Travel Note: Taking the AirTrain to JFK airport is an absolutely nice way to get there. Additionally, AirFrance is pleasantly efficient here.

Also, the TSA blew air up my ass. It was strange.

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Off to Bologna for the weekend.

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Look for me on Monday.

Michael Yon has a good dispatch today.

I haven't packed yet for my little flight to Italy this evening. On the upside, I think text messages are working on my phone now.

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Cingular has seen fit to prevent me from receiving text messages on my mobile phone. So, you know, don't bother.

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I have decided that this is today's theme song.

This photography thing is something I do for fun. To blow off steam, to occupy my mind, and to give me a chance to wander around New York. I don't make money from it, so I don't usually mind when someone links to my photos, even if they are using it without credit.

Unless, of course, they start using enough bandwidth to draw attention to themselves. Then I get a little annoyed. These three people popped up high enough in my server logs to piss me off.

So, given that I am the artist, I used my artistic prerogative to substitute some photos that I thought better fit their pages. Please note that the "after" links contain exposed genitals; you decide whether or not your company will appreciate you looking at them.

• Some LJ person before, and after.
• Some Xanga person before, and after.
• Some Italian guy before, and after.

Which brings me to my real point. I need to make some photos like the "after" links to which I actually hold the rights. Several photos, large and small, with vertical and horizontal orientations that I can use to temporarily discourage bandwidth thieves. So, though I can't believe I'm saying this, I am inviting you, my depraved public, to pose for such photos. If anyone has ideas for repugnant, explicit photos used to discourage rights infringers, certainly contact me.

Are you telling me that there is just one sex offender in my little town?

I'm the blue marker; the sickie is in red. Not only do I doubt the correctness of this data, I'm a little disappointed.

[Update] Genius Eric just figured out how to use the mapping thing. There are 863 (shudder) registered sex offenders in the three zip codes surrounding me, seven of which this site has decided to put on the map. I suppose the remaining 856 people were just going through a phase?

I'm just sayin' -- all the action is in the blue channel.