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{ Monthly Archives } July 2009

What Exactly Is Meant By ‘Occult,’ I Wonder?

Been looking for that spell book from A.D. 830? Perhaps you’re delving into Astrology, but you only trust 14th century astrologers? Or maybe you just like old pretty things. You might want to browse through Digital Occult Manuscripts. Related posts No related posts.

John P. art for sale

John Porcellino sent me (and a hundred others) the following. He’s touring this Fall and would like to raise some dough for the journey. Even if you don’t want to buy anything, it’s a nice way to look at a gallery of his drawings. Subject: KING-CAT ART FOR SALE: CHEAP!! Hi everyone! I’m trying to [...]

Count the frogs

There are at least six frogs in this photograph of my mom’s pond; can you find them all? Related posts No related posts.

Lonely Astoria No. 2

Pigeon walks 21 Street gutter. Related posts No related posts.

Michael Jackson, RIP

A memorial on a steel shutter in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Note that the fried chicken sold here is “moisturized.” Related posts No related posts.

Storing artwork

One of my clients is an art gallery. To get to the bathroom you walk through the storeroom. Apparently they ran of room in the storeroom, so what better place for fragile artwork than right next to the toilet? Related posts No related posts.

Lonely Astoria part 1

Being the first in a series of forlorn photos from Astoria, NY. Related posts No related posts.

Quimby the Mouse animation

Quimby The Mouse from This American Life on Vimeo. via John P. Related posts No related posts.

Waiting for the Train in Brattleboro, VT

Along this part of the Vermonter route the train runs very slowly (though on schedule) on a single track. There’s only one train bound each direction a day, so the station’s been turned into a museum and ou have to either stand next to the tracks or in a little basement waiting room. Brattleboro itself [...]

Will I Blog From Serbia? #5

Master chef or Evil clown? Related posts No related posts.

Will I Blog From Serbia? #4

Yeah, I guess purchasing new stationary is a big investment; but, I mean, the name of your country? Related posts No related posts.

Ped Xing

Better to cross up a block, unless you feel like climbing. Related posts No related posts.

M shanghai equation

I was trying to get a clear cell phone signal while up at The Walden School last weekend and went to a high classroom in the science building. It didn’t help much with the phone signal, but while up there I spotted this mysterious equation on the right hand side of the chalkboard. Related posts [...]

Dr. Special and The Leader visit

A nice dinner of veggie dim sum on Pell St. and a lazily circular walk along the East River and Peck Slip culminated with some gaslit fountain-staring in City Hall Park. Props to the soon-to-open Cowgirl Seahorse for giving us a free beer! Here they are posed in front of the bridge I sold them. [...]

Sunset from the Cloisters

Last December we went to see HT in a choral concert up at the Cloisters in the upper tip of Manhattan. Afterwards we enjoyed this sunset view down the Hudson. Related posts No related posts.

Will I Blog From Serbia? #3

Main Street in Sombor, Serbia. Related posts No related posts.

Bus stop flower

There’s a crazy trumpet vine climbing over the fence near my bus stop. I grabbed one of the fallen flowers and took some (prop-related) liberties with it. This is the one that came out best. Related posts No related posts.

Will I Blog From Serbia? #2

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Will I Blog From Serbia?

I still haven’t decided. Related posts No related posts.

Creative ticketing

Parking tickets on a FedEx truck parked (half onto the sidewalk) on Pearl Street in downtown Manhattan. Dunno why the FedEx driver thought parking half on the sidewalk at night next to courthouses was a good idea. Maybe it’s a fake FedEx truck filled with FBI guys or something. Related posts No related posts.