I'm Fair and Balanced

If you notice the top of your browser, Futurballa has become fair and balanced. I believe that Atrios over at Eschaton started this trend, but it is spreading like wildfire around the blogosphere. Yes, we can all be fair and balanced, it is a state of mind.

Also on the Al Franken watch, Joe Conason posits an interesting theory in his journal...

Fox's big star Bill made them do it as an act of petty vengeance.

And if you are interested in the background to the bustup between Franken and O'Reilly, here is an excellent Buzzflash interview with Messr. Franken, himself.

Finally on this subject, Al Franken fires back. He says that he has registered funny as a trademark, so when Fox calls him unfunny, they are really infringing his trademark. Of course, in my humble opinion, Al is a lot funnier than Fox is fair or balanced. Maybe he has a case?

Enough Politics for now. I really never intended that politix should dominate this blog, but it does get my blood boiling in the morning.

I will be exhibiting an enhanced version of this picture at an exhibit of digital photography being held in the gallery at my place of business. It was shot with the Canon 10D digital SLR, which was borrowed for the purpose of the show (digital source was a prerequisite for entry). This is a fine camera, though weighs a bit heavy around the neck. They were shot with a very nice Sigma zoom lens using a wide setting. The final image was converted to a monotone in Adobe Photoshop and then enhanced with a toning layer and some general levels, hue and dodging corrections.