Only Slightly Dead*

I haven't calculated this, but I do believe that the total "weight" of the photos I have taken this entire year — as in 2008 — doesn't even equal a month of photos from 2007. By weight I mean file size; in France, a large file is referred to as a "fichier lourd," lourd meaning heavy in this case. (Lourd means other things in French, which we will not delve into now, parce que c'est trop lourd pour moi en ce moment.)

Wherefore the lack of photographic evidence? I don't know. I couldn't even say if the loss of my photographic mojo coincides with the loss of my writing mojo. That's how complacent I am.

So while I contemplate all of this, I'll ask you to look at some other notable photos I've seen around the web lately. The first one to come to mind was taken not far from me; Louisville is 60-some miles to the northish-west.

Next is pretty much anything on this guy's Flickr stream. We've met once, but only because he recognized Allan and me in the Rite-Aid down the street. Seriously. We need to touch base with J.

And while I know she doesn't *need* the traffic, I can't resist directing you to dooce's Daily Chuck series. If ever I have a dog, he will be like Chuck. No, really.

Last, but not least, Explore is always a source of cool photos.

*As opposed to mostly dead, in reference to a movie which shall remain nameless until you mention it in the comments.

Comments

[beanie]

Ha! I will, instead, cite Eaters of the Dead, the Michael Crichton book that was the basis for The 13th Warrior.

Where is your king?
He is dead. Perhaps you can speak with him tomorrow.

They delineated between "dead" (ill), "mostly dead" (moribund) and "dead forever" (dead-dead).

[Suzy]

Heavy! There's that word again!

[newwavegurly]

There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

~ From one of the most quotable movies ever.

And you're not even remotely close to being even slightly dead. You've just had other things occupying your time, is all.

[jeorg]

i watch the "mostly dead" on my iphone!

[jeorg]

i watch the "mostly dead" on my iphone!

[Margaret]

Any movie references go WAY over my head since I am not much into cinema. Lourd--it even sounds like a word that would mean heavy, doesn't it.

[lolliloo]

mostly dead....like a ZOMBIE!!!! Very appropriate...always look at Chuck myself and now I've added JRyle79 to my flickr contacts...thanks Alison for giving me another thing to be obsessed with!

[kikikentucky]

Trop honore, vraiment.
Merci.

[The CEO]

Well, the only thing left to say to illustrate, for instance, that I know that Louisville is about 60 miles from Lexington, both of which are in Kentucky is that The 13th Warrior, which delineates moribund from morteas opposed to merde naturally leads to an expression of sacre bluie. And that's all I have to say about that. Please pass the duck and the champagne, I'm a little hungry now, or obsessed, depending on your point of view. Where is the couch, I can't seem to end this comment?