From the studio the other night.

Sunday mornings at the ranch

A shocking headline about news the world must act upon right now...story behind a paywall.

Patience tested at the grocery store today. This, the one time of year everyone is looking for the one ingredient for the one weird thing they cook for everyone exactly once a year. And no one can find a damn thing, but they'll gladly stand in your way.

Murder By Death at The Grey Eagle - The Farewell Tour - November 14, 2025 https://dtpennington.com/murder-by-death-at-the-grey-eagle-the-farewell-tour-november-14-2025/

Leaning heavily on my public library for some recent projects needing loads of research. Since no one in their right mind should deface a library book, I've kept an index card loaded with book darts as a defacto bookmark. Simple, convenient.

Becca in charcoal at 10 and 20 minutes. More to come with tonight's life drawing.

Got the flu shot today. Then I went to an art class and dogsat for five hours, just in time to start feeling like crap

HAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLVED ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS YET?

Gmail, once an unprecedented leader in the email space (no ads? A gig of space? Holy 2004!) is now a bloated bit of junk. Their recommendations of what emails are priority or need my attention is always wrong. And the new ad formats they push to the mobile app are unforgivable. I just want email.

My super secret skill is never asking for help.

More travels, more photos. Working out way up the New England coast.

On the Cape May Ferry this morning, NJ bound. Lots of movement this week. Loads of new photos

Haven't hit "publish" on something like this in a while. A year ago my town, my neighborhood, the way of life we knew was completely washed out and away. A year later, we still feel it. dtpennington.com/hurricane-he...

Hurricane Helene - A Year Later https://dtpennington.com/hurricane-helene-a-year-later/

Summer into Autumn 2025 https://dtpennington.com/summer-into-autumn-2025/

Steroids and Saline https://dtpennington.com/steroids-and-saline/

Messed around with all the "wrong" settings yesterday. You can do anything you want with a camera, that's the nifty thing about it.

My dog got to see the Wienermobile without me and I'm kinda mad about it.

An Embearassment of Bears https://dtpennington.com/bears-in-asheville/

Farting Around https://dtpennington.com/farting-around/

I've done a lot of thinking lately about what I want to do next now that I've given up marketing and copywriting. Fortunately, my brain trust is robust with the finest minds of our time....meet Rocco #bulldog

Random bits from recent shoots with friends. Including @madimannequin.bsky.social @dannywolfchild.bsky.social and Daphne

Do I want a career? Or do I just want to play with dogs and spend my days fixing things that would otherwise go obsolete?

Updated: Tenets of Idleism dtpennington.com/idleism/

Come a long way since them Boy Scoutin' days. After I earned Eagle, my days of sleeping on the ground were done.

The campground internet is faster than home Internet.

Drinking a pitcher of beer because I was nearly in a head-on collision today. I parked the truck at home, walked here, and considering never getting into a car again.

Music of Note: John R Miller https://dtpennington.com/music-of-note-john-r-miller/

From this morning's shoot with Danny

Embracing underemployment by learning how to fix everything myself. Rewired headlights for the truck this morning. Spent like 6 hours, but saved like $400. Worth it? Who cares?

July 2025 https://dtpennington.com/july-2025/

Of Course I'll Blame AI https://dtpennington.com/of-course-ill-blame-ai/

Luddite https://dtpennington.com/luddite/

This duck is almost crossing the line. #asheville

AI Will Fail, but we still still be forced to deal with it. https://dtpennington.com/ai-will-fail-but-we-still-still-be-forced-to-deal-with-it/

Nice day for barns. #WNC

Not skaters, but they had skates. #photoshoot

It's not a real day but there is amateur wrestling at the neighborhood brewery and the performers are ordering beer before their next act.

I have spent the past decade guiding people and companies on the path to discovering the stories that make them, them. Then we shape that story into products and brand messages and the thing people want to be a part of. So, yeah, it crushes me that folks think AI bots do the same thing.

I wish more people had my sense of "This story isn't interesting and you need to end it now."

Oddly, the umbrella over this whole thing are "advertising and brand safety" boards of rich old crusties worried that their advert dollars might show up next to a punk band. Follow the money? Follow the money. Money is the biggest driver of hate.

The thing about his "fragrance line" is that it is nothing special. Anyone (even you!) can work with a supplier trying to dump back stock. Hell, they will even relabel and rebox and it's yours for like $4 a unit. $4, and he's selling it for $200.

Ok, but how big is this damn table? #thebear

British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants against the Israeli military in a live BBC broadcast on Saturday. Irish-language rappers Kneecap also are being investigated.

What constitues an "appropriate dad joke" changes when you don't have any kids.

No New Problems https://dtpennington.com/no-new-problems/

I hereby vow I will never subject anyone to AI slop. There's too much awesome, real shit in the world you haven't seen yet.