alfa dreams
Others dream of Porsches or Aston Martins, but I’ve always wanted an Italian car. (I know, hardly practical, but hey, dream.) Specifically, I always wanted an Alfa Romeo. Perhaps a Montreal? Or maybe...
View Articlemy internet idol
This woman is my new internet idol. I really like her earrings and her hat. The bird is pretty cool as well. Seriously, wouldn’t it be awesome to befriend a giant eagle and have it like you enough to...
View Articlea few super bowl ads
When it’s the Wednesday after the Super Bowl and there’s no mention here yet of the Super Bowl ads, you know it was a really slow year. And so it was. The game was sloppy and fairly dull, and the...
View Articleand you thought it had no practical use:
(found at Wal-Mart today by someone who knows me, and this blog, too well.)
View Articleblizzard midnight
Phone camera, floodlights, and a foot of snow: liveblogging at midnight. Twenty miles from here there is no snow at all.
View Articlea french helicron of 1932
Edison, Kekionga’s Radio Whizzbang (that most eccentric young inventor) lives in abandoned motel, dresses in garb from the turn of the previous century, and whirrs around the byways of Salt County in a...
View Articlethe pierogi cart
Ah, the quaint pierogi carts of Olde Costco Town! What delicious filling stuffs these traditional dumplings, just like the ones your Polish neighbors make from the secret family recipes their...
View Articlesmall potatoes
You know the phrase “it’s small potatoes”, meaning it’s trivial or not so important? That’s about as small a Yukon Gold as you can get.
View Articlewelcome to chibi stick figure kekionga: jack
Wherever Our Heroine Iowa Ginsberg can be found, you can be sure her Best Guy Jack Swann won’t be far behind. Jack isn’t just called Our Hero for his role in the ongoing story of Kekionga: he is a...
View Articleand you thought it had no practical use:
(found at Wal-Mart today by someone who knows me, and this blog, too well.)
View Articleblizzard midnight
Phone camera, floodlights, and a foot of snow: liveblogging at midnight. Twenty miles from here there is no snow at all.
View Articlesmall potatoes
You know the phrase “it’s small potatoes”, meaning it’s trivial or not so important? That’s about as small a Yukon Gold as you can get.
View Articlethe state of the state
OK. Here’s what’s going on here at the studio. It’s going to be a busy few weeks, with lots of changes and a steep learning curve, but the blog will continue, and (I hope) come out the other side with...
View Articlefirst post from the new computer: under the sea
The new computer is up and running, and here’s the first post from it. Versions of Windows may come and versions of Windows may go, but the one constant is that they always include that lowest common...
View Articlea very dire interruption
I was sitting in my chair hunting through my camera manual for something or another, when I felt something bonk against my leg. The dire corgi wanted me to throw the bone for him to chase, even...
View Articleride ’em!
Witness the hood ornament on a 1911 Fiat Tipo 6, photographed at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance in 2015 and circulating around the internet. This is, of course, extremely awesome. And it raises...
View Articlespiders in their youth
This is as much a photography post as a spider post. Even if you are not a huge spider fan, if you can stand looking at them at all you might like to look at the images as examples of what a good...
View Articlewriting ideas and upcoming on the blog
This Indian matchbox label is my new major inspiration for the Angel/Devil project. (I think the Devil’s horn rimmed glasses are definitely going to do this sometimes.) Since I have a word processor...
View Articlehouse of blue light
I haven’t entirely moved in to it yet, but I am doing real work here at last. So please have the first official photograph of my New Computer. Photo management, tons of storage, lightning speed, a new...
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