Working Schlob
I don't know how people who live in cold climes do it. This weather makes me sleepy and lazy and hungry. And it isn't good for photography. People wear too many clothes. I mean, you are taking...
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This woman runs a chocolate factory. We met her on the day that cold, clear day we went to the salt marsh. We stopped in the little town that borders the wetland to get a treat. I had my Rollieflex...
View ArticleDon't Blame Me--It's Only Art
I don't know why Q wants to blame me for the troubles in his life (link). I read all those books and I'm perfectly fine. It is probably a fitness thing. Genetic, I mean. There are certain genes...
View ArticleAudience and Reason
I found some defenders of the republic (read the t-shirt). Would it surprise you to know that these two are Trump supporters?Me too. It is wrong to make assumptions. But that is what we do. "How...
View Article13th
Yesterday, I played a trick on you--and myself--when I spoke of "facts." I said that the facts were changing when scientists found the moon to be older and when the Chinese government changed the dates...
View ArticleSay One Thing. . . .
I keep looking for the liberal left, but man, I'm having a hard time. As my old buddy C.C. says, they have become "too feeble to engage the argument. Instead they shut down the argument."...
View ArticleAdventures
This is not the girl who serves Kava and Kratom. This is a nice girl who serves Boba. Mmm. It was my first Boba, and I'm down with that. The Kratom. . . not so much. Some days turn into something...
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Done!Where was I? A pretty little day. Oh, yea, we had picked up my print from the art store. Man, something weird was happening there. They were stacked thirty deep at the checkout. Fortunately...
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MLK Day was good for me--another day away from the factory. I don't mean to be blasphemous, of course. I DID go to the local MLK celebration. I tried to take pictures but people weren't as into...
View ArticleYou Know How I Feel?
Great article in the N.Y. Times about how people feel (link). The surprising conclusion is that people feel about things differently depending on their experiences, environment, etc. I'll bet the...
View ArticleObsessed
My friend wrote me this morning to tell me he was up enjoying the last full day of the Obama presidency. I agree. Tomorrow something else--something horrible--begins. But I am not all there, for...
View ArticleNew Era
Welcome to the New Era. I don't want to watch. I must get cracking as we are headed out for a mini-vacay. Here is what I messaged a friend this morning:I’m getting ready for Miami. Dry January is...
View ArticleFun
First off--I am not a good vacation photographer. I may not be a good photographer at all. But it is impossible to take a serious picture when you are with someone. At some point, I just gave up....
View ArticleFirst Ride
Our first Uber ride was to South Beach. There were a bunch of fuck ups. We waited in the street for Uber drivers not to find us. Finally, on the fourth attempt, an Uber driver came. His name was...
View ArticleBoy Outta Da 'Hood
Miami Beach is an adolescent zoo. It is Id Unleashed. It is a place where you can walk your 400 pound hog with six inch legs, squealing complaints at every step (why walk a pig?), for ten full...
View ArticleHero
I love walls full of old posters. They are often beautiful things. This was a piece of wall in Wynwood, a few blocks from our Miami condo. I thought to write about Wynwood today, but first I must...
View ArticleAll You Can Be
The world keeps getting--there's no use talking about it. But I will. There is now a trans-aged movement. Oh, yes. A man claims that he is a six year old girl trapped in the body of a middle-aged...
View ArticleHistory Teaches Us
Smalltown, America. A pretty place. People who live here don't want it to change much. If they are comfortable and not on the outskirts looking in. If they are alcoholics instead of crack addicts....
View ArticleThe Trump Response
A new survey found that the most used drugs by Trump supporters are Adderall and meth. Trump, an obvious Adderall abuser, admits himself that he never drinks. There are claims that Obama has been...
View ArticleTwisted Lens
Nixon looks like a liberal now, right? I mean, he started the EPA, activated price controls, ended the war in Vietnam, etc. But remember, he knew how to deal with protestors, too. After Kent State,...
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