Tim Carras

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Evil boy eating evil fries

A colorful sunset above a residential street in Burbank, CA. Pink, purple, and orange clouds over mountains and trees in the distance; one- and two-story houses, sedans and SUVs in the foreground.
Screenshot from iMessage. The sentence begins “Have you hatched a dastardly”, and the suggestions for the next word are “egg”, “yet”, and “new”.
A weird mutant lemon from my tree (or two conjoined lemons?) that looks weirdly like the canonical rubber duckie
Standby list for a flight out of JFK airport. Passenger #4 is CAR, T, and #5 is MAR, E. Get it?
The author with not-quite-shoulder-length hair, the result of a year spent living on the other side of town from his barber
Logo on the side of a work truck for SAWMAN Concrete Cutting. It’s a cartoon white guy in a yellow hardhat and a blue shirt. Where his right hand ought to be, he has a circular saw protruding from his sleeve. He’s staring at me, mouth agape and wide eyed. Stuff of nightmares.
"From a practical standpoint, our role when we get to a scene is to de-escalate the situation, not to ramp it up," McDonnell said. "Trying to enforce a misdemeanor violation on another law enforcement agency, that's not going to end well. And that's not going to be good." "From a public safety standpoint for anybody in that environment. Potentially you have a crowd that could be agitated and trying to get their point across," he added. "And then you have the ICE agents who are doing their job. And for us to come in then and try and create an enforcement action for wearing a mask, it's not a safe way to do business."
The author holds a US flag amid a crowd of protestors, a daisy tucked behind his left ear.
A crowd of protesters in downtown Los Angeles with signs and flags
Closeup of a southern alligator lizard clinging to the corner of a gray stucco wall and a black iron garage gate jamb. The little guy is doing his best to stay out of the downpour and giving the photographer a look like “what do you want, I’m a lizard”
Close up shot of a North American fox squirrel with a shelled walnut the size of its head hanging out of its mouth. The squirrel is gray with beautiful golden underbelly and legs. It’s a sunny 77° November day in Southern California.
Author and partner clink teacups, seated at a patio table with a frankly ridiculous spread. There are elephant teapots, three-tier tea service trays laden with goodies (more on these in the following images), tarot-themed plates, a festive pumpkin, soup and salad, and for some reason a replica rotary dial telephone that plays spooky Halloween recordings.
A feral tuxedo cat in an industrial parking lot stretches, as if to assure me she is Not At All Afraid, while subtly checking her wristwatch and saying “oh my, look at the time, I certainly hate to keep you from wherever you need to be right now”
A medium shot of the Hollywood Bowl on a September evening. The first Edelweiss scene from The Sound of Music (1965) is playing on a large projection screen, with sing-along lyrics superimposed. A sold-out audience of 17,500 people shine their cell phone flashlights, sing, and sway.
A ridiculously cute mostly black stray kitten with white paws and a white chin, and eyes as big as saucers peers out from behind an industrial gate
Author and companion grinning and posing in front of the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. The marquee advertises the play Shucked, and there is a giant inflatable ear of corn covering up the last two letters in the theater’s name. To the right is another ad for Shucked, with more yellow corn.
Screenshot of an Apple Card receipt for two dozen delicious pastries from Porto’s Bakery Burbank, for some reason mislabeled as Walmart Bakery
A feral tuxedo cat flops around in a power station parking lot, demonstrating that he is Not Afraid of the photographer
Two skunks contemplate the photographer warily in front of a metal fence at night. The one on the right has its tail fully raised.
A glaring (yes, that’s a legitimate collective noun, look it up) of black and white feral cats looking distrustfully at the photographer in an industrial parking lot
Ripe peaches and breakfast sausage patties cooking on a charcoal grill
The author holds a US flag amid a crowd of protestors at the Robert Young Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. In the background, US Marines brandishing assault rifles line the entrances.
A one-half ounce bag of Garden Salsa Sun Chips (the best flavor) on a white plate next to a single miniature Sun Chip, and a partially-eaten banana for scale
Excerpt from Los Angeles Times article: Move executives reached Sunday privately wondered how a tariff would be imposed on a film, which, like a car, has components made in different countries while post-production often occurs in the U.S. (Post production, specifically visual effects and animation, is often the biggest piece of the budget to be outsourced due to tax subsidies)
Author doing a silly pose on a mountain lookout in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park, overlooking Squamish Harbor, British Columbia. Everything is quite picturesque: blue sky, cumulus clouds, side-lit mountains with snow-capped peaks, sparkling water, and the tops of pine trees.
Closeup of a Canadian wood duck with striking red eyes on the shores of Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park, BC
Long exposure of a clear sky above Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, BC, as viewed from Spanish Banks Beach. There are brightly colored haloes around the lights on the waterfront, stars, lens flares, and a single gray cloud.
Author’s selfie in George Wainborn park in Vancouver, BC, with Granville Island in the distance, a half hour before sunset
A big ol dish of poutine with red peppers, sliced jalapeños, and some sort of plant-based steak item, accompanied by a delicious ginger-lime beverage.
A huge crowd fills the lawn in front of Los Angeles City Hall
A crowd of protesters rallies in Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles en route to City Hall. A balloon caricature of Donald Trump in a dictator-style pseudo-military uniform floats above the crowd.
A crowd of protesters outside Culver City Hall. A woman holds a white sign reading “I 🩷 GOOD GOVERNMENT” and a man waves a United States flag.
A woman sits at a table, filling in outlined lettering on a large white sign with a blue marker. The sign reads “I 🩷 GOOD GOVERNMENT”.
Aerial view of the Central Valley near Merced, California. The multicolored square parcels of land look a little like pixel art if you squint.
Closeup of a western honeybee in a large California poppy bloom
Sidewalk view of Palms Blvd. in Los Angeles. Dramatic cumulonimbus clouds line the horizon, and a palm tree sways in the wind.
Legendary actor and Shōgun producer Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the Visual Effects Society’s Award for Creative Excellence while presenter Keanu Reeves smiles from the wings
Two protesters pose in front of Los Angeles city hall. One is waving a United States flag on a pole and the other is holding a white sign with “DEMOCRACY FOREVER” in blue hand lettering.
Red clouds from the Palisades Fire, viewed from Mar Vista
Wide shot of a Mobil sign in Holland, Michigan showing regular gasoline priced at $2.96 per gallon
A stylized map of the United States color-coded to show where I have lived, stayed, visited, stopped, passed through, etc.