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What hath craigslist wrought?
This: Obviously led to this: * * A tugboat reads CL and gets confused – even though the missed connection clearly refers to one of the Moran tugs, Miss Stacy is overcome and throws herself at the...
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Classic Movies in Miniature Style
Brilliant. Click here or on either of the pix to go to the complete portfolio. *
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Via Boing Boing, so 83.7% of the web have seen this already, but that’s not going to stop me… Watch it full screen. And the spider-thing reminds me very much of a villain in Spain’s weird scifi bondage...
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Tereshkova and Armstrong
Source: awesomepeoplehangingouttogether.tumblr.com via John on Pinterest – Previously – Tereshkova and Lucid.
View ArticleCaterina Caselli – Sono Bugiarda
Amazing. Is this a rework of the Prefab Four’s hit? Did this come 1st? And check the peloton. Wool shorts. Toe clips, leather shoes and cleats. Bare heads. Back when doping was a handful of...
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Donald Richie 1924-2013
Donald Richie died last Tuesday. I was already planning to go to the Music Hall Tuesday night for their presentation of Ran; it seemed an excellent way to honor Mr. Richie’s memory, and so I raised a...
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No No: A Dockumentary
A couple weeks ago, prompted by this boingboing post, I pointed the car in the direction of Brookline, Mass and headed out for Short Notice Movie Night. I am not a huge baseball fan, but I am a BIG fan...
View ArticleSoylent, alienation and what’s the point anyway?
This rantlet flows out of Nicola Twilley’s excellent post on Aeon, Freedom from food. Go ahead and read it – I’ll wait. <hums tunelessly> Ok, then. I’ll assume that you’re familiar with Soylent...
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Better late than never, I call your attention (yes, I know you’re aware of it already. pipe down.) to the newsletter phenomenon. Joanne McNeil Wrote an excellent overview and analysis last summer: Tiny...
View ArticleIt’s alive!
After a few hours of labor unhacking WordPress, installing and learning a security plugin, cleaning up a woefully out of date side panel, &c, DoaMNH is back in business! Why? Because I am planning...
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Salt marsh vacation
I spent a couple days on a south-of-Boston salt marsh. I’ll let some photos do the talking… Random commentary: On the ride down I listened to a couple Outside/In (strong recommendation!!) episodes....
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A lovely week
A week ago yesterday I headed to the salt marsh in Scituate Massachusetts for a writer’s retreat. I didn’t write, but I did walk and take photographs and cook. Friday, I zipped home to take care of...
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Pix
A reminder (or new news for some), my Flickrstream is here, and I’ve grouped the photos from La Loma del Chiva here.
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Mapping/GIS
Had to throw GIS in the title – an acronym that always pricks up my ears . Friend S indicates in a comment that he’s following along & mapping my ride. I’m going to work on adding some sort of...
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Got a match?
I’m reviving the blog with another in a continuing series: linked items that have appeared on my radar screen. First up are Ofelia Esparza, Daniel Hernandez and Dio de los Muertos. “We all suffer three...
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Chile Relleno Diary entry no. 4
I decided to head up to Ferndale CA yesterday for lunch. Last year I drove the Lost Coast loop: around the Mattole Road from Weott (more or less) to Ferndale. By the time I got around the loop it was...
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Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2003)
Last Wednesday, alerted by Toho Studios on my Instagram feed, I put aside my distaste for indoor crowds* and toddled off to Albuquerque to see a special showing of Godzilla: Tokyo SOS. When I got...
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