Some months ago, I promised that if I posted any more Burning Man photos, they’d be as counterprogramming to the Christmas season. So whether you find this to be an antidote to commercialism or cold weather, here’s today’s moment from the desert.

posted 12 December 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

This week’s flipwalk takes us two-thirds of the way through the whole project (see here for details if you don’t know what I’m talking about). The teaser image (blown up a bit for your viewing pleasure): The whole picture, plus the story of how I got there, awaits you here.

posted 5 December 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

This is how the LA Times arrived on my front lawn the other day. Apparently losing politicians now get appropriately tattooed.

posted 14 November 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

  The clock dates to 1410; I took this picture in 2005, when I was visiting Prague to write about the TV miniseries Revelations, which was filming there.

posted 7 November 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

Another installment in my continuing series of flipwalks. (If you haven’t seen them before: while living in New York City, I took walks of exactly one hour in duration, my route determined along the way by flipping a coin. Then I would take a picture of whatever block I was on when the hour was […]

posted 31 October 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

This one was taken about two months ago, at the Orange County Fair:

posted 24 October 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

On Monday evening, we were driving back home from San Diego when a huge cloud of smoke blotted out the sun, bringing on dusk several hours too early. The smoke was coming from a wildfire on the Camp Pendleton Marine Base. It burned up more than six square miles; firefighters appear to have the blaze […]

posted 17 October 2008 in Photos. 1 comment

U2 did a free “surprise” show at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in November 2004. I took some photos of the concert, but I prefer the picture I took of the bridge:

posted 10 October 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

I took this picture two days ago, on my way home from a dentist’s appointment. Even in Los Angeles, walking has some fringe benefits.

posted 3 October 2008 in Photos. no comments yet

In late 2005, I spent most of a week on assignment in New Zealand, interviewing Peter Jackson and his colleagues about the King Kong remake. (This is the trip that led to my unbelievably jetlagged interview of George Clooney upon my return.) Between interviews, I tried to explore as much of New Zealand as I […]

posted 26 September 2008 in Photos. no comments yet