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Paint the Town Red!

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:06:00 -0500

In the spirit of the upcoming holiday and the election. Almost the weekend ~ enjoy it!{political illustration from 1885 from vintagraph}

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:15:00 -0500

Le Clézio is 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature Winner

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:44:35 -0500

It’s finally out. The French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature. I admit I haven’t come across Le Clézio before, thus I do not know anything much about him apart from the Swedish Acad

The Withnail and I drinking game

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:53:04 -0500

Unfortunately, or on consideration perhaps not, I only found the rules for this particular drinking game after I'd become middle-aged and caught sobriety in a big way. I categorically reserve the right, however, to consult this post when I next catch

40 tips for good English

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:32:59 -0500

1. Avoid alliteration. Always. 2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. 3. Employ the vernacular. 4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. 5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary. 6. Remember to never split an

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:13:00 -0500

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Book of Scraps (a scrapbook?)

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:03:45 -0500

Feeling extra crafty yesterday I went into a super-productive zone and decided it was time to make something new. It’d been a while since I actually just played and created something. Usually I’m making the same things over and over. And

Boulder bike.

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:44:57 -0500

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Fruit, and a first

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:21:37 -0500

First of all, I must congratulate Other Patti for writing down my official 2000th comment yesterday! As a celebration, I don’t know what she will do, but I’m going out to get more sushi at lunchtime. I slept late this morning, so Buck has

Vintage Delight Giveaway

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:04:53 -0500

from time to time i like to play around with the title of the giveaways. my mind works in totally random ways, and it’s fun to try and come up with clever titles. and this week’s title is none of that. it’s the actual title of the i

More sushi

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:32:25 -0500

One thing that I have learned this past week, when I have been busy not posting to the blog, is that Boulder has to be the capital of sushi-making in the world. I think that we here have to have more sushi restaurants per capita than, say New York Ci

Modern vintage illustration

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0500

Mad Meg takes the dead, the weird, the natural, and the artifical, and mashes it all up in a fascinating curiosity cabinet sideshow that merges modern sensibilities and vintage aesthetics. The well-designed site will lead you through dream images, co

The Bonanzlers Network

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:47 -0500

In a post back in June you heard me make mention of a new social network entitled The Ephemera Network or T.E.N. And more recently I wrote about leaving eBay Stores and moving my inventory and my interests to a new marketplace called Bonanzle. Th

Missing My Bag

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:59 -0500

I forgot to bring my bag of books today and am terribly bored during times in between the fulfillment of my official tasks. Random articles from the Internet provided me a(n admittedly less satisfying) alternative: 1. The winner of the 2008 Nobel Pri

Leopard Bikini Found in Book

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:43:00 -0500

Yep. Had another book safari for the ages. I found some great books for myself, but also found a book on Hawking. I'm not interested in hawking, personally. Don't get me wrong, training raptors to hunt for you is cool, but I already have too many

Gossipology: The Scourge of Gossip

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:29:00 -0500

People gossip when they are bored/dissatisfied with their own lives.There are a lot of people who are bored/dissatisfied with their lives.The airwaves are filled with a lot of unnecessary chatter.Gossip is used to fill a tremendous lack. But it never

Muñeca Barbie de Pezones

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:16:28 -0500

I read about the 6th Altered Barbie Show in San Francisco from the papers months ago but somehow forgot all about until I came across it again online via CultCase. The art and culture magazine particularly took a liking for the Barbies by LaVonne Sal

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