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When it comes down to it, money and pretty much anything but money make strange bedfellows.

BTW Sam, I'm glad you liked the tea.

Those are excellent tea choices. The Royal Golden and Emperor's Red are two of my favorites. They better be, since they're not exactly cheap. I looked up your order and I'm going to replace that mug infuser with a Finum, which is a much better mug infuser. Funny thing is, I'm drinking...

Journalism is one area you have always been able to get a job in photography, though it has never made for much of a living. Just to show the flip side, my college roommate from junior and senior year has turned out to be one of the two or three most prolific photographers of our class, which...

Actually, I am just fine with my new bag (thanks Jon). The truth is, photography has always been kind of a co-dependent thing for me. It's been 30 plus years of love/hate. It was my entire identity from grade school into college, but it got increasingly difficult. I know it sounds strange to...

Excellent comments David. Yes, the market for any photography, and possibly especially nature, is certainly tough. One of my clients is an art gallery here in town. The owner is a former full time photographer and he also represents a few other photographers. He has commented on how often he...

I've actually spent most of my life in sales. First retail (photo, of course), then as a rep for Minolta. Plus, if you think being a Commercial Photographer isn't 98% sales and 2% photography, I have news for you. The fact is, I was always rather successful as a salesman. I just hated it, and I...

On a scale of 1-10, Lipton is a 1. Salada is a 1.5, 2 at the most forgiving. Is that Starbuck's an unflavored, as far as you know? Now that I think of it, you're buying iced tea at Starbucks, and you want me to send you stuff for free? Something stinks with that. If you can try to describe the...

Oh GAWD. Well, at least it isn't Lipton, though it's not much better. Of course, you'll need some kind of infuser, since there are not many decent teas in bags. Don't sweat about choices. We have over 200 different loose teas, and I also don't care for most herbals. Some of the rooibos are...

Ain't that the truth. Plus, for me anyway, they'd want it because they wanted to take business away from me. Anyway Sam, you can have up to 5 free samples with any order, so stop being so cheap. If you order something and put a hello to me in the special comments, I'll throw a little of one...

I've never seen anyone talk to romantically about wires and circuits. I know I have expressed annoyance toward digital. Actually, it's not digital I have ever been frustrated with, but being forced by clients to live with its often unacceptable limitations because they insist on it rather then...

Thanks Scott. It's interesting how you phrased that. My struggles with the "industry" are that this is not perceived as a profession anymore. People like Annie Liebovitz will continue to make five figures for a shoot and Denis Regie will continue to make millions on his seminars. In fact, he...

I'm reminded of the "Sign of the Times" segment on Nightline. After 25+ years of experience and background, two degrees, teaching hundreds of classes, probably millions of photos and so on, the ship has now officially sailed. The hobbyists (the ones who think they are Pros) have won and I am...