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Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon, Arizona, 2005 Please view larger on white

October 3, 2006
Views from the Road – New Mexico, 2005

Views from the Road – New Mexico, 2005 View On White Larger

October 2, 2006
Blogging Godard’s "My Life to Live" (Vivre Sa Vie)

VIVRE SA VIE (MY LIFE TO LIVE) Profile of Nana’s face (Anna Karina). A brief few bars of gently melancholic music (Michael LeGrand), which stops. Silence. Then switch to frontal close-up and the music again. Which again stops after a few bars. Hold on the close-up. Now Nana’s right profile, barest outline of her nose…

October 2, 2006
Views from the Road – Texas, 2005

Views from the Road – Texas, 2005 View On White Larger

October 1, 2006
The outside makes its way in

The rat population out back of the apartment building seems to have exploded. The rats have even eaten away the edges of the lids of the garbage bins…and now we have critters in the walls. Whatever they are I don’t know because they thus far remain in the walls and I can’t see them. But…

October 1, 2006
Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon, Arizona View On White

September 30, 2006
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children rethink statement on Foley (kind of)

Last night on their News and Events page, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children had placed this statement: Congressman Mark Foley’s resignation is a great loss to Florida and the nation. He has been a hard-working, dedicated and effective Congressman. He will be missed. Now they have: Congressman Mark Foleyâ€™s resignation is a…

September 30, 2006
I wish it was mind-boggling, but it's not

Isn’t this just too damn perfect that Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, founder and co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, has today resigned over sexually explicit internet messages he was sending to current and former congressional pages under the age of 18, making repeated references to sex organs and acts?…

September 29, 2006
Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon, Arizona View larger

September 29, 2006
It’s not like the tea leaves hadn’t laid it out in fine and big print

The NY Times editorial Rushing Off a Cliff nutshells the new torture bill. Though it’s appalling what was voted through yesterday, it’s far from surprising, considering the paths not taken. A case where the fine and big print in the tea leaves was seen by too many as not a warning but a dandy plan.

September 29, 2006
Don't know why I'm reminded of Alice's puzzling over which side of the mushroom to eat

I don’t know why, when trying to think of how to describe Sondra Prill, Alice puzzling over which side of the mushroom to eat comes to mind. Maybe it’s the uncertainty of whether fate will take you to the home for which you long or drop you in disaster’s lap. Came upon the below at…

September 28, 2006
Grand Canyon, Autumn, 2005

Grand Canyon, Autumn, 2005 View larger on white

September 28, 2006