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Apr

Jo-nan ‘Zactlyright

Joanne Mae Adams in high school and Joanne Adams Curtis nowadays — top right photo by Taylor Yau

She used to fight her twin sister over who got to babysit at a friend’s house because they had something called “TV.” Once the kids were asleep, she would turn on the screen and just stare at the test pattern, “There was seldom anything on,” she said. “But it was so fascinating.”

Now she carries an iPhone that’s connected to her hearing aids. A call comes in and she hears it in her brain. Talk about fascinating!Read More

May

Troy Democrats Picnic

It was great seeing old friends and photographing new ones at a candidates forum in the park. One of my favorite ways to help contribute to the Blue Wave is by using my decades of experience in journalism to effect positive change. Here are some of my favorite snaps from the event.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens tells the enthusiastic crowd she’ll do everything she can to protect a woman’s right to choose.

Dec

Above left: The Gimbal UAP was part of a whole fleet that flew against the wind, stopped in mid-air, then rotated. Filmed by Navy pilots in 2015, it was released by To The Stars Academy. Click here for the video.

Above right: A triangle or pyramid-shaped object, one of several — as well as some brightly lit spheres — hovered around Navy ships in 2019, some of which then slowly descended into the ocean without a trace found by submarines or sonar. It was filmed by the Navy and released by Jeremy Corbell.
Click here for the triangle video. Click here for the sphere video.

UFOs are real.

That’s one of my favorite sentences ever written, along with: I’m in remission; I’m a grandfather; Biden won and Cappuccino Blasts are on sale.Read More

Jan

Hammerin’ Hank

My 26 Hank Aaron baseball cards, saved from when I was his biggest fan.

The text came in from my cousin, “RIP Hank Aaron.”

“Damn,” was all I could respond.

Sep

200,000

200,000 souls have been lost to Covid-19 in our country alone.

It didn’t have to be this way.

Mar

IT

I’ve lost my voice.

I know where it went. IT took it.

No, I’m not sick. Marci might be, but she’s been like this for more than three weeks. So if it’s IT, then I think we’re outta the woods.

SHIT

FUCK

PISSRead More

Apr

How to say “Buttigieg”

HELPFUL NOTE: That’s rock guitarist The Edge from U2 (with the skullcap, not the wig). If you’re still confused about how to say South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s name after this, it’s pronounced “PEET.”

Oct

Better Than Screaming At The TV!

I wasn’t allowed to express my opinions.

I’ve photographed some of the best and brightest politicians — Bill Clinton and Al Gore — and some of the least auspicious, like the fun mayor of Concord, New Hampshire, who moonlighted as my Social Work professor, while I was working on my Master’s degree.

When I photographed politicians and political campaigns in the past, I had to be objective and not let my own personal preferences sway my journalistic integrity. Spending so much time traipsing around the Granite State during The New Hampshire Primaries, I did indeed form opinions about the candidates I covered. But I had to keep those opinions to myself.

Aug

Rocket Man, Rocket Woman

The missileers gave us a test printout from their old thermal printer, which is still in use. Note the face circled in the code at the bottom.

The alarm beep, beep, beeps and we jump behind the curtain shielding us from sensitive, Top Secret information coming in over the Comm system.

30 seconds later, the curtain slides back open and the missileers — one man and one woman — continue explaining their roles in this bunker, this completely secured capsule dozens of feet beneath the … where, I can’t tell you.

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