Just seeing that picture makes me want to come back. NOLA is cool, but I loved SoCal. After Mardi Gras maybe...

That is a really nice picture. I've been slogging through the frozen prairie sludge for weeks now so anything with palm trees in it looks good to me but the composition and balance of various light sources are stunning. The point where the streetlight intrudes on the palm silhouette center shot would have spoiled the shot for most and it winds up being a kind of reference point that translates a sense of depth for this one.

I'd like to know more about your camera.

Awww, thanks.

And I love it here.

Actually, my camera is simply fantastic. Gregg just recommended it for a friend of mine, and he got it for me (a few years ago). I have the Canon Powershot SD900, but it looks like that one isn't available anymore (they've upgraded it). Here's a link to the newer version:

Canon PowerShot SD950IS 12.1MP Digital Camera with 3.7x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Titanium)

It's great because it has some sort of system to stabilize the camera so you can take pretty well-focused pictures.

Stupid shit Christians believe

7th Day Advents believe the second coming was in the fall of 1844 – apparently we are already in paradise, or hell

FYI a well know off shoot of the Adventists were the branch davidians, we all remember Waco right?

Pentecostals believe in speaking in tongues, however no two translation of recorded so called ‘tongue speak’ are ever the same

Jehovah Witness believe that only a certain number of people get into heaven, given the number of worlds god supposedly created, no one from this world will get in

Calvinists believe there is no free will, and every action you take is gods will – so we are all puppets and not responsible for anything we do (wonder why no one uses this as a criminal defense)

Calvinists also believe that god has already chosen those worth for heaven, you just might find yourself there with Hitler or Manson and find out Christ wasn’t foreordained and has to spend eternity in hell

Lutherans believe their faith is a false one, just slightly better than Catholicism – as to why you would believe in something you believe to be false, get a Zen master to wrap their minds around that conundrum

Anglicans believe in the divine right of serial killer kings (namely Henry the 8th) to get a divorce

Puritans are dammed to hell for editing the bible – not my choice it’s in the bible, big warning in revelation DO NOT EDIT UNDER PAIN OF ETERNAL DAMNATION

Methodists, Catholics and Presbyterians have rote prayers something strictly forbidden by Jesus

Baptists believe that one day God up and decide to stop giving people prophets and signs and gift of the holy sprit like revelation and healing. Why God would change after thousands of yrs is a question most never ask. Most never ask why con artist Baptist preaches claim to be able to heal the sick when they believe it is no longer a skill preachers get

Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics pray to pictures and statues of saint and the ‘virgin’ Mary violating the one foundation of Christianity NOT WORSHIPING ANY BEING OTHER THAN GOD

Trinity - the belief that god is one being with three personalities
Here are a few questions for trinity believers
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus ask god to forgive the Romans?
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus ask god not to let him suffer in the garden
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus say not my will but your be done
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus in the 9th hour call out ‘my god why have you abandoned me?
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus say he was the son of god?
IF Jesus and God are the same person why did Jesus never say I AM GOD?
So any church that believes in the doctrine of trinity must believe Jesus to be a liar and a schizophrenic with muli-personality disorder

In conclusion anyone who believes this crap is sadly lacking something in their life; I beg

Whoops wrong thread sorry

What I meant here

What is the facination with planting usless ugly vermin infested palm trees everywhere

What vermin? The worst part is when palms fall in the wind and pock the hood of your car. Somebody said that the LA civic boosters fell in love with palm trees in the 20's because they looked neat and tropical but didn't block the rubes from photographing the movie star's homes behind them. But apparently they're not native. I don't know if the palms in Florida are native or not.

I think palm trees are a thrill. I'm from Michigan where they pretty much only exist on postcards.

In az they attract pigdens roaches and scorpians

"pigdens roaches and scorpians" (sic)

Sounds like dinner to me!

Yes, Crid, native to Florida. Unlike the Bowling Alley and the Condominium.

Actually, this picture reminded me of a really good one-liner from Newhart, when Miss Stephanie tearfully admits, "I have discovered I like... bowling!...".

> Unlike the Bowling Alley
> and the Condominium.

Jacksonville, in the late 80's, had the highest per capita density of 7/11-style convenience stores in North America. Or so it seemed. All real nice, all real clean, but thousands of 'em.

It was a good warmup for LA... Race tension, drug violence, traffic and sprawl. You just had to remember the ocean was on the other side.

Wow, great picture! I love palm trees and retro signs.