A.W.K.W.A.R.D., originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

This is the greatest family portrait that I will ever take. Calling it now.

Penny Shredder, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

A few coins fell from my shirt pocket as I was shredding old bank statements. The shredder shut itself off immediately, but in my attempts to get the coins out, I managed to somehow override the safety features and the coins were shredded (yeah, shredded) without a crunch, a crack, a clunk, or any other sound one would expect as metal passed through the blades of a device used to cut paper into strips.

Dudes. This thing is a beast. That angry bulldog as a logo is not an accident.

Ridiculous, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

I am not a fan of animals in clothing, but Frog Dog and Shark Dog were cheap enough and awesome enough costumes to make me change my mind.

"Is that a 5D?", originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

There’s a giant hole in the ground outside of my edit bay. It’s been there for a week now. This morning I walked by with my camera and one of the guys working in it asked, “Is that a 5D?”

We talked shop for a few minutes from there. He owns a 7D and a 5D. He uses both to shoot “about a job a week” in his free time. He was kind enough to let me take his photo as he took a break in “the hole.”

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Worst Front Yard (and Photomerge) Evah!, originally uploaded by Eric B. Shanks.

I wish the owners of this house (lower right corner) only paid $5 for it. It’s in a nice area of Burbank, though, so even with that giant Cancer-Causer in the front yard, it probably cost a small fortune. Oof.