Blogging about bloggers...
A few months ago I wrote about a
Charleston Bloggers meetup I tried to attend at the West Ashley Barnes & Noble.
No problem finding the large bookstore.
The manager walked me over to a corner of the store - by the DVDs and CDs - and I saw folded chairs stacked.
I sat and waited for the others to arrive. One other person showed up a few minutes later.
We chatted as we waited and even sent some emails asking where were the rest of the group.
Well, after an hour she and I left.
We later discovered the group had been in session at the store - but in the coffee area with wall plugs for laptops. Duh.
The manager had lead us astray.
The next month I found 5-6 others gathered and we had some nice conversations about Web Logs.
(We
b Logs...get it?)
Last night I went again and saw some familiar faces and a few new ones.
J. Mark Diaz, the moderator, and I had missed meeting before and he explained that the original founder - a very busy lawyer - had asked him to take over the leadership as the Coordinator.
I mentioned there had been a large group of Bloggers organized locally years ago when this part of the web was still very new. The Post and Courier had semi-recognized us as a group and we were featured in a column that ran for about a year.
One of those early bloggers,
Geoff Marshall, was from England and he had taken an extensive cross-country drive before he returned to London.
Geoff had already been to Hawaii and Alaska, so his blog postings included his good and bad adventures in the "lower 48."
One stop was at Mt. Rushmore and he posed - as thousands do each year - with his face on the far right.
I converted it to black & white and embellished his features to have a more granite look.
Unlike the Queen Victoria saying, he "WAS amused."
Glad to be part of this newer incarnation of bloggers and wannabes.
Hope they all achieve what they attempt on the internet.
I sure have!
(Click on the photos for more detail.)
Thanks for stopping by. Stay and have a coffee.
Labels: B&N, blurred background, bookstore manager, Charleston Bloggers, Geoff Marshall, Mark Diaz, Starbucks, The Post and Courier, Topaz plug-ins
The Face IS Familiar....
I'm sure that everyone who has ever traveled to see the Mt. Rushmore site has taken a picture like this.
Using Photoshop, I tried to create a granite effect on the added face.
And he's not even an American!
Geoff Marshall was on an extended visit to South Carolina from England.
He stayed here several years.
He is an excellent videographer who taped and produced a delightful travelogue of his drive though all of the contiguous states before he headed back to London.
50 for 50 - Yes, he had already visited Hawaii and Alaska.
I met him through my blog and followed his antics as he shot/edited videos for the Post & Courier during Spoleto.
A funny bloke, Geoff also trained up through several levels of improv classes offered by Theatre 99.
Through the wonders of the internet, we have chatted a few times since he returned to the UK.
I remembered the altered photo of him in the Dakotas and sent him a copy today.
Thought I'd share the effect with you as well.
Actually, when I watch
Craig Ferguson on the CBS Late, Late Show, he reminds me of Geoff.
No, NOT the skeleton robot sidekick named Geoff.
Craig bears a facial resemblance to the Geoff I know.
But Craig is from Scotland. And doesn't like the British very much. But he likes Geoff.
This is getting confusing.
(Click on the photos to see more detail.)
There are only four faces at Mount Rushmore.
Labels: Craig Ferguson, Geoff Marshall, Geoff the robot sidekick, God Save The Queen, Mt. Rushmore., Scotland Forever, The Late Late Show on CBS, The Royals
November Notables .....
There were many dire predictions about crowds and long delays at the polls on
Election Day.
The big surprise?
In Hanahan, there were only two of us in line who brought chairs.
I finished a novel during my 2-hour voting experience.
Mark your calendars NOW for the
Alterman Studios' free monthly (2nd Monday) guest photography lecture series.
There was a great behind-the-scenes presentation Nov 10 by USAF decorated combat veteran Master Sgt Andy Dunaway, narrated by his wife, also a decorated veteran.
They both are elite Combat Photographers in the Air Force and showed an airborne view of activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Instead of Marines and Army soldiers kicking in doors in operations on the ground, they offered air-to-air and air-to-ground perspectives.
During a Q&A afterward, MSgt Dunaway said he didn't use a tripod.
"If I'm not going to carry a rifle into combat, why would I lug around a tripod?"Mid-month, it was "Graduation Night" at
Theatre 99 and a hiliarious "long form" recital by the large, VERY large, 4th level class of new Improv performers.
The original Have Nots trio of Greg, Timmy and Brandy have given much back to the community by offering an opportunity for talented people to hone their skills to amaze and amuse audiences.
Eleanor Hollings, (L) and Kirk Lindgrin, (R) help Geoff Marshall take a giant leap for comedy during the recital onstage antics.
Labels: Afghanistan, Alterman Studios, Combat Photographers, Geoff Marshall, Hanahan, improv, Iraq, polls, recital, Second Monday Presentations, Theatre 99, USAF, voting waits
