So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

"When I think back

On all the crap I learned in high school

It's a wonder

I can think at all

And though my lack of education

Hasn't hurt me none

I can read the writing on the wall"

"Kodachrome

They give us those nice bright colors

They give us the greens of summers

Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah

I got a Nikon camera

I love to take a photograph

So mama don't take my Kodachrome away.'' - Paul Simon

Mama's not taking it away, Kodak is. I know it's business. I also know it is sad when the icons of our life go away. Kodachrome was older than most of us (74). It has a rich history that is pervasive throughout every family photo album as well as every photo magazine of the 20th century.

Here is a link to a tribute from Kodak.

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2/6868&pq-locale=en_US&_requestid=9264

Another tribute from the Chicago Tribune.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/06/kodachrome_rip_worlds_a_winter.html

Lemonade Machine Discovered

It's one of the more over used idioms, " You have to make lemonade from the lemons". Well now they have found the elusive lemonade machine.

From an article in the Boston Globe, perhaps it can help someone:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/03/29/from_lemons_to_lemonade/