Photo - Griffith Observatory

The Griffith Observatory has a giant scale model of our solar system paved into the cement in front of the observatory.

Photo - Nov 29 2015 - Newburgh Beacon Bridge

Looking down from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge on a house with an interesting wall of bushes bordering the train tracks below and the Hudson River.

Photo - Nov 20 2015 - Washington DC National Mall

The beauty of the National Mall in the fall is in the colors of its foliage. A wonderful stroll through the trees are a delight on your sight.

Photo - Nov 27 2015 - Inwood Hill Park

The swing bridge Amtrak uses to cross the Harlem River on it's journey down the west side of Manhattan on it's way to Penn Station.

Photo - Nov 22 2015 - Atlantic City

This hotel was the former Hilton on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. A sad reminder of how beach front cities are struggling these days.

Photo - Nov 27 2015 - Inwood Hill Park

An old tree trunk, fallen and hallowed, lying its side along a main path of Inwood Hill Park.

Photo - Nov 26 2015 - New York City

View of 145 Central Park West from The Ramble in Central Park.

Photo - Nov 20 2015 - Washington DC

View from the Lincoln Memorial overlooking the reflecting pool, the Washington Monument, and the US Capitol Building.

The Just Before Spring, Spring Cleaning

I've been using Feedly (an excellent clone of the former Google Reader) to keep myself up to date with current events. I've been a bit overwhelmed the last year or so because there is just too little time to read all of the great articles available. When I get around to checking out wonderful sites like Lifehacker and I Can Has Cheezeburger, I've skipped for so long that I'm litterally spending hours going through months of old articles looking for something useful. When done looking at those, then I just end up being tired and bored of reading.

Well... Today, I say No More!

I went through and cleaned out all of the old sites I don't usually read so my list is very managable now. I should be stopping by more often. Well, at least until my reader fills up again. :-/

Here are some great recommendations for daily perusal. Enjoy!

• #myfriendsaremarried
• the_coding_love();
• You are not a Photographer
• I still shoot film
• Tokyo Camera Style
• PhotoTuts+
• Ask the Headhunter
• Virtual Photography
• And That's Why You're Single
• Beer and Baking

Creepy Happenings at a place I Frequent

Now I know most people are not big believers in the supernatural world, but It has been a lifelong struggle for me. I'm not afflicted by hauntings or poltergeist activities, but I am bothered with an extreme desire to find out more of what is really going on. I usually get my kicks off of my weekly viewings of Ghost Adventures. More recently, I seem to be having experiences in other ways.

In the past, I think believe I have been visited by spirits a few different times. One of them was my mom, whom visited me in a dream after months of hard preparation. The other one is more of an angry spirit that visits me from time to time. It used to visit me more when I used to live with my friends family several years ago. My most recent visitation has been drastically different then the other two. Not scary at all, just different.

I'm a frequent customer of a newer local craft brewery called Bottle Logic. It's a convenient joint that's a few miles down the road from where I live. Over the last couple of months, I believe I have been visited by a spirit that lives in the building. On more than one occasion, I've been in the bathroom when all of a sudden a paper towel shoots out of the dispense; one of those automatic ones that look like this. It's happened at least half a dozen times, but more recently has stopped. I had a similar experience where this week where there was a paper towel already loaded for me to grab and I actually see the paper swaying! The only problem is that I am not moving an inch, ten feet away, there are no windows, the door is super heavy and blocking any air from making it inside and the air conditioner is off.

Thankfully, I haven't felt my sanity being threatened like I have in other places like the backside of Frontierland at Disneyland, my work when nobody is there, or the mental hospital I used to walk through at an old job. I wouldn't mind experiencing ghosts in the future; I just dont want the creepy scary movie feeling I get when I watch Ghost Adventures

Any of you have some crazy experiences?