I just did a little googling and found Nations Photo Lab (not where I work), and it looks like they have 16×20′s for like 14 bucks, and until the end of this month they are half priced. I have never used them before, but it sounds like they are using Endura photo paper instead of inkjets for their large prints, so that is a plus. I don’t know if that is for digital images only or if you can mail your negatives to them, but it might be worth checking out.

As far as calibration, some labs will rent out monitor calibration devices which will at least ensure that what you are seeing on your monitor is very close to the prints you get done.

I wish I had more helpful advice because I do like to encourage photographers, and especially people who are still using film, but as you said it is a dying medium, so it is only getting more expensive.

Did anyone mention “Survivor” yet? I didn’t see it mentioned up top, but that has been on for like 22 or so seasons and it is still pretty good compared to real housewives or worlds or whatever.

Is there some sort of backlash against Tom Hanks going on? Now he is Tom “pranks”? c’mon. This man is a national treasure.

dammit, scene not seen.

Flag etiquette is patriot 101 shit.

not only ridiculous hats, but amazing exploding underwear sometimes.

Obviously, I was not taking what Gabe said as a script that someone would actually say. But it did make me think about how someone might answer if they were asked what their costume was. I didn’t come up with anything that the asker might hear, and come to an understanding of how the costume was clever or funny.

I didn’t get into the racial aspect of this meme in my first response, because I tend to be overly sensitive about issues of race, and especially in the current climate, people throw around the “race card” so much that it loses meaning. Growing up with an adopted brother who was black as a white kid gave me a fairly unique, and many times uncomfortable perspective. You mention that you had to come to terms with various things that made you uncomfortable or angry, and get past them because they were issues that ultimately were based on your perspective. Where we differ, I guess, is that I don’t think that the problem is with my perspective. I don’t need to change my opinion that the popularization of this meme has undertones of racism, because it does.

I didn’t say anything( I guess I did now!) about Ian’s use of the phrase “call a spade a spade” because that was used before spade became a racial term. However, his follow up sentence that used “exploitation spade” made it clear that he was using the word/phrase in a derogatory manner. It is that type of pseudo subtle bullshit that only reinforces my opinion.

In short, I am glad Gabe points out this type of thing and that it makes apologists uncomfortable.

That phrase always reminds me of an action movie one-liner contest Slate had awhile back. The winner was “Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, pissant.” Could be a fun BNPG.

I don’t mean to be crass, but these guys are a bunch of scaredypants’.

I don’t think I am alone when I say that I love the “Windwood takes on the classics” series of shoops you have done.

I don’t have a blu-ray player whatever that is, so I’m just gonna throw some support up towards the top at Werttrew. I do love these special sets for some reason though. I bought a VHS collectors edition of Being John Malkovich purely for the Malkovich themed nesting dolls. I can only imagine the jealousy a New Zealand Jade Necklace would cause.

wow! Is that a thing (sorry!) that still happens? In my job neighborhood that guy would be gone immediately. I thought that was the norm these days.