Thomas Locke Hobbs

Currently: Buenos Aires

Sorry about the lack of postings. I've bought a new digital camera, a Canon Digital Rebel. It's taken me a few days to figure out the UI and hook it up to my computer. The measly 300x300 pixel, low grade jpg images I post on this site will never do the camera justice. In fact, they probably only mask the differences between it and my disposable-quality Sony Cybershot. Still, I'm happy as a clam with the new camera, and especially with the long perspective and shallow depth of field [seen above] I get with the standard length 50mm lens.

I was in DC last weekend and spent most of it obsessively talking politics, which, i guess is appropriate. Waking up early on Sunday morning to see Bush on Meet the Press was a Big Deal. I met a lobbyist who claims that there's not enough money in politics. To be fair, I think he was only pointing out that the sums spent electing congress and the senate, even the presidency is puny compared to a $2.4 trillion budget. This has always struck me as true especially when compared to what I know about Latin America [perhaps not a flattering comparison]. For instance, in the 1994 Governor's election for the Mexican state of Tabasco, Robert Madrazo spent $70million. This in a state where the population is only 1.5 million [tho I suppose this isn't so far off what Bloomberg spent to win New York City].

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Hi. I'm a 32 year-old American currently living in Buenos Aires. Before that I lived in California, Sao Paulo and New York and if you browse through the archives below you can see photos of all those places. I also have an old geocities page with some outdated information but also more photos of Buenos Aires, friends and my 9/11 pictures.