Favorite Links...
If you're off to visit the wonderful world of Southern
California, here are your basic survival hyperlinks. The
Holy Grail of all things LA and of course,
comprehensive coverage of those daily California
earth tremors which have been know to disturb nasty
giant desert worms whose only goal in life is to co-star
in another movie with Kevin Bacon. Ah yes... just
another typical day in LaLa Land. May the force of
Hollywood and Vine be with you!
Recent Earthquakes
in California
Here's the perfect creative haven for
those disfranchised individuals whose
comedic force ended up as road kill on
the freeway of life's little ironies.  
Presenting a couple of intellectually
stimulating sites that prefer
understatement to slapstick and
enough categorized humor to tickle
your funny bone 'till you celebrate your
next centennial.
Three good sources of Asian and Asean
information. 'Asia 1', backed by the Straits Times
Group of newspapers in Singapore covers the
Singapore and Asian headline stories while
'Pacific Internet' has more Asian general interest
information and fun and games. The South China
Morning Post is a mother lode for Hong Kong
and China watchers. Visit 'em all for a few
minutes each day and the Orient suddenly won't
seem that inscrutable!!
Sound advice once again.
Play those free mp3's you've
downloaded from
Garageband on the mp3
player you've downloaded
free from Realplayer. Then
watch some real cool free
movie previews on your free
Quicktime viewer from Apple.
Like, what could possibly be
freer or cooler than that,
Man?
Betcha don't know what the most prolific,
provident and pensively beautiful plant
growing on planet earth is, do 'ya? The
inspiration of art, literature and panda
keepers in most Asian cultures for the last
25 centuries, bamboo has tripped the
lights of many a Zen meta physician with its
serene beauty. While at the same time
providing the building material for his
house, the cup he drinks from, the food for
his table, and the table. Don't believe me?
Hey, study the material presented in the
following hyper links carefully, 'cause I'm
gonna ask questions later!
ASMP - The American Society of Media
(formerly Magazine) Photographers is one
of the most respected and influential
professional photographhic organizations
in the world. Based in New Jersey and
numbering over 5,000 members (there
were less than 300 when I first joined as a
very young man), the ASMP has lobbied
for photographers rights for over 50
years. Check 'em out if you want to know
which direction digital technology is
taking the profession and how the pros
are going with the flo.
The Sierra Club. "To explore, enjoy and protect the wild
places of the Earth; to practice and promote the
responsible use of the Earth's ecosystems and
resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and
restore the quality of the natural and human
environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out
these objectives." Over 600,000 members dedicated to a
better environment!! So, join already!!