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numerology
I have been waiting for this particular day for quite a few years. 6-1-61. 6-1-16.
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sign of the day
This sign is crude but effective. I actually bought the product advertised: my new giant duffel bag is purple with grey straps. Note that the store behind the sign is mostly dark. It was 102 degrees...
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internet sunday- hero mode
Two awesome, and contrasting, images of a human being in full on Hero Mode. From the different assortment of medals and orders and what looks like a slight difference in his age, these are probably...
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food truck review: lulu’s licks (mischief goes to market pt 1)
Tuesday is Farmer’s Market Day here in Valpo, and for once my schedule and the weather were in synergy and I could do something I’ve been wanting to do since I bought my latest camera back in April....
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go … mint green devils?
Football time continues. I haven’t been writing about it much (yet), but I’ve been following both the Copa América, ending tonight, and Euro 2016, currently in the round of sixteen. One of my favorite...
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photographs we wish we’d taken
This photograph represents the intersection in the Venn diagram between “people who always wanted one of those original Honda Z coupes” and “people who always wanted have a car small enough to park in...
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football talk 2
More football talk from those great British commentators. This entry features some examples of the crisp and concise school, taken from that very interesting game between England and Iceland that...
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for red and the dragon!
Euro ’16 Quarterfinal: Wales 3 – Belgium 1 “(They) sent those players for a pie and a cup of coffee.”- post match commentary.
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instagram!!
More slow steps into the world of the 21st century– I have decided to dip my toes into the big scary ocean of social media by opening an Instagram account! More photos, more commentary, more hashtags,...
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best of the drawing of the day: portrait of a smith
He may be a smith, or an engineer, or some kind of steampunk technomage. He could be human or a dwarf or a brownie or a goblin, or some kind of combination of one or more peoples. With his goggles,...
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hulk write small poem
Hulk write not-Hulk-ku. About bird. Two robin baby Grow big in summer maple tree. Monday, mother father bird Chase air conditioning man Away from nest. Thursday, everybody gone. (Birds not take long.)
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to the mountain lake, and on to the stars: following the trail of the...
OK. There’s this matchbox label. It’s well designed, and there’s kind of an interesting font, and there’s something oddly mysterious about it. It seems to celebrate an altitude–there’s something...
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blogging by candlelight
The power has been out just long enough get a little worrisome. The familiar stuff on the kitchen counter is looking rather spooky and pretty soon somebody is going to have to go out and start up a...
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the very patient dragonfly
I would like to thank this particular dragonfly, out of all the many neighborhood dragonflies, for being an attractive, interesting, and very patient photographic subject. I found him (?) perching on...
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let’s watch tv: opening ceremonies, rio olympics
Welcome back to our series of reviews of Olympic opening ceremonies. No one is more surprised than I am that this blog has lasted long enough to be writing about its second summer Olympics. (Read a...
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saddle bison
Unlike the bat, the bison is an animal that actually can be ridden in real life. It’s a natural carousel animal and the Kekionga carousel probably has several. Here are some reference carousel bison I...
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the best of the drawing of the day: a meditative hexapod
I started a new drawing of the day sketchbook today– it is number 38 in a series, if you can believe it. This drawing is from #36. As far as the blog is concerned, the second half of #36 and the...
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beach volleyball!
Still plenty of time to stock up on snacks, warm up the big screen, and head on down to Rio for tonight’s men’s beach volleyball gold medal game between the awesome Alison (Cerruti) and Bruno (Schmidt)...
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magnificent mammoth
The Man with the Mammoth Tattoo, Alison. Brazil 1, Alison (Cerutti) and Bruno (Schmidt), took the gold at Copacabana late at night in the pouring rain. The Woolly Mammoth does not fear rain or wet...
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