Stolen Bust

A few years ago, I wrote about the foolish stunt that someone in Washington pulled merely for a photo. They wanted a photo of Air Force One flying past the Statue of Liberty and so they fueled her up and flew Air Force One low over NYC while their cameras were a whirling. Turns out, duh, everybody freaked out with a big ass 747 flying low over NYC. So I wrote a blog entry about it. I showed how easy they could have just faked the picture with a little photo editing by showing Air Force One flying past me at the Wright Brothers monument. I really was at the monument for the photo. I just added the plane.

Well, today I read in the WRAL website that the bust of one of the Wright brothers, Orville I think, had been stolen. They're not sure why but apparently, it's not the first time. Anyhow, without checking to see if the guy in the picture was actually the one stolen, I updated my photo to reflect the new circumstances.

Before:

After:

There, fixed that for ya.

Last Sand Castles of the Year

It was unseasonably warm early in October this year, so I was able to get to the beach and work in a couple more days of castle building. I'm not into things that look so much like medieval castles as I am into things that are tall and skinny and defy the notion of a pile of sand. My castles tend to fall a lot while being built. Here are the last offerings of the year, I fear. Unless it stays really warm.