Is this the Facebook thread of the RFF? A place where members can yack away about things not related to photography? Looks like it to me. Roger Hicks would have loved this.
Does anybody here enjoy listening to podcasts? Today I listened to Bill Maher's new (newish) podcast “Club Random” and he interviewed Mike Tyson. Two things, one, it was hilarious, two, Mike Tyson is not the Mike Tyson I was imagining in my head. Lots of fun, a great listen.
What else can I talk about? Well, I’m not a good cook but my food is edible and I do serve good wine with my meals. Not expensive wine, no, no, no, I serve cheap wine that tastes good.
Why do I use a backpack instead of a man's purse? Uh-oh that's a subject too close to photography to qualify for this thread.
I could talk about my “Man Cave", but the first rule of man cave is…
All the best,
Mike
Mike,
With my retirement and Covid many were worried that my ranting and posting would end. Some people kinda freaked out, and it got back to me.
So anyways “Calzone” is a persona and a perhaps an exaggeration of a personality. I kinda do this thread as a Public Service, but know I have many great friends from all over the world.
To tell you the truth posting almost every day, and kinda trying to say something meaningful is kinda hard work, but then again I promote myself as a “Lazy-Slacker.”
The New York Meet-Up has been a monthly event, until Covid. Our gatherings at time get crazy: at one Meet-Up in Harlem we kinda had a Flash Mob from New Jersey; about 7 of us took the Mega-Bus to Philly to Meet-Up with three guys from Philly, and we went shooting at Eastern State Pen-IT-Tent-UR-E an abandoned prison; we had annual Camera Beauty Contests where we make fun of our obsessive culture…
Pretty much a support group like Cameras A-NON-O-muss.
Just know that as much as I whine about the responsibility and all the time it takes, know that I kinda get more than I give. My friends, true friends, really care about my strange views, my long rants, and going way off topic.
Anyways I always promote a “safe place” where all are welcomed.
Also know that we always make it easy for travelers to attend NYC Meet-Ups and schedule to accommodate our guests/visitors.
So let me tell you how I got a working Eason 7800 (24 inch printer) for $100.00. Chris S. And Snarky Joe were talking, and I heard my name being mentioned that I might be interested in a floor standing printer for $100.00. Chris knew the large format photographer who was moving back to Japan and wanted to just unload the printer.
Snarky Joe offered to pick it up with me because he had a car. Pretty much the printer weighs 130 pounds and was too big for me to take on the subway. So everything worked out. This printer was about a decade old when I got it, but it was still fresh and had a low amount of prints it made, something like 1850 prints over ten years.
Understand that I’m a skinny bitch, but I kinda do crazy things in an OCD manner. I went full bore into Piezography and bought about $10K worth of paper and ink to learn fine art B&W printing. Know that I print big, anyways one of my personality flaws is that I tend to annoy people. Kinda over the top.
I bought so much ink and paper from Ink Jet Mall that I got an invitation to be a Beta Tester for the new Piezography Pro.
How crazy is that?
Then I was invited to be part of a focus group. Pretty much got a big fee to help design the SL2.
How crazy is that? Had to wait about 3-4 years. Pretty much Leica built me a camera I helped design. How cool is that?
I retire just before Thanksgiving last year, but my gal “Maggie” was a fashion blogger and has over 750K followers. She also is a Go Daddy Girl and did a lot of modeling.
Somehow I got snookered into this crazy life as her photographer going to fashion shows, closed parties, and special glamour -us events. All kinds of crazy stuff like a gig in Mad-Rid (Madrid) promoting a luxury hotel that formally was a palace for some Duke when he visited the King and Queen.
Then there was the river cruise vacation that started in Amsterdam, went through Germany, then France, with a final destination in Basel.
Pretty much VIP treatment like we were Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
So now “Maggie” has a book contract and is becoming a writer, but she is terminating her arrangement with her present agent because she got poached back by her first agent.
Now it seems her new/old agent wants to represent us as a couple. Now my retirement seems to be cut short. In June gigs could begin. Her new/old agent is based in London, while the agent she is leaving is based in America. Pretty much more of a world wide coverage.
Anyways lots of crazy stuff happens to me, and I don’t know why.
Cal