Really! Hollywood, California! What more is there to say?
Just when you think you've seen pretty much all the weird stuff there is to be
seen, something like this comes along to restore your faith in the perversity
and depravity of the human mind. And, does this leave any wonder why people
like Charles Manson exist.
I took this photo on my "Last Hollywood Tour" in
2009 when I spent a couple days in Tinseltown to see what I could find of the
Hollywood recording industry scene that I hung around in during the 70's and
80's. The answer is - Not Much! As technology changes, so does most everything
else. The building where I had a Hollywood address during the mid 70's at the
corner of Hollywood and Vine had been razed and there was just a hole in the
ground where they were preparing to construct a new monolith. Most of the
studios were gone, torn down, boarded up or repurposed for some new use.
But, this! This was something I don't recall seeing in the
70's or 80's. No! I didn't go in. Personally, I just don't find An Industry of
Death Museum about psychiatry or anything related to death as something I hold
any serious fascination with. As a matter of fact, since I've entered the third
half of my life, I tend to avoid the subject since I know I'll learn about it
soon enough.
By the way, I've recently acquired a new digital camera. My old Konica-Minolta Dimage Z6 has served me very well for about the
past seven years and continues to do so. Konica-Minolta discontinued the Z6 and
all of its cameras when it left the camera business in 2006. But, time and
technology march on. The Dimage Z6 only sports 6.3 mega pixels of resolution.
Newer cameras make that look paltry.
So, in an effort to be both more stealthy and ready to
capture something on a moment's notice and not having to drag around a larger,
heavier, bulkier camera, I have acquired a Samsung (yep, there's that Korean
name again) WB250F point and shoot. This camera sports 14.2 mega pixels, a 3" LCD screen, a Schneider (German)
lens with a focal length ranging from 24mm to 432 mm optically, plus a 4x digital
zoom that effectively increases the focal length up to 1728 mm. It also
shoots full 1080p HD video. The small point and shoot camera appears simple and easy to operate (important
for capturing things on the spur of the moment) and has an amazing array of
features for a $300 camera (that I got on special from Amazon for under $200).
That $200 also included an array of extra accessories like an external battery
charger and a couple extra rechargeable batteries.
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