The Ghost of Snapped Shot

Can you see me now?

I really like this shot, taken by AFP stringer Ed Jones. Attempted censorship is always annoying, but in this particular alignment, it becomes a parody of such extreme proportions that you just have to sit back and laugh. Well done for highlighting this particular phenomenon in such a humorous way, Ed!

A security guard attempts to restrict a photographer from taking photos of a protest calling for the release of detained Thai human rights activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, outside the Thai consulate in Hong Kong on June 29, 2011. Thai human-rights activist and journalist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, was arrested in Thailand on April 30 on charges of 'lese majeste', or the crime of insulting the king. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

Yeah, that's probably all I'm going to have for today -- I guess I'm not ready to jump back into everything here quite yet. My motivation levels are flagging pretty hard, so who knows when/if I'll get back on top of writing here - or anywhere else, for that matter. Gimme a cup of whatever this guy's having, on the double!

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PS: It figures that Chavez ended up having communist health problems the week I'm offline. What a crock! I didn't even get a chance to pull out Photoshop before he declared himself healed, so I missed out on generating all kinds of awesome parodies to celebrate his apparent demise. Shucks!

PPS: Chinasmack brings on another funny that Snapped Shot would've latched on to for a good Photoshop or two, if this was still our prime, and naturally it goes viral. But as all two of you know, I stink on ice now, so forget it. There's absolutely no way in heck you would've gotten any quality content out of this depressing husk of a blog, so whatever.

PPPS: Robert Stacy McCain is still doing an amazing job of doing that which he does so well -- I'd point out how awesome he is, but (a) I've already done that, and (b) it's not like he acknowledged that I existed the last time I tried sending tons of links his way, so why should I even bother?

Anyone else out there got a bad case of the "meh's?"

 Tags: AFP ed jones #DailyFodder