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Dept. of Renewals

Friday, July 8, 2011

NEW PAINT, SHELVING, A COLOSSAL CANOPY and other environmental upgrades are remaking my world (not a monumental task, small as it is). After a decade in this house, its ubiquitous flaws—gerry-rigged fixes, unresolved projects, heinous finishes—have become almost invisible; I only realize how bad it was now that it’s better. I squeegeed the windows for [...]

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Vicarious Artists

Monday, December 6, 2010

I’LL TAKE YOUR INSPIRATION, THANKS. Since my friend Witt quit his job to be a stay-at-home Dad by day and earn a Graphic Design degree by night, I’ve been feeling jealous. His assignments, which have him parlaying scraps of artistic influence (Baldessari, Steve Powers, Bruce Conner) into his own collages, books and zines, are impressing [...]

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Down the rabbit hole

Monday, November 22, 2010

ALL YOU CARE TO EAT Graffiti: it it fun or is it dumb? The laid-back wisdom of Nick Lowe. Was professional wrestling just a really bad dream? The lighter side of captivity. A nightly televised walk around Toronto, mostly watched by prisoners. via, via, via

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In coherence

Monday, July 12, 2010

TO THE MUMBLING GLITCH-SOUL GURU bopping in Omaha parking lots: I hear you. I’m ready to embrace your teachings. I watch your channel and await further instructions.

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My favorite gifts are the ones I’d never thought to want

Saturday, May 22, 2010

A SLEW OF VINTAGE FREIGHT COMPANY PADS were my booty from Sarah’s recent trip to Salem (Oregon), quirky artifacts from the Early Modern era of office stationery scored at a flea market. They’re nice to have by a desk phone (preferably corded), with an in-between size and parchment-like surface that’s good for drawing. You gotta [...]

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Characters

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Among all the celebrated firsts, Jo’s first licensed character obsession isn’t a milestone I was excited about. But while it would be unthinkable with Disney Princesses or Hannah Montana, Hello Kitty has grown on me. Something about her inscrutability and projectability. And thus for Halloween I was convinced to carve her likeness in pumpkin. Johanna [...]

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Old joy

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

I recently went to TruValu looking for a manual aerator. Something to loosen up the soil for grass without the full-on assault of a fume-belching engine. Reasonable enough, right? I was unprepared for the scorn I received. Such a thing hadn’t been manufactured since the 1970′s, I was told. Instead of helping me find what [...]

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Read, heard, said

Friday, March 20, 2009

Turns out Harry Allen a/k/a “the Media Assassin,” doesn’t just lurk around the PE water cooler like Professor Griff, but is, in fact, out there assassinating media ignorance. A short essay on racism in the new Old Navy commercial that white people probably can’t see. Why my local dry cleaner rocks (not only because it’s [...]

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Remainders

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Links: 1) Soft Drink Generator: Can do 2) Fuck You, Penguin: Cute abuse 3) World country quiz: I’m not even going to say how bad I did 4) David Lee Roth soundboard: Oh God 5) Nothing Is New: Unexpected aesthetic finds Listens: 1) Marbles – Red Lights Featured in the upcoming Brain Lapse, issue 1 [...]

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A few of my favorite GIFs

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

I’ve created a permanent page for animated GIFs to help bring attention to this underappreciated artform: The GIF Box.

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