Art © 2005 Mark Schultz and Dr. Michael J. Ryan. A new dinosaur species discovered by my good friend, Dr. Michael J. Ryan, was officially announced recently. From the press release: “The new species of dinosaur, named Centrosaurus brinkmani, belongs to the group of dinosaurs related to the well-known Triceratops, but lived about 10 million [...]
As if plucked from George Lucas’s latest ‘Star Wars‘ films, a ‘no-confidence’ vote has toppled our Canadian government. Unfortunately, we don’t really seem to have any solid options in our other political parties. Politics…bah, humbug!
This ‘little lady’ decided to check out our new 17″ PowerBook… Photo © 2005 Chad Kerychuk. There seems to be an invasion of Ladybugs and Box Elder Bugs here in the Midwest. They’re not harmful, but they become annoying, sometimes flying right into one’s face, laptop screen, or nearby light source. According to the ever-resourceful [...]
Raking leaves on November 23, here in Creston, Iowa. I had already raked many leaves in the front yard a week before this blustery, but warm day, however a nasty snowstorm blanketed the area, covering all traces of my past efforts. After the snow melted, we finished the job. Well, the front yard at least. [...]
While working away on some video projects here in Iowa one afternoon, I observed the seemingly difficult life cats lead. Shown in chronological order of course… Xavier takes a nap. The camera’s noise rouses the slumbering beast. Monique enjoys her lazy solitude. “The paparazzi won’t leave me alone…” “…so I might as well start some [...]
Supposedly, the original Hollywood sign is up for sale. Not to be confused with the current one most people see in California, but the original itself, built in 1923 for a real estate development company. Due to termites, arson, and other damage, the sign needed to be either repaired or replaced. In 1978, ‘Playboy‘ publisher [...]
There’s a good interview by Mark Zimmer with stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen at digitallyOBSESSED.com. “Harryhausen: I always worked by myself, because I like to concentrate. I prefer not to have people around. So every inch of film is usually the first take. We never had time to do retakes. dOc: How did you remember [...]
Hellboy Animated concept art by Sean “Cheeks” Galloway. Like the recent motion picture, ‘Hellboy‘, created by author/illustrator Mike Mignola, will be coming to life in animated form. IDT Entertainment and Revolution Studios will bring ‘Big Red’ to life in direct-to-DVD productions, and possibly an animated series, online content and video games. Ron Perlman, who acted [...]
Photo © 2005 Chad Kerychuk. I traveled from Edmonton, Alberta to Creston, Iowa on the 8th, and took this photo on the Calgary to Denver portion of the trip. Earlier during the flight, there was some great scenery that I didn’t capture though. If my camera wasn’t stowed, I would have had some photos of [...]
Check out this great Flickr photo from Princess Shari of Stitch from Walt Disney World… “It’s Experiment 626!” – Originally uploaded by Princess Shari.
