I just spent a few moments perusing G+ whilst dinner cooked. For those of you who aren't on G+ or don't follow me there, I figured I'd share, because there are three extraordinarily beautiful photographs and something to delight the hearts of current and former English majors.
If I remember rightly, there were people who said, when photography was born, that it could never be art. It's too bad they're gone. I'd like to spread the following photos out in front of them, laying them down like a royal flush.
For geology lovers, Kent Mearig's photograph of a stream in an ice cave in Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier. You'd be forgiven if you thought such things couldn't appear on this planet – but they can, and do, and they are exquisite.
Arachnophobes beware, but our own George Wiman took this fantastic photo of a tiny spider, and I think it's utterly adorable. Also, I love the eyes! Remarkable little critters. And capturing it in such detail takes a certain mastery of photography that can only be envied by amateurs such as myself.
The trump card*: liquid flower photos. Mind boggled. Click through to see the whole series, because they are amazing.
And, teh funneh: English doesn't borrow from other languages. Laughed me arse off, didn't I just? I'm sure at least one or two of you got a kick out of that.
It's back to the gargantuan 800+ page paper on Mount St. Helens for me. Stay tuned for the best UFD ever later this morning…
*I don't play poker, so I don't know if there is a trump card in a royal flush, or even what a trump card is except in a vague "ha ha you are so pwnd" sort of way, and I didn't feel like looking it up. Did I mention dinner? Also, 800+ page paper? Yeah. Just go with it, m'kay?
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May 29, 2012 at 1:58 am 
Dana Hunter
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