There is only one guarantee with Lotto: if you don't have a ticket you won't win. Of course, if you do have a ticket there's a pretty good chance you won't win, too. But ya gotta be in to win.
Everyone fantasises about what they would do with such a large amount of money. Just say it. Twenty Five Million Dollars. TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS!!
It's a lot of money. Surely enough to set anybody up for life. And with a little left over to spread around. Many times I've secretly wondered what I'd like to do if money were no object. So, here's a list.
I've always wanted to put a couple of hundred dollar notes into the hat/cup/guitar case of a particularly good busker. The best guitar playing busker I've ever seen/heard was a guy in New Orleans who said he had toured with John English. I kinda doubted that, but the man could play the guitar. He was incredible. I watched for ages, chatted to him, and put a few bucks into his pot. Every now and then you come across someone incredible like that.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
10 Things I've Learned as a Tog Noob
I thought I'd throw out into the public arena (which is already saturated with such posts) a post about being a very new and moderately skilled photographer - a label I still feel a little cheeky giving myself.
With the advent of digital, and cheap but decent, DSLR cameras, it is very true that every man and his dog is a photographer. There now exists a huge divide between those professional photographers who have studied the craft all their life and do some good work, and those who recently picked up a decent camera and think they have a good eye. There is also a lengthy spectrum between those two groups.
Of course, lest anybody think I consider myself near the expert end, let me dispel anything like that immediately. On the spectrum I'm a noob. I've taken a few decent snaps, but I have a ways to go before I get noticed (if ever).
But I know what I like, and what I don't. I reckon I know to some degree what makes a good photograph, and doesn't. I think everyone has a little of that talent. We are all familiar with "experts" who may have all the knowledge in the world about a certain subject, but really have no clue. One may have studied the Masters and know everything there is to know about art and its history and fancy themselves an artist. But cant draw a decent stick figure.
With the advent of digital, and cheap but decent, DSLR cameras, it is very true that every man and his dog is a photographer. There now exists a huge divide between those professional photographers who have studied the craft all their life and do some good work, and those who recently picked up a decent camera and think they have a good eye. There is also a lengthy spectrum between those two groups.
Of course, lest anybody think I consider myself near the expert end, let me dispel anything like that immediately. On the spectrum I'm a noob. I've taken a few decent snaps, but I have a ways to go before I get noticed (if ever).
But I know what I like, and what I don't. I reckon I know to some degree what makes a good photograph, and doesn't. I think everyone has a little of that talent. We are all familiar with "experts" who may have all the knowledge in the world about a certain subject, but really have no clue. One may have studied the Masters and know everything there is to know about art and its history and fancy themselves an artist. But cant draw a decent stick figure.
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