David Mortenson

About David Mortenson

I'm David Mortenson. I've traveled widely in my business and frequently photo-documented various business projects. I have been fortunate in being able to photograph nature, culture, interesting architecture and the like while abroad in Europe and Asia and across the Americas. As you'll see in looking at Another Good Reason, nature is my favorite subject, be it flowers, bees, birds, spiders, snakes, or bears. I'm also fascinated by patterns, man-made or natural, and doors. You will see all of these subjects in these photo-cartoons, as well as interesting and beautiful architecture and landscapes. While beautiful is also interesting, some interesting things may not always be beautiful, while still being photo-worthy. The basic concept for Another Good Reason is a photograph--beautiful and/or interesting--with a short, 2 or 3 line story with quirky humor not unlike Gary Larsen's "The Far Side". Often the flower, bird, or other subject of the photo will have a funny story to tell or a problem to solve. The goal is to entertain without negatively targeting any ethnic group, religion, political party, or nationality. Public figures, however, are fair game. Lady GaGa, Al Gore, or anyone in the headlines has or will have a story about them. There's a wide variety of excellent photography equipment out there, but I've been a Nikon photographer for years because of their sharp, crisp lenses and "bulletproof" gear.

Flying Purple People Eater

Attending an Art Car Show, scientists were finally able to corroborate the urban legend–there was indeed a One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater.  The only question was, was it purple and ate people, or did it eat purple people.  Perhaps some federal grant money was needed  . . .

By |May 17th, 2018|Categories: Bizarre, Musicians|Tags: |Comments Off on Flying Purple People Eater

Dripping

Geneva’s mother kept telling her that dripping when eating showed a distinct lack of culture;  that it was crude. Geneva asked her mom to show her how to eat a seafood salad without dripping . . .

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Wings

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, ever on the lookout to find fault with the President and his family, had to call a press conference to criticize the first lady’s new gown as “Too white”

By |May 15th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Politics|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Wings

No Pat Downs

Greg (pictured), though a high-mileage frequent flyer, was thinking about giving up flying; the invasive full body scan (who knew what long term danger that posed?) or the equally invasive pat down both seemed to be going way too far. He did wonder about the guy who told the TSA screener, “Don’t touch my junk!” Greg thought much more highly of his individual biological components than that. . .

By |May 14th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Travel|Tags: , , |Comments Off on No Pat Downs

Laying Low

After raiding his cousin’s winter nut stash, Kenny was laying low . . .

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Goodbye to the AlGoreRhythms

Al Gore, in addition to inventing the internet and saving the planet, was also a musician; in fact, he had his own band–the AlGoreRhythms. While Al wrote the lyrics for all the songs, all of the music was computer generated (a special algorithm) and was a fusion of techno-retro-soul.. Gloria (pictured) was a huge fan; she had been to AlGoreRhythm concerts & had all their DVD’s, so she was extremely distressed to hear that the group was breaking up. “Oh well,” she thought, “there is always YouTube.”

By |May 10th, 2018|Categories: Bugs, Flowers, Musicians, Politics|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Goodbye to the AlGoreRhythms