Guinness, Arsenal & Photography

There's an economic law out there that makes an immense amount of sense, but that chaps me at the same time. Simply put, he who has what the market wants may charge what the market will bear. What the market will bear, in an airport however, is so far out of line with reality it's infuriating. I had the opportunity to sit at an excellent Irish bar in the newly opened D terminal of DFW airport yesterday. An Irish bar that charges nearly $8.00 per pint of Guinness. Is it because the Guinness is that much better? No. Is it because they have to pay more to the beer distributor to get it there? No. It's simply because they have Guinness AND they have a captive audience. When a flight from DFW to FRA gets delayed by 4+ hours, where are the poor folk who are stranded going to go? To the bar, or restaurant or similar place to while away a bit of time. He who has what the market wants, may charge what the market will bear. It's that simple; it's that infuriating. More infuriating than having a perfectly legitimate goal disallowed for a perceived handball? Probably not. Especially when that goal is by Thierry Henry in a Champion's League match in Moscow. The Arsenal failed to continue their fine run and lost 1-nil this afternoon in the very cold, inhospital clime of Moscow. CSKA Moscow will go into the second leg at the Emirates with a one-goal advantage and sitting on top of the table in Group G of the Champion's League. In other games today, Lyon beat Dynamo Kieve 3-0, Celtic got the better of Benfica also 3-0, and Manchester United towered over FC Copenhagen with a yet another 3-0 result. Changing the scoreline a little, but not the goal difference, Real Madrid managed 4 past Steaua Bucuresti, but gave 1 up to the home team. FC Porto, likewise, got 4 past Hamburg SV but gave one up in the final throes to achieve a 4-1 scoreline at the Estadio do Dragao. AC Milan, despite playing with 10 men for most of the second half did manage to beat Anderlecht while AEK Athens lost to Lille at the Stadium Lille Metropole. Tomorrow, Chelese will host Barcelona with Hilario tending the net for Chelsea. Let's hope that no further bad luck befalls Chelsea keepers. Liverpool travel to Bordeaux and the rest of the days games are blah for me. Meaning, i don't follow the teams, and couldn't tell you how to pronounce the manager's name. Now, in Photography news, I've (when I say, "I've," I really mean "we've," but since I'm doing it and will teach Marita Beth how later, it becomes "I've") just launched a new personal journal where, starting on November 1, 2006, we will endeavour to post one photo each per day for an entire year. Marita Beth will be doing this with me, so there should be two new photos every day. Some may have commentary, some may stand on their own. There may be days when we can't decide which to post so we send up several. There may even be days when we don't post, by accident or by design; however should that occur, expect double the amount the next day. The goal is to take a minimum of one photograph per day for an entire year. With digital cameras, that's easy. The purpose, is to become better photographers and do something together. I'm looking forward to it. The new blog is at krmb.wordpress.com. Yes, it's not at blogger, but that's 'cause I'm not overly enamoured of the blogger methodologies. Not sure I'll like WordPress any more, but I decided to give it a go before condemning it, wot? So, anyway, check over there come All Saint's Day and let's see where it goes in a year. So, that's that for the day. I'll be off soon and headed home. Until next time. Wastrel On! (Listening to: Psycho Killer by Talking Heads)