hardly drinking:

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White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, left, and White House Counselor Dan Barlett, ride in a military helicopter wearing helmets and flak jackets for a trip from Baghdad International Airport to U.S. Embassy in the Greenzone:

via Yahoo!

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I am rapidly becoming a fan of China Daily:  Partly for their photos of MAX Magazine photo of Marissa Miller:

Yes, that's all paint, not clothes -- top and bottom;

There's more photos of Max girls Marissa Miller and Yesica Toscanini here.

See also:
Bikini's 60th birthday    
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2006-06/02/content_607037.htm

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What do you notice that's kinda odd about this photo?

The photo is taken from above, likely early or late in the day. The real camels are white in the photo, the black camel shaped objects are just their long shadows.

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Fabulous photo from the NYT Archives:

Flam & Flam, 165 East 121st Street, 1938
Berenice Abbott/Museum of the City of New York The New York Times Photo Archives presents a special selection of historic images reproduced from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York.

Source: New York Times

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When I am in Southern California, I stay with family in La Jolla. I watched this home get constructed just up the cliff from us -- not bad for $21.5m; You can't really tell from the photos, but this bad boy is way above sea level:

Let me find my checkbook for this one . . .

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Four T6 Harvard Aircraft from The Flying Lions Aerobatic Team waterskiing across the Klipdrift Dam near Johannesburg South Africa.

Pilots Hone Their Skills For Upcoming Airshow Season

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Aviation Dimension writes:

Lead by Scully Levin, with wingman Arnie Meneghelli, Stewart Lithgow and Ellis Levin, this renown airshow display team rehearse a sequence for the newly launched "Aviation Action" television program on Supersport. Arnie Meneghelli from Academy Brushware, owner of the aircraft had this to say, "What we did today I believe is a world first. It illustrates that South African airshow pilots are amongst the best in the world".

This unusual act, approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and supported by Castrol Aviation, was meticulously planned and took place under the watchfull eye of divers and paramedics that were on site.

via Aviation Dimension

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By now, you can tell I am annoyed by the rude wankers on NY area commuter lines who abuse their cell phones and disturb everyone around them. Its rude, its selfish, its a modern technological annoyance, as hardware outpaces society's adaptive mores for using these tools. 

But what about real wankers -- the guys who whip it out in public, the johnson tuggers, and other offensive harrassers? Dangerous louts who are more than merely annoying?

Well, that's where Holla Back NYC -- and the phone cam -- comes in:

Holla Back NYC gives New Yorkers the right to Holla Back at street harassers. Whether you're commuting, lunching, partying, dancing, walking, chilling, drinking, or sunning, you have the right to feel safe, confident, and sexy, without being the object of some dickwad's fantasy. So stop walkin' on and Holla Back!   

Happy Jack: Spank monkey caught on film phone cam

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Funny, will these photos get my blog tagged as having nudity or pornography -- even though it contains none fo the above? These are genuine adverts from Europe, the last two are for erotic cinema and Playboy Netherlands.

What will the not so smart smartfilter think of these? Will these get my blog tagged as having nudity/pornography by lazy Smartfilter cubicle drones?

Tips on how to defeat censoring and filterware here.

Photos via Money Factory

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Here's a quick taste of San Francisco:

Sunny and 62 today

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So far, Chrissy Park Field affords the best vantage point for taking a snap of the Golden Gate Bridge -- at least from within the City.

We rented one of those little electric GPS cars, and tooled around the city for an hour.

With a top speed of about 25, and a low center of gravity,  they feel moderately safe. We zipped down Lombard Street in it, and I got about 3 screams out of Mrs. Big Picture.  Never  took any wheels off the ground, but the sense was that the damn thing could flip over if you took a turn too fast . . .

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Its hard to get a sense of the size looking up from ground level of the trees.

So maybe this shot will give some perspective:  That's Mrs. Big Picture, who is a statuesque 5'8", in the lower right hand corner:

De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park:

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View from the observation deck

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Claus Oldenburg:

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Ultimate Tourist Shot:

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final shot: Breakfast on Sunday:

we got there about 8:15 and didn't have to wait for a table -- on the way out, it was a zoo . . .

Thats the short version; If you want to see more, there's another dozen after the jump.

More San Francisco photos:
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An old Nash toddlin down Lombard Street (note everyone waving!)

Hyde Street, looking towards Wharf and Alcatraz

The famous Transamerica Pyramid Building
(we had Indian nearby -- Nann & Curry)

Lots of Great Wall Art: murals and restaurants:

Amoeba Music:

Th e world famous Hungry I

Stinking Rose:  A Garlic Restaurant:

Moose!

Vesuvio

Haight Ashbury:

De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

Painting of SF

Chrome Items

Big Stone Face

Japanese Stroll Garden:

Union Square Washington Square Park:
(we stayed inn Union Square)

Hamburger, in Sausilto

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