails I have received recently. “I requested friends on Facebook – why didn’t you answer?” … “Did you get my TWEET?” … and so on … Let me clear a few things up … officially. As Popeye put it: “I yam wut I […]
Are we the Modern Roman Republic turning into the Modern Roman Empire ?
… I send out this plea to those gifted in sharing the truth of our Constitution and Liberty I first voiced my opinion that the United States was “the modern Roman Republic turning into a modern Roman Empire” in my high school days in a paper turned in for a creative writing assignment in […]
The Passing of Sidney Lumet
I was very sorry to hear that the brilliant film director Sidney Lumet passed on this morning. 86 is a good, long life and he leaves behind some wonderful works. I never had the pleasure of personally meeting him, but I have met and worked with some who had worked closely with him on set. […]
All Nighters – Getting a Lotta Cool Stuff Done
More hours in the day would be great ! Sleeping is so overrated ;-) But we are getting many things done … especially on the creative side. Trying to balance the technical and tedious work with letting my brain go free so I won’t start stacking B-Bs in a corner … The Button Pin Store […]
Finding Our Center While Bailing Water –
Yes – I know I’m digging up the past a lot … … but I have been playing catch up. You see – we have been very busy for at least six months now. Because if not, we would have to either return to punching someone’s clock or slipping into oblivious hardship. The inevitable […]
New Photographs – From historical setting
Here are two photos I want to share with you from a series about a settlement family being informed of a possible indian raid in the Tennessee valley of 1790. The rest of this series will be available when ready in the gallery section ~ …
Mind Wars – the feature Docudrama 2 disc Producer’s cut
Mind Wars – the two DVD disc extended producer’s cut.
English Is My Second Language – An Essay from 2008
God bless the software geeks! It has been the recent goal of my family to simplify everything we do in our life, work to be more efficient with our time and get in a little fun every day. I am thankful for the modern tools to be able to do so. It is my […]
You can never win a debate with a liar. (an essay)
Leonardo DaVinci wrote that there are three basic classes of people. Those who see, those who see when shown and those who will never see. In middle school I was introduced to the fine art of debate. In fact, we had a class that taught how to debate. At my first impression, debate was […]