[photos] Peacock eggs from the freezer
In the interests of science, the_child cracked open one of the peacock eggs recently salvaged from my freezer. I give you photographic evidence:
Posted: 7:58 pm Mon December 01 2008 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Various photographs by the_child
Posted: 7:55 pm Mon December 01 2008 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Bar art
Bar art at the Lamp, a place where I eat fairly often. By Mark, the day barback. Photographed with his permission.
Posted: 12:14 pm Sat November 15 2008 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Friday night’s art show
Friday night I attended an art opening of Mother of the Child’s work at Gossamer, a fabric arts store on the 2400 block of E Burnside here in Portland. My extended family was there, as were many of MotC’s friends, as well as the_child and many of her friends. This was where the knitted coral reef [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] was on display, and of course, where I took all the photos of the colored fabrics and yarn [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ].
The show will be up through December, as will the knitted coral reef.
A few photos from the opening itself:
Posted: 10:48 am Sun October 26 2008 | Comments(0) |
[links] Link salad for a Sunday
Undersea webcams — Some cool stuff. (Thanks to lt260.)
Team records ‘music’ from stars — More on COROT and the observation of stellar interiors, this one with a slightly whimiscal bent.
ACLU: 2/3 of US population lives in “Constitution-free” zone — An article about the Border Patrol and Fourth Amendment rights. (Thanks to chriswjohnson.)
Palin’s ‘going rogue,’ McCain aide says — How about that rigorous vetting process, Mr. Straight Talk? (Special bonus, Language Log comments on the usage of the term “going rogue”.)
Dark Night of the Soul — Barack Obama is noted for his powerful intellect, but I don’t think he gets nearly enough credit for the mental dexterity it takes to be simultaneously an Islamic theocrat, atheistic communist and national socialist while posing as a center left candidate. Hahahahahaha. Being a Republican these days is like being OJ’s defense lawyer back in the day. You throw everything you have against the wall regardless of logic or evidence and hope some of it sticks. Unfortunately for the reality-based community, some of that stuff does stick. OJ was acquitted, after all.
ericjamesstone on Obama, Iraq and Afghanistan — I disagree with his argument on a number of levels, but he’s a thoughtful guy with whom I disagree with on a lot of things. In short, the high level argument about Obama makes some assumptions which strike me as facile, while the subordinate argument on both Iraq and Afghanistan seems to hing on logic which says “we in too deep to stop now.” Even if you take the Bush Administration’s stated war aims at face value, we’ve long since passed the point of removing Saddam from power, destroying Iraqi state sponsorship of terrorism and eliminating the threat of Iraqi WMDs. Under Eric’s argument, there seems to be no point where changing policy conditions and changing goals ever enter into the question. “Never stop fighting until we win” is not a strategy, it’s a hope.
10/26/08
Body movement: 2 hour, 35 minute suburban walk
Last night’s weigh-out: n/a
This morning’s weigh-in: 227.6
Currently reading: The Best of C.M. Kornbluth
Posted: 7:49 am Sun October 26 2008 | Comments(0) |
[photos] Knitting a coral reef
From the art opening at Gossamer last night, Mother of the Child and 24 other artists knitted/felted/sculpted a coral reef. This installation is scheduled to move to OMSI in December, I believe.
A few images…
Posted: 8:24 pm Sat October 25 2008 | Comments(2) |
[photos] Colors in a fabric store
When you get right down to it, spending a couple of hours in a fabric and yarn shop with a camera can be pretty darned interesting.
Posted: 9:20 pm Fri October 24 2008 | Comments(2) |
[photos] Hiking in Washington Park, through the Hoyt Arboretum
This morning, the_child, tillyjane and I went hiking through the Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park, in the central city just west of downtown Portland. Beautiful, cool morning, fairly quiet trails, small informative signs absolutely everywhere.
A few photos, taken by both dad and daughter:
Posted: 1:37 pm Sat October 18 2008 | Comments(0) |
[photos|cancer] The Jay Lake Tumor Memorial Statue
kehrli has taken a photo of a piece of public art in Bellingham, WA, which in fact does bear a remarkable resemblance to my tumor of last spring.
Separated at birth? We report, you decide. (Warning, actual medical imaging below the cut, for comparison purposes. Tumor © 2008 by my colon.)
Posted: 10:29 am Sat September 27 2008 | Comments(0) |
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