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Marty’s photo of the day #2665: Today’s photo doubles as a Paul Bunyan-sized Happy Birthday to my wife, Deb Essen. When I took this photo of her, a while back, we were just having fun. In today’s light, it’s actually political. Melania Trump is infamous for appearing in photos that are incongruous for the occasion: […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2664: Happy 60th birthday to Joan Jett. I took this photo at an outdoor concert in Salt Lake City, when she was just a spring chicken of 58. My Kevin Bacon connection to Joan Jett: One of her biggest hits, “Crimson and Clover,” was originally a Tommy James and the […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2663: Yesterday I posted a photo of a herd of elk passing by my motion-sensing camera, and today I’m posting some wild turkeys. But what I really want to capture is our local peacock (who is very shy) and the momma bear and her cub. I know that the peacock […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2662: Yesterday, at 9:00 a.m., we had at least ten elk pass within two hundred feet of our house. That’s not unusual, but it’s always a surprise when it happens without humans or dogs knowing about it. This shot is the first in a sequence of five photos of elk, […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2661: I climbed up a rocky hill on an Antarctica island to take this photo. This is a south polar skua, looking down on a gentoo penguin colony. What the skua intends to do isn’t pleasant from a human or penguin point of view. But hey, a bird’s gotta eat.
As a public service, I have adjusted Donald Trump’s most famous campaign quote for accuracy. Now it makes much more sense: “When my administration sends its people, we’re not sending our best. We’re not sending you. We’re not sending you. We’re sending people that have lots of problems, and we’re bringing those problems with us. […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2660: The Three Amigos. (Royal terns, photographed along the Sea of Cortez, in Mexico)
One thing amazing about the Republican Cult is how easily they are able to get everyone in line for something to be scared about. Last election it was brown people, and the result was Treason Trump—“anointed by God.” This election it’s socialism, and they have made Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez their “monster” to be afraid of. With […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2657: I took this photo on Deception Island, which is near Antarctica. You are looking at the remains of the Hektor Whaling Station. This short excerpt from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, provides more information: We went ashore instead at the more sheltered Whaler’s […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2656: Hooded merganser (female), photographed in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana.
Marty’s photo of the day #2655: This chrysalis, seemingly made of gold, will become a clearwing butterfly. (Photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.)
Marty’s photo of the day #2654: A caiman in the grass. (Spectacled caiman, photographed in the Amazon Rainforest of Peru.)
Marty’s photo of the day #2652: This is a chinstrap penguin, photographed off the coast of Antarctica.
Marty’s photo of the day #2651: I went through my photos this morning, unsure of what to post. When I came across this one, from the northern California coast, I decided it would be my Sunday post. Then, after I cropped the photo and saved it under the file name “crab,” I noticed that this […]
Marty’s photo of the day #2650: This cute little girl is out for a dugout ride with her father, through the flooded Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
Marty’s photo of the day #2649: Snake Art! When I got my first photo program, many years ago, I experimented with this photo I took of Eve, my rainbow boa. Changing the colors produced some stunning, though obviously unnatural, results.
Big news for both Time Is Irreverent and the sequel, Time Is Irreverent 2: Jesus Christ, Not Again!: I just received word that Time Is Irreverent will be reviewed in the next issue (Oct/Nov) of Free Inquiry magazine. This is huge! If you’re not familiar with the magazine, it’s the publication from the Center for […]
