Documentean Pillows

"Big mistake getting him a video camera for Christmas."

'Nothing beats seeing your favourite band play live.'

"Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?"

"Where are you guys going?" "We’re out of here!" "It’s October 28th!" "The new team are running late. We need you to stay until February 2025!" "But I’m tired!!" "How do we know they won’t bail on us again?"

Kirsten Johnson

Police film evidence

Crocodile

"The arms reduction talks are off to a good start -so far, we've agreed to ban pebbles."

Michael Moore creates a UK equivalent of Fahrenheit 9/11

'Your proposal sounds interesting. Can you send me a written proposal? I cannot reread a phone call.'

Today's alpha-lesson is "Keep a journal." The average person lets life pass them by. The events of their lives fade into nothingness. An alpha knows that long after they're gone, their thoughts and experiences will be of great interest to historians. That's not an original thought. I read it in the papyrus Randus Maximus XIV left in a safe deposit box after he helped conquer Judea.

My friend, Ernie, the documentary filmmaker, is producing a series about beverages. One film follows a man's search for the perfect lager. The working title is "The Beer Hunter." He found a group of young women in high school who are fantastic baristas. "Bean Girls." Espresso. Another movie will uncover animosity in the orange juice business. Maybe I should call it "Pulp Friction." And he's examining vineyards and winemakers all over the globe. I'll call the film "Planet of the Grapes"!

"I remembered that time you said you wished you had a biographer."

"Excellent! It's the disclosure documents for your hearing on Monday."

Harvesting the folder crop in Manila

'I still say these shots need more action.'

'Great! So that's the film... Now for the sound!'

Michael Moore

"Those pervs from the nature channel are filming us again."

Ernie is a documentary filmmaker who tells stories of folks in their professional lives -- I think he should wonk on his film titles more. One film looked at the surprisingly competitive cutthroat world of the dry cleaning business. "The Hanger Games." In another, we see astronomers traveling to remote locations to escape light pollution. "The Dark Night." Ernie showed us the bond among young butchers in an increasingly vegan world. "Stand by Meat"! And he told us the story of a man who i

'If whales are so intelligent, why do they swim near Japan?'

'Coming up next...more of man's inhumanity to man...in hi-def.'

'Hold it - someone's filming this without permission!'

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

"Where would we BE without the right DOCUMENTATION...?"

'Because it's there.' ... 'Because he may fall.'

"Here is the one pager we all agreed on..."

"Is it my imagination, or does our use of correction fluid increase as people's teeth get whiter?"

Rain Forest Filmcrew

Files of Doom

'You're a funny beggar, switching off the sound just because Joanna Lumley is ENTHUSING!'

Social lens of the photojournalist

Declaration of Independence. Legend has it that John Hancock signed his name extra large to annoy King George. The quill must have come from a mocking bird!

An environmental documentary crew filming garbage washing up on the beach.

The Young Jacques Cousteau at the Beach with his Mother.