March 2009

The notch

03.31.2009

“I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W. C. Fields

Video Confessional Jams: Episode 93

03.30.2009

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The Canvas by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) Once upon a time there was a blank canvas. When it got home from the art store, it began to cover itself up with lines and shapes, adding some color, attempting to say something meaningful about the world. After a while the canvas thought to itself, “I [...]

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Did You Know?

03.29.2009

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The Red Balloon

03.27.2009

When I was a little boy, my elementary school had a film on-hand that they’d roll for us on rainy days. It was a short French film from 1956 called “The Red Balloon“. I’ve never forgotten it. Only about a half-hour long, the story depicted a schoolboy named Pascal who meets a red balloon during [...]

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Protected: Under Angels: Chapter G

03.26.2009

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Video Confessional Jams: Episode 92

03.25.2009

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Dog Tail-Chasing Linked to High Cholesterol

03.24.2009

Via Discovery, veterinarians say compulsive tail-chasing in dogs is related to high cholesterol. The finding adds to a growing body of evidence — mostly from studies on humans — that high cholesterol may be a marker for behavioral problems such as panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder, which could be expressed by frequent tail-chasing in [...]

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House Remodel: Project Summary

03.23.2009

Beginning in 2007, I embarked on a DIY remodel of my place. I took photos throughout the various stages of the project, posting them on this site. I never took the time to summarize everything into one centralized blog entry, which has required me to repeat myself every time the project comes up in conversation. [...]

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There cannot be any shutting of the eyes.

03.20.2009

From the Letters to a Young Writer series at Narrative Magazine, Richard Bausch responds to a student’s struggle to read offensive words from literature aloud in class verbatim. We can best address the injustices of the past by never forgetting them, never forgetting how it wasâ€”and in many sad instances how it still is. In [...]

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With Jackson Pollack

03.19.2009

Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 2009

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The Door

03.18.2009

The Door by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) There once was a door in a stuffy room. Hanging on hinges, this door’s job was to open the stuffy room up to the outside world. This outside world was full of wonderful, vibrant things, both known and unknown, and the door enjoyed its job very much. [...]

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From the bluff the other morning

03.17.2009

Compare to this.

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Killer

03.15.2009

I love this guy. He’s three years old, aptly named Killer. At the Light House Cafe in Hermosa Beach CA, catching some ripping live jazz on a Sunday afternoon. You wouldn’t believe the stories he was telling after a few Black & Tans.

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That’s what it means.

03.13.2009

“People say, ‘What does it mean?’ That’s what it means. It would be a bad thing if I could explain the tale better than what I have already said in the tale.” – Isak Dineson

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The Wind Continued to Blow

03.13.2009

The Wind Continued to Blow by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) There once was a wind blowing across the sea. It eventually reached the coast, and continued to blow across the surface of the land. Before long, the wind met happiness. And happiness tried to stop the wind. “Stop for a second,” said happiness. “I’m [...]

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