It’s getting to that time of the year, when we dust off old resolution lists and transfer the same items to the new list. We regret what we couldn’t accomplish and wallow in that familiar place of “[Insert year] just wasn’t my year. Next Year!” As we wind down 2008 getting ready for the new [...]

Wandering through the vibrant Plaza Mayor in Madrid, I came across this construction site. Besides the positioning of the guys along the beam, what struck me was their construction outfits… skin tight shorts (save the one guy below with baggy pants – still topless).

This photo taken in Northern Sweden was selected as part of the Guardian.co.uk’s Been There contest finalists for November 2008. Another photo had previously made the Guardian UK’s August 2008 photo selection.