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The Face of Liberty
I came across this photo yesterday, reputedly a portrait of the woman who was the model for the face of the Statue of Liberty. There is some dispute, but it sure looks like Lady Liberty to me. And I...
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Shut the F*** Up
The Italian government is looking into seizing a 500 foot, $700,000,000.00 yacht. Look at that number. It is not a mistake. The problem is, nobody knows who owns it. The boat, I mean. Really?How do...
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Life Its Own Self
Maybe if we stand still in just the right position, if we don't move, if we barely breathe, maybe. . . just maybe, it will all go away. I exhaled yesterday. I had to. One must, sometime, eventually....
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R.I.P.
The dead outnumber the living, but Death takes no comfort in that, it seems. Nearly 60 million people died last year, the deadliest year in history. For Whom the Bell Tolls, etc. I thought to be...
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The Jitters and the Jag
I started watching the new Netflix series on Andy Warhol last night. It's pretty fucked up. It is like the old MTV music videos on speed. Are they afraid to show an image? Probably. So far, they...
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The Midnight Horrors
I've a dilemma this morning. I thought about writing tales of old, but I won't have photos for that, so the photos I post may have nothing at all to do with the stories I tell. That's o.k. I guess....
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Still Winter
This was my toast to the last days of winter. It rained for days then turned cold last night. Temperatures have plunged from the eighties into the thirties. It will stay cold for two days in...
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Too Many Balls
I've been scanning a bunch of old negatives I found that I had never touched before. In the past ten years or so, they have gained some "charm." I like them a lot now. I didn't know this woman. I...
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Salmonella Absalom
Back to the old Car and Post photos. I imagine you are tired of seeing pictures of people. Marvels of technology--that's the ticket. The horrors of the night were accompanied by the illness of the...
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And Then He Died
The new deck is built. That lady took apart one and built the other in two days. It was truly a marvel. The wood is expensive marine grade pressure treated wood, so it should never rot. So they...
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Shelby
Shelby went missing. She is the sweetest dog in the world. And, of course, she loves me. She is owned by the doctor/lawyer couple across the street, two of the nicest people in the world, too. A...
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Blonded
I had a busy day scheduled for myself yesterday, and I was crack in the middle of it when I came into the house and checked my phone. My lovely beautician had called to see if I was o.k. I was...
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Maybe It's Gremlins
What was it that Emerson called the "hobgoblins of little minds"? Apparently, I suffer from it more than I have let myself admit. But, as I've said elsewhere, I would prefer to call it habit. You...
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It Was The Weirdest of Times, It Was the Saddest of Times
What a day, as they say. On the last day of winter, I decided to plant my hummingbird and butterfly garden. But first, I needed to make a long trip to the Disneyland of nurseries forty minutes to the...
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In the End
Long one yesterday, eh? Not today. I'm not feeling all that well. I had a horrible night of poor sleep and self-evaluation. Do you ever have those? Last night was pretty awful. First I did a...
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Ordinary
I wasn't going to write today. I still am not feeling well and can write only dour, dire words, but I am habituated. I am compelled. Perhaps I poisoned myself in doing my lawn work. I had my hands...
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Make Love, Not War
Boy oh boy, I bought a new blender. I had a 1960s or '70s looking Osterizer in yellow Bakelite plastic with white push buttons that my mother had picked up at a garage sale when I was still a broke...
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The 110 Million Dollar Man
My own hometown's Gotham got a major show. The museum has a new curator, and I've been impressed by the shows he has brought in and put up. The museum used to be just pre-Columbian pottery and...
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The Happy Hour Thing
I went to a happy hour thing with the factory group yesterday. It was fun, but I'm getting old. I don't know. I just don't want to keep up with the snappy talk anymore. It feels like little...
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Man. . . I just couldn't wait to post this video. You have to listen to it through a speaker. The bass is awesome. Turn it up loud. WTF?And remember. . . for the best music around. . . WCSR, Radio...
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