…however, the news that Nickelodeon is considering a show dealing with the subject of sex and love just makes me groan. Their absolutely ludicrous treatment of the subject of youth romance with the inane, pointless Naked Brothers Band alone should warn parents about the “value” of anything else Nick execs might have to say on the topic. […]
Archive for December, 2007
Postergasm I: Mars, Venus, Moon
I mentioned last week that I’d assembled a few tabloid-sized posters for Yoshi’s room, in what I hope will be a successful attempt to instill wonder at the nature of … well, nature. Below the fold is the first set of those posters, as JPEG previews with links to the PDFs (for high-res printing; these are pretty big […]
Inexcusable Stupidity
A 10-year old Ocala [Florida] girl brought her lunch to school and a small kitchen knife to cut it. […] The student now faces a felony charge for the possession of a weapon on school property and the principal suspended her for ten days. There’s no real need to read farther, is there?
Gingerbread Boy
Almost sometimes, almost I can feel you there beside me, as I walk along the aisles in the store and select produce, fruits and vegetables crisp vibrant and bright — and there almost, in my vision, another vibrance unanswered by the full gaze but almost, almost there, and I wonder how I can miss someone I have yet to meet. In […]
Stranger than we Can Imagine
12 Dec 2007 at 18:53
Warren
O, Pine With Me, One Thousand Words, Reality Trumps 'God', Yoshi
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Sir Arthur Eddington said this of our cosmos: “Not only is the universe stranger than we imagine; it is stranger than we can imagine.” I was reminded today of that fact by an image I’d forgotten. In an effort to reduce the bareness of the walls in Yoshi’s bedroom (as well as in an effort to […]
Why Macs are Better
…well, if you’re a graphics person. Who likes to get his work done on a stable OS. That doesn’t harass you all the time with dialog boxes like a needy, attention-hungry child (I printed the file! I sent your memo! I installed the program! Do you like me? Can I please be even better? Huh huh huh?). And especially if you […]
OSX ‘Leopard’ and Adobe CS2: BAD Juju
Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time — update the work Mac to OSX 10.5 to take advantage of the new features, particularly Spaces (the virtual desktop manager) and Time Machine, the automatic backup engine. Aha, ha ha, silly me. I use Adobe’s Creative Suite 2 to do most of my work. This includes the […]
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