Digging Through the Photo Archives...

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I liked these (click for a larger image):


Sunset at Valentino Pier in Brooklyn.


High noon at Park Place in Cardiff.


A distinguished looking fellow in Cardiff gets shit-faced.


Camilla Boisen hard at work in the research students' room at the Cardiff U. School of European Studies.


Boerum Hill and Park Slope in Brooklyn at sunset.

Comments

  1. Anonymous6:11 PM

    Nice pics, but bad links, Gene. You have an extra "gene-callahan" in each of them.

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  2. gcallah8:35 AM

    I don't understand, Andy -- they all look fine to me, and work.

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  3. John Goes11:42 AM

    They don't work for me, either. If you click on the image there is an extra gene-callahan in the tag.

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  4. gcallah11:57 AM

    It was actually a missing '/' -- I guess Safari corrects for that automatically, while browser X doesn't. Let me know if it works now.

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  5. John Goes4:28 PM

    Works. Great pictures, Gene. What bottle is that fellow carrying?

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  6. gcallah1:24 PM

    I can't remember, and I can't quite read it in the photo. What's wonderful is how aptly the sculptor placed his subject's hand for accepting a prankster's gift.

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