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Pacific Rocks, a set on Flickr. It is going to take me a while to make it through all my pictures from last week. (And it will likely be even longer before I have another substantial post on things Aramaic, Targumic, or biblical.)

Alcatraz, a set on Flickr. It was a gorgeous day yesterday and these are just a few of the hundreds of pictures I took.

Red Rock Canyon, NV, a set on Flickr. This week I am traveling on university business. We were able to carve out two hours yesterday morning to go to Red Rock Canyon, just west of Las Vegas. I learned a lot about photographing landscape yesterday. Not sure what, but a […]

Mardi Gras 06, a set on Flickr. We lived in New Orleans for 9 years, from 1997-2006. Our last Mardi Gras was the one following Katrina. The whole event of Mardi Gras leaves me with mixed feelings. The debauchery in the French Quarter is so extreme it is ridiculous, but […]

I received this announcement today. After careful consideration, Brill has taken the initiative of designing a typeface. Named “the Brill”, the new typeface presents complete coverage of the Latin script with the full range of diacritics and linguistics (IPA) characters used to display any language from any period correctly, and […]

Full Moon Rising Originally uploaded by Targuman Via Flickr:I actually worried for a moment about the white dots…then I realized they are stars! The 50mm prime lens lets in a LOT more light than I am used. to.

The hotel had an open pool table. After playing a game it occurred to me there might be one more good shot to make.

In NYC. I had the privilege today to visit with a PSU Scholar alumna at the USOC office. Lisa Baird is chief marketing officer of the USOC and is a brilliant woman. I will be sharing in class some of her thoughts as to how PSU needs to be representing […]