This man just purchased a Tornado Potato.

I’d be skeptical of any food named after a natural disaster as well. I’m thinking of rolling out more devastation based food treats, for example: Cyclone Carrots, Tsunami Salami or Hot Beef Sundaes (while not specifically named after a natural disaster, eat one and you’ll see why they fit in this category).

the older dolls are really the scariest ones

I’ll break from my photo posting tradition a little bit by including myself in a shot. However, the only way you can gain an idea of the scale and the contrast of the brutal landscape around the South Dakotan badlands is in relation to a person amongst their craggy peaks.

I hiked only about a mile through the landscape and despite chugging water most of the way (as signs everywhere tell you to) I still experienced deep heat exhaustion and a headache the rest of the day. The area radiates heat from all around and will drain you quickly!

Because of the Horizon Deepwater oil gusher, the Louisiana marshes will never be the same again. I still remember my time there and hope I can return someday to a restored habitat although I highly doubt we’ll ever find a way to replace the delicate balance of this marine ecosystem. The above silhouette of a fisherman is off Pecan Island in the southwest part of the state, one of the areas that will be hit by the oil slick.

I love this shot because it makes my head wrap around itself!

Randomly invited into a gallery during the Olympics, I found this amazing piece and worked with it for a few minutes taking about 40 or so shots before I could get the one I wanted.

While I didn’t spend a lot of time in the tent village, I swung by a few times. When I was walking along Hastings on Saturday most of the tents were gone. Here’s to the inhabitants of the tent village during the games and for all the homeless that have become the residents of Hastings St.

The Year of the Tiger rolled in with a bang on Sunday as Jane and I hit up the Vancouver Chinatown Chinese New Year Parade. In China, I’m sure they just call it New Year though. This was an awesome parade with all the dragon dancers and costumes but these dancers really captured the essence of the new year in my mind.

at Yellowstone Canyon, the lighting the backdrop and everything else was perfect for capturing this moment. Thanks to @serdmanczyk for being a great subject here!

in waiting for the Santa Parade to start, I captured a lot of great shots… I like this one because of the flag in the background and the colors of the foreground, i’ll be posting the rest on my flickr stream which you can access below

This is an old photo from 2008 but when I ran across it today nothing could stop me from posting it. I drove past this store on a regular basis when I lived in Brevard, NC but when @jegreen42 and @gill2003 were in town we had to stop and photograph it.  Nothing says North Carolina small town quite like a Sears appliance store and an Alcohol Beverage Control store in the same structure. Yes, North Carolina has regulated alcohol however unlike Canada we can buy wine and beer in grocery/convenience stores, just liquor must be purchased at ABC stores. This photo was featured on The Consumerist during several occasions, this being one of them.

[view the original on Flickr]