the art of writing is discovering what you believe
Looks like this WordPress install is fouled up beyond recovery. Permalinks no longer work in any form but as numeric values (pretty!). Feeds weren’t working but now seem to be. The admin UI has no idea what theme is being used. Editing anything via the UI no longer works.
Yes, I realize it’s free software but shouldn’t it work regardless?
Shot through the windshield while driving under the Mercer Island Lid.
When they got to the TSA checkpoint, the government stole their children’s food, saying that if they wanted to bring that much food past the checkpoint, they’d need a letter from a doctor.
…He said he pointed out that he and his wife were doctors, and then offered to get a pediatrician colleague on the phone…
I would like to see the TSA regs that specify the permitted quantities of baby food:
Two doctors — a married couple — were flying with their kids from Chicago to Manchest NH. Given the record delays, snows, etc, they brought along a bunch of extra baby-food. When they got to the TSA checkpoint, the government stole their children’s food, saying that if they wanted to bring that much food past the checkpoint, they’d need a letter from a doctor. So — being doctors — they offered to write the letter. No, the TSA said, you need a letter from a different doctor.
According to Dr. Soni, the T.S.A. officers said they would need a “doctor’s note” to bring on all of the food. He said he pointed out that he and his wife were doctors, and then offered to get a pediatrician colleague on the phone…
The T.S.A. officers confiscated some of the food. “They divided it up. They took a jar of prunes and one of bananas, and I think a bottle of formula,” he said.
Link (via Consumerist)
Fuji Absolute Road Bike, medium size, 2004, less than 20 miles:
This is a great ride that isn’t getting ridden: far too nice to collect dust, so here’s hoping Craigslist helps it find a home.
Two very nice young ladies just came by, test rode it, and will be out racking up the miles.
This one is growing on me, but the grain is distracting. Obviously, HP5 and Rodinal don’t play well together.
I wish I could draw well enough to make something like this: at the smaller size, it looks like a good pencil drawing.
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.” – A.A.
Originally uploaded by Mr. Gillette & His Image-Making Apparatus.
Walter Benjamin has covered this already.
But what kind of education can you get from such a limited perspective? No need to use a darkroom? How can you make clear how an artform came to it’s current manifestation without understanding history?
And I want a wall like that guy . . .
The Stranger | Seattle | Slog: The Stranger’s Blog | Harold Ford Response Ad:
Harold Ford should film a response to the GOP’s racist attack ad. He should look into the camera and say this:
The Republicans have accused me of being a heterosexual man. They’re implying that I have an interest in women. It would seem that today’s Republican Party is more comfortable with elected officials—male elected officials—who take an interest in teenage boys. Mark Foley is acceptable to Ken Mehlman’s GOP. Heterosexual men, it seems, are not.
Further down in comments we find this:
Mr. Ford told his audience here, and elsewhere in recent days, that the attacks were simply a sign of desperation, a sign the Republicans have nothing else to say. He added, “You know your opponent is scared when his main opposition against you is, ‘My opponent likes girls.’ ” The audience erupted in laughter.
Think any teevee stations in Tennessee will run it?
