Old Sofa

Old Sofa, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

We pitched our ugly old sofa last night. Mary had done some very nice patchwork on it, but it was hideous, and it smelled bad.

Sigmoidoscope

Scope & Lube, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

"Beware of all enterprises that
require new clothes."

Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"..also, enemas."

Bruce Bortin, Brucine

If you're over fifty, and have the mixed blessing of a health plan, you might know what I'm talking about.

Ugh.

Duckweed

Duckweed, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

There's presently a bloom of duckweed on Lake Merritt.

Duckweed is the world's smallest flowering plant. This is either true, or it's one of those things which I say as though it was true.

I'm not really sure.

New page up on 'bortino'

Bumper Sticker, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

I finally got around to organizing my documentaion of the bumpersticker project from last autumn. You can see it at

Beautifying America Through Self-Righteous Smartassitude

BB sez check it out.

Amal & Cerina Still

Amal & Cerina Still, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Title screen from a DVD that I cut pretty directly from a little footage that I shot of our hike with Cerina and Amal in Santa Barbara last month.

Just sent the disk to Kum-Kum.

Acacia Buds

Acacia Buds, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

The next tree down. Right in front of the Hill Castle.

Acacia Flowers

Acacia Flowers, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

I saw this on Jackson Street today while I was coming home from posting Al's movie to him.

Art & Law Letter

Art & Law Letter, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Art & Law Still

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From a short film about my friend Al Green, appellate attorney & abstract artist.

The other day, I visited Al to see how his paintings were coming along. I photographed some of them.

Thing is, a couple times, I hit the "take some video" button on the camera, instead of the "take a still photo" button.

Oops.

Still from Altman Video

Still from Altman Video, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Just finished the video of Lynne-Rachel's installation.

Certainly caught my eye

Certainly caught my eye, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

From the Department of Confusing Commercial Utterances.

Googling "The four crotch crotch rocket", it turns out that 'crotch rocket' is slang for a fast motorcycle. MiniUSA is comparing their car to that.

This billboard graces the corner of Market & West Grand in Oakland.

Why is Oakland a good place to live, work and play?

Why is Oakland a good place to live, work and play?, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

"Oakland does not have so much pollution. There is not so much disasters except for earthquakes."

This is from a display at the West Oakland Library. It was made by Norman Cheng in R. Young's 4th grade class at Lincoln School.

For more infromation, www.jaba.org, 1-877-737-0370

10th Night

110_1006, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Here's what the view of the television has been (from my chair) since we got the Xmas Tree.

On December 11th.

I'm just sayin'.
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For extra credit:

Drew Carey or Andy Richter? I mean, it's obviously Drew onscreen here; I'm asking who do you like better?

Lunch

Lunch, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

I've been eating lunch at La Borinqueña for a quarter of a century. They call me Señor Bruce.

I'm posting this photo so that, wherever I am, if I'm ever feeling blue, I can go here and feel like the world isn't such a bad place after all.

Legba...

Legba..., originally uploaded by dumbeast.

...has been mighty frisky of late.