Category: Everyday Stories
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Bigger, Smaller
To the person from Indiana who got here Googling the two words bigger, smaller (imagine, I’m in the top 10 search results for those two words), just what the hell did you have on your mind? What kind of search is bigger, smaller? If you have a three-year-old and are trying to figure out how…
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Stelarc’s Ear PORTRAIT taken by nina sellars
Hmmm. Came upon this story via Boingboing of artist, Stelarc, having this ear implanted in his arm. H.o.p. comes up behind me and asks about it. Me: An artist had an ear implanted in his arm. H.o.p.: A fake ear, right? Me: A cultured ear. It’s real. Kind of. H.o.p. turned around and walked off.…
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Ding dong…
The blogs are abuzz with Jerry Falwell’s death. We decided not to watch the video on the Great Wall of China at Netflix because I read a review by someone who knows better (is from China) and they were lambasting it for misidentifying time periods etc. So we watched a video on Vienna and some…
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What were they drinking?
After Virginia Tech, when I said I needed to teach H.o.p. how to duck and run, I certainly didn’t have anything like this in mind. Via Raw Story… Faculty fakes gunman attack on crying 6th graders RAW STORY Published: Monday May 14, 2007 A teacher and assistant principal at a Tennessee elementary school staged a…
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Head
Nearly 40 years after, here I sit watching The Monkees’ one and only feature film, Head, on a little Toshiba (won’t play on the ‘puter), my mind pretty well blown away by the fact this was co-written and co-produced by none other than Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson (Five Easy Pieces, The King of Marvin…
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Pain and the Dangerous Sport of Dish Washing
Pain and the Dangerous Sport of Dish Washing May 2007 Light box enlargement For better view click to go to Flickr and then click on All Sizes. This one is all jaggedy because of resizing. Anyway, there it is, Marty’s encounter with one of those overly brittle Ikea glasses that shatter so easily (and quietly)…
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As H.o.p. runs screaming from the room
On one of the homeschool groups I’m on, an almost-war popped up over home science. One person had written in something about homeschool and science needs and how they were amazed at the materials some people had at home or had easy access to. The person ended the comment with a smiley, which indicates good…
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Southwest Seekers Series of Digital Paintings
Then I Saw Her Face Digital Painting, May 2007 29 in h by about 28.5 in w Click here for all posts belonging to the “Southwest Seekers” series of digital paintings. Detail. The title is of course drawn from the song, “Now I’m a believer”, keeping with the UFO museum’s theme of “The Truth is…
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Quote of the Day
“Can I put my ear against yours and hear what you’re hearing?” H.o.p.
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The Price of Today’s Medicine Bag
I wasted my time reading about bags this morning, because I get the Review-a-Day from Powells.com and today’s review was fashion writer Lynn Yaeger, of the Village Voice, on three different books on handbag style. She writes: Forty years ago — even 30 — there was no such thing as a “hot” bag. You had…
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The Odd Note
Seriously, the odd note. I’m sitting here yesterday morning working on photos and there was a peculiar wispy beep sound from the kitchen. We should have no beep sounds coming from the kitchen, but there it was. And then tonight I wake up and come in and sit down and after about five minutes from…
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'Tis the Season for Festivals
‘Tis the Season for Festivals. H.o.p. missed music at the Dogwood Festival a couple weekends ago as the weather was nasty, but he had fun playing around on the kiddo installations. Made up for it today with an earful at the Inman Park Festival. Saw Gwen Hughes and the Swimming Pool Q’s and some of…