July 2010
5 posts
“And then there is Kinkade’s proclivity for ‘ritual territory...”
– Dark Portrait of a `Painter of Light’ - Los Angeles Times
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A time to expand your horizons
In my very first semester of college, on the peace-loving Quaker campus of Guilford college, I had a wonderful conversation between myself, my friend Eric Parisi(at the time a Junior) and his assigned roommate for the year - a massive, spindly, red-headed freshmen, a young man less than discrete about his opinion of the modern folly of regular grooming.
I will call him Rolig as I forget his name.
ERIC: *(speaking to Aaron)* That's what I said to him – he was Catholic and I was certain he would appreciate the…
ROLIG: Urrrhh, Catholic. I can't support organized religion.
AARON: Well, this is a Quaker school.
ERIC: It's a kind of self-organization at the very least.
ROLIG: Urrrgh, yeah self-organization. But anything else. *(flips a pair of drumsticks onto his pillow)*
ERIC: You've thought about this!
ROLIG: I'm a nihilist. (*smile*)
ERIC and AARON: You…
ROLIG: I believe in nothing. *(looks down, wiggles his toes)*
ERIC: But that's the thing, Rolig, you've already lost it. Now you believe in something. You're not even a nihilist anymore.
ROLIG: Urrfgh *(scratches beard)* but then, if I'm not a nihilist anymore then I really don't believe anything.
AARON: You've done it! You are a super-nihilist. You don't believe even in nihilism.
ERIC: Then how do you live your life? You must have some kind of principles - Come on, you're not a nihilist…or a super-nihilist.
ROLIG: *(fingertips to eyelids)* Uuurgh, I just think that their should be no laws deciding how we should live.
ERIC: Oh, you mean you're an anarchist?
ROLIG: That too. I decided I was a nihilist in high school.
ERIC: Wow, you believe in nothing!
AARON: The chaos of high school!
ROLIG: *(stretching to touch the ceiling)* I don't eat anything with a limbic system.
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I did decree…
Blow it off and blow it
Within the confines of my phone does rest a routine of software that when invoked will record each phrase and mumble that I craft.
Clumsy of mind and physique I neglect this code and pay the price. A few button presses today and I could have put down that idea. No, it was not a revelation or insight. It was an idea and a starting point. And that’s all you need.
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Comicsgirl & Night Owls →
Thanks to Comicsgirl!
In my slow road back to full comic book appreciation it is little articles like this that are most rewarding. Night Owls, by the Timony twins looks great – I love that illustration style, and Comicsgirl runs a nice site.
June 2010
5 posts
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Extremely well-made answering machine message...
Filmotype Ginger →
Finding it very hard to resist Ginger!
Simonson’s Filmotype fonts are addictive.
MID-YEAR Refresh
INs & OUTs
Well, it’s almost the middle of the year. Time for INs & OUTs!
Ready, set, go!
INs → OUTs:
Alternateens → Alternadults
Chicks in masks → Chicks with D***s
D → 3D
Racewalking → Rock climbing
Meta-historical narratives → Retro-nowism
Human toil → Magical thinking
Hydraulic brakes → Brake Position Sensors
Fauxmotioneering → Acting
Quinoa → Spelt (what are...
May 2010
1 post
Reading Habit
The Secret is Out
I never finish books.
If I’ve talked to you about a book I’ve “read” in about the last 10 years then it’s something of a fib.
I can’t finish a book. Sure, there are a few that I make it through 100%: Infinite Jest (perhaps somewhat ironically); A few mystery novels. Most books are read through very close to the end - a chapter out, 20-30 pages, give or take.
There certainly...
April 2010
1 post
March 2010
5 posts
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Muse
Inspiration hits in two common ways:
We experience something that feels so attainable and similar to our own work – a challenge and a confirmation of our own meager talents.
Or, we find ourselves before something truly awesome and resolve to grind harder and longer to make something so radiant, out-of-reach and masterful.
The trick of life is figuring out which one of these experiences we’ve...
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The Advisory Circle — Sundial (iTunes link) →
Listening to this I see Adam West and Burt Ward leaping in slow motion towards some terrible abstract fate. Wearing their costumes, smiling.
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So, the Brothers Quay made a Rice Krispies... →
Hmmm… Thank you Krispies!
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“…All these stupid men are always measuring their dicks. Mine does it for real....”
– From: The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
I hope you’ve already read Bolaño. If not, you should.
June 2009
1 post
Someday Guillermo del Toro will be asked where he...
February 2009
1 post
Look Back in Danger
Two sides to everything and shame is no different. Shame can be a guide and shame can claim that which it has no business owning.
I’ve spent a lot of time suffering and fretting and generally feeling pretty shameful about the things that I have not accomplished in life. The truth is that no one cares. And no one cares in a good way. No one is disappointed that I have not revolutionized the art...
August 2008
3 posts
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“Breakfast Cereal Food is one kind of crispy food which is processed by...”
– Breakfast cereal machinery
Colostrum Ice Cream Bars →
All my previous frozen dairy treats have been missing something. That special something that vectors me back towards infancy!
Link discovered while researching my new breakfast cereals.
July 2008
1 post
Aaron Kimbrell - FriendFeed →
Getting the friend feed rolling.
April 2008
1 post
HDR Madness
What the heck is going on? Why are HDR photos showing up all over the tubes and the Flickr?
They look like ass!
Are they just some attempt to avoid metering?
Do people really like the look?
Egads!
And sweet Jesus on the rock will someone tell Alex Lindsay to stop talking about HDR on every podcast he ends up on? The guy seems pleasant enough - but you’d think he had a religious...
February 2008
1 post
“Product Description
Three-dimensional design gives Daotou no injuries nasal...”
– Amazon.com: Panasonic ER430K Vacuum Nose/Ear Hair Trimmer, Gray: Health & Personal Care
December 2007
2 posts
“(c) No person shall possess in a form ready for serving colored oleomargarine or...”
– From:FD&C Act Chapter IV
Don’t ask how I found myself leaning in to the monitor, reading this piece of legislation. It was the result of a strange wikipedia-started series of clicks and reads. This passage discusses margarine. The batshit part is the last sentence (and it really is the...
apple tv
yikes, a mac post!
I don’t have an apple tv but I’ve pondered the idea. It leaves me just a little flat.
I’ve been thinking that the Apple TV needs some help to make it great.
The best addition would be an ipod dock. That’s right: sync your stuff via your pod (sneakernet is faster than wireless for sure in this case) plus your buddy could plug his in and you could...
November 2007
3 posts
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“(A) word which occurs only once in the written record of a language, in the...”
– Hapax legomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of those great vocabulary discoveries that continues to arrive after age 30. I love such words.
Unicorn Steak →
I have commenced music reviews on the iTunes store. The album is ‘Unicorn Steak’ by Die Mannequin. I have listened but to the previews; so yes, I am a jackass. Inform me as to your reviews dear readers. My handle is dflatzero.
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