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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Bruce Chao on 9th St
Bruce Chao was a glass/conceptual artist from the 70's thru the '90s. He taught at RISD. No idea what he's up to now.
From the Delightful 9 San Bruno
...been through the wash. I'm hoping that this photo will be sufficient proof of transit for Petty Cash. Who loves ya, Martha? Oooh, we missed you!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Blog Redesign
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Pride Mural
This intersection needs a crosswalk. For some reason, the City of Oakland doesn't want there to be one there. They've been petitioned to install a crosswalk there, but have refused. A couple months ago, anonymous citizens painted a crosswalk here on their own. It was awesome, and it did the trick, but after a few weeks, the city came and painted black over it.
I'd like to submit a proposal for a mural for DowntownLakeMerritt · Neighborhood Group, Oakland CA
As it's not actually a crosswalk (crosswalks are white on black,
everybody knows that) perhaps the city would allow it to remain.
Additionally, as the mural represents gay pride, removing or defacing it
could be construed as a hate crime.
Just a thought.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Po
Cerina has noticed that there are no Polar Bear Pokemon, so she designed one for me to crochet. At least I think that's what's going on.
Genius Color Scheme
...and it'll totally cover the scar on the wall left by the fake videocam.
Paint swatches from 1360.
I think it says...
"scanned all all (el)"
but I don't know what it means. I could venture a guess that it's about surveillance society, but perhaps that's more me than the author of this work..
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Sales Pitch
This revolting document came to me in the mail yesterday. Conde Nast Publishing has a new magazine for executives called "Portfolio". This is how they're selling it.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
My Blog List
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101 projects: Belly of the Beast - You cant fight/write your way out of the belly of the beast with sharp language and strong leadership–it takes a cacophony: different voices speakin in ton...5 years ago
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Where Does Technology Belong and Where Does It Not? - Katya and dog, outdoors, playing. Recently I began nannying for an eight-year old girl named Katya. She and I spend HOURS playing “make believe”, dinners...11 years ago
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On Adopting - People often ask me whether it wasn’t hard adopting in France at the age of 50. No, I reply. It was much easier than waiting 30 years for a man to agree to...9 years ago
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Crumble aux pommes - Le crumble is hardly a French invention, yet it has become wildly popular in this country, with apple crumble topping the list of favorites. So in honor of...1 week ago
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Day 8 - Kendal to Carlisle - We started the day standing at a bus stop just north of Kendal and two slightly older women joined us to catch the 555 to Keswick. Then suddenly, and in a ...15 years ago