The Rhinosnort Highway

To Be Continued

2008-07-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

...continues in Book Four.

Honey, You Look A Bit Distant Today

2008-07-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

Beautiful evening gown or straight jacket? Glass half-full or half-empty? There are answers.

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And the answers are as playful as they are heartbreaking dependent upon the context you bring into Lisa Rae Winant world. Winant of New Hampshire says of her portraits, "...the human characters seem indifferent to their presence. They are preoccupied with deeper matters of heart and mind." Really? I thought it was me.

Winant's paintings are like single-cell motion pictures played in an empty theater. On a Tuesday afternoon. She depicts only the bare necessities of form, scene, and character. Unfortunately for me Mind Less #2 (pictured) is sold. Else, I couldn't afford it.

Signs of Intelligent Life

2008-07-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

Humans have been looking for signs of alien life since like forever. We've evolved into calling it "intelligent life." We imagine what it would look, sound like, and feel like. In the movies our poor, rural galaxy cousins usually look a lot like us, and speak better English than we do. But, sometimes, like car keys or sunglasses, we're just looking in the wrong place. Sofa cushions.

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It was under the sofa cushions! I don't know what to call it but Jamie Guggino calls it Awkwardist text and here it is for hours and days and eons of your enjoyment, pleasure, and bafflement. Stop judging.

Jamie's St. Ætheldrytha's weaker (?) blog is brimming with years of...years of, uh... Well, if you figure it out, send me a note because I have no damn idea (and I know him).

Here's an obligatory post sample:

Bruegelday = fishfeet

scarer of finite Lozenges™
th cheating Dystrophes of the Child wren. stay away w/ me, Miss Puaymó.

Yes, th Smaftil saga, it enriches us — THIS IS TH RRAST parety • i grip Prapacity at an alarming rate, who wouldn't? Choven clarity for cofounders Alike!!

7.8.08

Yep. Careful them gardwitz!

Book Break/Sync

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End of Book 3

Untitled (Miniatures)

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Power to the People!

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All I want for Christmas...

...is my two front teets.

Today Is Not Like Yesterday

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For Dan (an insider thing)

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Untitled

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Daddy! Get Your Camera! (2)

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Obsession w/These

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I Know

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The one thing I'll always remember from my visit to Iceland was that for my entire stay it was forty degrees with a steady wind of around 20 miles per hour.

The flagpoles went: ching-ching-ching all day long.
Today is like that: ching-ching-ching.

Modesty is the
The anchor opposite of
Loathful insanity

That baby broke my focus
Damn baby!
Miniaturization of humankind
[What are you looking at, baby?!]

I know.

Getting nothing yet?
Focus & Concentration
Closing of the eyes...

I don't really mind some aspects of artistic celibacy.

A shop on the corner
The beauty of middle age
A shot of caffeine
To steady the nerves

Only if people were tiny figurines of scale.

It's an exercise
Conquest of agility
For the brain, you know?

I Know!

When sitting feels like sinking...or shrinking

Dudes with arty, overly affected scarves and ambitious facial hair.

Strutting with the confidence of Russian whores at Lutheran retreats.

Buy Buy Buy
Until I'm in the sky
[You make me fucking crazy!]

It's nearly the dead of winter
Flies mean maggots
Maggots = death
Like Bush = lies

I know.

Untitled (@ 2)

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Daddy! Get Your Camera!

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Worth waking up.

Reprise

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An Exercise

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The Sofa Project

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The Quads With Bren on Remote (we need to stop dressing them alike someday) - The Sofa Project

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Outtake Exceptions (Grandfathered November)

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Outtake - The Sofa Project

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Smells of America

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Objects of desire (are)
Perversions of the mind

Of friendships past
Selective re-connections
with all the perverse
logic of killing at wartime

Our newest buzzword:
"Sustainability"
(oh, so fucking what?)
But, I am a gentleman (and not a spy)

Diverse populations of seekers
"Charismatic" in that Pentecostal way
Creating cultures
Driven without purpose, without market

In truth
This religion smells of America

The good die young
it's said
And, captains
go down with ships

Tubes! Tubes of joy!
By definition
Humankind at its elemental core
With all energies of the pirates

It only happens when made
For those optimized for success

Bend to my doctrine
Fold to my will
Succumb to my plans
Do as you are told

I am jamming your signals
And controlling your TeeVees

Weapons of Mass Confusion

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Beardless Again (and 19º)

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Still December

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"Nothing Pains Me More" (A Year In Pictures 2007)

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These are the favorite photographs that I took in 2007 (with some exceptions like books and paying gigs and such).

