Litigation

“Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.”
Gore Vidal

A lawyerly license plate

Inflation

“Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut
you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.”
Sam Ewing

Let’s hold still for a minute…

Quit Puffing

“I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.”
Carrie Nation

Especially if the hellion is leaning up against a gas pump. This is the lonely
gas station in Kalaupapa, the former leper colony in Molokai, Hawaii.
There are no roads that connect Kalaupapa to the rest of the island.

Negative Space

“Without negative space how would we appreciate the positive
in our art and in our lives?”
Dyan Law

Don't Walk

"We all need time to sit and rest, a place to relax and take a breath."
Michael Albrechtsen

This was my first paying job as a photographer many moons ago. I was taking pictures of a parade for a local community organization when I saw this guy taking advantage of a temporary truck stop.

Conceptually Unclear

“You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.”
Cecil Baxter

Too many wise guys.

Look

“My last word is that it all depends on what you visualize.”
Ansel Adams 1902-1984

The Supreme Triumph

“For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.”
D.H. Lawrence 1885-1930

And so we keep trying.

Be

“If you want to be happy, be.”
Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910

A smile helps.

Camera Shy

“I didn't write the rules — why should I follow them?”
W. Eugene Smith 1918-1978

This is photographer Trey Ratcliff of Stuck In Customs with his Sony camera,
Google Glass and his tongue-in-cheek message to hundreds of his faithful
photographer followers during yesterday’s photo walk in San Francisco.

SSTTOOPPP

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.”
William Feather 1889-1981

I stopped and enjoyed this out of alignment street painting. But now I have a headache.

What's Important

“Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind.
You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.”
Garrison Keillor

How about 50’s haircut on a fifty-cent head? I'll have a flat top with fenders.
Bottom row, second from the right.

Lost

“When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. -- they'll find something.”
Doug Horton

But they’re not very welcoming.

Happy H2O

“It is wise to bring some water, when one goes out to look for water”
Arab proverb

I didn’t bring any water... but I found a wet smiley face anyway.

Art Form

“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.”
Marshall McLuhan 1911-1980

21st century?

First of All

“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.”
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Happy New Year! Be careful out there.

BLISFL

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls”
Joseph Campbell 1904-1987

Or get a vanity plate so your bliss will follow you.

Hemispheric

“Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature
because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.”
George W. Bush

In fact, I found this product underfoot in my neighboring hood
of San Francisco (Western Hemisphere).

Said and Done

“I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.”
Oscar Wilde 1854-1900

This sign was posted outside a local church. The quote is attributed to Lou Holtz,
the football coach although some say it originally came from Alfred E Neuman.
What, me worry?

No Obligation

“Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
Margaret Mitchell 1900-1949

Life is a mystery, no?