Yesterday, you were not my favorite day, combining as you did crushing deadlines, bad news, missed chances and cascading data loss. Oh, and I got fatter. And I didn’t get home until way too late. And things got misplaced. All in all a day of bad communication and ouchiness. Today, you’ve been just marginally better,… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: February 2010
The last screen of the day
Another glut of screens, and hopefully with the writing of this entry, an end to it for the day. The garbage has been taken out, my clothes have been somewhat arranged into a neater configuration and on thee streets, the rain is removing the last of the snow (although I’m told there’s more on the… Continue Reading
There’s probably a peanut in there somewhere…
I’m trying to work up interest for my current book It Didn’t Happen Here, an analysis of the failures of American Socialism. It’s got all the hallmarks of “doctoral thesis turned to book”, and you may have guessed that that doesn’t translate to “gripping prose style”. Thing is, I have a very hard time just… Continue Reading
Picture and an unrelated thought…
You know, there is nothing about any sort of Jedi that I find even remotely interesting. Tags: daily photo, fandom… Continue Reading
This is food…
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On the ground, or why this post doesn’t have a snappy title…
More time mucking about with the Nikon. I’m beginning to warm to it, although I hate using the view finder. It irritates me always having the camera lens identified with the eye. I’ve just finished Jaron Lanier’s You are Not a Gadget, a driven critique of online life and current trends in computing. Jaron was… Continue Reading
Sometimes Art school looks like this…
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Oh, Yoko
I had a most curious evening last night, courtesy of Thor. I got to go to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to see The Plastic Ono Band perform a pre-birthday tribute to its founder and namesake. What can I say about the show? First of all it was Yoko-Fucking-Ono, so really that should be good… Continue Reading
Thin Ice…
All is kerfuffle. My office is sweltering. I’m trying to think about making tintypes. Coffee and the internet are not helping. I ran a round much more than I needed to yesterday. And Blabitybla. Luckily I’m about to see the Plastic Ono Band Tags: daily photo, nada… Continue Reading
Yikes, The piles…
Spent just about the entire day first looking for a lens, and then for my phone. Am I just losing my mind? Tags: daily photo, losing stuff… Continue Reading