There are two categories: Stuff and People; 25 images for each category. Click on images for larger view.

This is Stuff:

These are People:

That's it. See the middlespace page for previous years (at least going back to '02).

2007 Discount Bonus Sale
(it's because I care)

Bonus #1 [clicky] Photography
Bonus #2 [clicky] East Summer West
Bonus #3 [clicky] Sistine Curates a Show
Bonus #4 [clicky] Second Batch

First

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Bug Workaround

2007-12-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

You may have noticed that since the beginning of the month or so, clicking on images displayed a file download box instead of showing the full-size image in the browser.

Until Blogger fixes this now known bug, I've gone back and hand-edited these posts so you can see them. And I will hand-edit new posts until the bug is fixed.

No biggie. Just changing a couple of lines of code...directory stuff.

UPDATE: Looks like it's now fixed.

Untitled (something about fences and wind)

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Happy Attic Day

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[Attic Day]

Untitled (This is 2007)

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December is B&W Month

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Lost & Found 1984

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Depew 2000

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Freelancer Lab 1983

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Donkey Town 2000

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Ania 1999

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"Ty,

I have to be the bearer of sad news. Remember Ania? She passed away over the weekend. She accidentally fell off a building 12 stories and died. it's shocking and so sad. Thought you might like to know.

Apparently she was at her school in Philly, on top of the building at a small party. She went to lean against a wall or divider of some sort and it gave way, and she fell off the building. That is all I know at this point. it's just so crazy."

- Jess, 12.03.07

[clicky]

Corcoran 2000

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Eden > Garden > Etc. 1999

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Walkling a Little Dog 1997

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Prosperity 1998

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Tree 1994

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Cemetery (WV) 1995

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Appalachian Trail 1998

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Kaki 2000

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Power Lloyd 1999

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Zaireeka 1999

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MLK 2000

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Prosperity 1998

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When the Monsters Came Home

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Untitled (Murder or Unkindness)

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Comments:

1) This is the extent of my ornitholigical abilities. If I look at a crow and I think, "wow, that's a big fucking crow," then it's probably a raven.

2) I like crows and ravens. They're crafty, intelligent, and they mock us from telephone poles. They use tools. But last week I was walking through a parking lot and a bas-ass looking raven had a piece of pizza. He was making all those raven squack noises that are the bird world equivalent of "Bitch! Bitch! Fuck all you bitches!" A seagull came up and said, I'm a motherfucking seagull and I'm going to take your pizza. And when the seagull flew off with the pizza, I looked at the raven and said, "Pussy."

3) How badass is it when your group is called a murder? A murder of crows. Makes up a little for getting bitch-slapped by a seagull.

4) I also like ravens because when they walk, it looks like they have a big turd in their pants.

Nice

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Art was created today.

So Much to Hate

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Nope

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No "new" art produced today.

Ohio 1999

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Springfield 1998

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Claremont 1984

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Maryland 2000

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Fairfax 1998

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Bethesda 2000

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San Diego 1999

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Berkeley 2000

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Washington, D.C. 2001

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Washington, D.C. 1998

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Bay Area, CA 2001

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Washington, D.C. 1998

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San Diego 1997

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Washington, D.C. 1999

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Nope

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There was no art produced yesterday.

Nyet

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There might not be any art produced today.

Nada

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No art was created today.

Nunya

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No photos were taken today.

Puzzling (Obviously)

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Brotherly

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Nuanced

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Nuanced

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Nuanced

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Nuanced

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Nuanced

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A Neighbor's Christmas Photo

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Enjoy Scenic Pennsylvania

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Bethesda 1998

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Tower (compulsions, again)

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Not Dave

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When Push Comes to Nudge

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David Nuttycombe, 2007
a mentor of sorts

Rise of the Machines

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Suburban Wilderness

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San Francisco 2002

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Baltimore 2004

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Rockville 2007

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Berkeley 2003

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Many Glaicier 1998

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Fresno 2000

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Story in Three Panels (end of Police Week)

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Quick Clears

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Untitled (training)

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But, I Can Explain

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The Old and the New

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Lost Dogs

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Exhibits : Washington, D.C.

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Oddly (Yet)

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