February 2007

A Good Offense

02.28.2007

“The way to defend art is to produce it.” – Edward Cerny

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Once upon a time…

02.27.2007

The teller of stories has everywhere and always found eager listeners. Whether his tale is the mere report of a recent happening, a legend of long ago, or an elaborately contrived fiction, men and women have hung upon his words and satisfied their yearnings for information or amusement, for incitement to heroic deeds, for religious [...]

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Off to New York

02.23.2007

I’m outta here early tomorrow morning for a week in New York to take in some cold weather and address some very exciting business. I don’t plan on going out of my way to keep this site updated during that time, although I may drop in to blog a traveling chronicle or seven if inspiration [...]

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‘Table Top Towers’ Illusion

02.23.2007

Source: Rob Gonsalves

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Nearly meeting Ray Bradbury

02.23.2007

Last night began as a disappointment. I had planned to join my mom to her local library a couple hours out of town to attend a lecture by legendary author Ray Bradbury, who was scheduled to show up and share his thoughts on writing. He’s now 86 and in a wheelchair. Best known for his [...]

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I Sing the Body Electric (a song by Wade Lassiter)

02.22.2007

I sing the body electric I celebrate the me yet to come I toast to my own reunion When I become one with the sun And I’ll look back on Venus I’ll look back on Mars And I’ll burn with the fire of ten million stars I sing the body electric I glory in the [...]

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Pick your medium, and say it

02.21.2007

“To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.” – Milton Glaser

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Singles Exercise #8

02.20.2007

Right hand on ride, left hand on snare, right foot on kick, left foot on hat: Source: Thomas Lang

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Wheel of Lunch

02.20.2007

Can’t figure out where to have lunch today? Enter your zip code and let this cool interface make the decision for you. Created by Jim Bumgardner.

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The Rescued Sailor

02.19.2007

The Rescued Sailor by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) Mornings are the worst. As the bare foot makes first contact with the Cold, hard floor, Furnace hours extinguished, Nerves uncomfortably sober, The short journey to the sock drawer a mine field of pain. So It goes with the Mind. Heart. Soul. The first stinging moment [...]

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Count the People

02.19.2007

First twelve, then thirteen. What’s going on here?

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Presidential Last Words

02.19.2007

George Washington: (to his aide, Tobias Lear) “I am just going. Have me decently buried and do not let my body be put into a vault in less than two days after I am dead. Do you understand me?” (Lear to Washington) “Yes, sir.” (to Lear) “Tis well.” John Adams: “Thomas Jefferson still… survives.” Thomas [...]

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Pics of Kona from 2004

02.19.2007

I just stumbled across an old folder of forgotten pics from 2004. Doesn’t sound like that long ago, but it really was a lifetime. Since 2004, we adopted this little monster, who’s changed the whole dynamic in our world. It’s almost as if I’ve forgotten what it’s like when it was just Kona and me. [...]

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Lead Singers and Light Bulbs

02.18.2007

Q: How many lead singers does it take to change a light bulb? A: Just one. He holds the light bulb and the world revolves around him.

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‘Sun Sets Sail’ Illusion

02.18.2007

Source: Rob Gonsalves

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Like Mother, Like Daughter

02.17.2007

Just had dinner with my folks tonight, and Mom showed me a framed birthday gift that my baby sister Heather gave her the other day. Simply marvelous. I scanned it before they left. The first pic is of Mom in Hawaii when she was about eighteen, the second pic is of Mom and Heather in [...]

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