Rusty Nails, 2/24/05...

When Public becomes Private: from Photoblog.org and Stay Free! Daily,

Christo's publisher claims a vast new degree of copyright and trademark protection. They claim they will prosecute anyone who sells their own original photos of The Gates; who makes and sells a drawing of The Gates or who even uses the words, The Gates, without their permission....They also claim to have an agreement with the media that media sources may only use news photos of the gates for the period the installation is up. That after that the media will only be allowed to use "official" photos of The Gates.

Well, if true, why don't a group of NY state photo-bloggers organize a meet-up in Central Park to shoot photos of... trees, the sky, leaves, sidewalks, etc., that just happen to have THE GATES in the background? ########## Trackers kill Tiger in Ventura County, per the L.A. Times. A 125 pound mountain lion is deadly; this tiger was 425 pounds.

But animal rights activists said death was too high a penalty for an animal that had not harmed anyone since its tracks were discovered Feb. 8 on the grounds of a nursery in the nearby Santa Rosa Valley. "With all this time to track it and all these options they could draw on, you have to ask the question, was it really necessary to kill the tiger?" said Madeline Bernstein, president of the Los Angeles branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Is anyone surprised by the reaction of the SPCA? ########## Joe Carter gives us a dose of reality with regards to the Gonzo s_icide of Hunter Thompson in his Outtakes 2.23.05. He says,

Thompson’s meticulously composed drug addled rants are, like the author himself, self-contradictory and ultimately self-defeating.

So, was he talented because he was p_ychotic, or was he p_ychotic because he was talented? Or, is this just another example of the Hemingway Syndrome? ########## Bill Wallo hosts the latest installment of the Christian Carnival. ########## Listen to an interview of Simon Conway Morris, by Reasons to Believe.