06.20.2009/05:49
The satisfactions of avoidance
Sometimes I spend more time trying to not do things I don't want to do, than trying to do things I want to do.
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05.10.2009/10:12
Nerd. Way.
Am I a geek? You decide: I have a new Mac Mini, and am running Ubuntu in one Parallels VM and the Windows 7 RC in another. Plus, you know, fooling around with the Mac OS X dashboard. Thinking about doing my book report on ants, too.
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05.7.2009/08:10
Old feller
I suppose I would describe myself as outdated, but is the term "outdated" still used much these days?
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04.27.2009/14:13
Promote your fish???!?
From out of nowhere, inexplicably, the phrase "Boost your salmon" has entered my brain. Name for a rock band? Message implanted by space aliens? Recipe tip?
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03.24.2009/09:12
Stronger With Each Other
I will be having a photo exhibit at the Iberia Parish Library April 15 - May 12, 2009, with an artist reception on Wednesday, April 15 from 6 pm to 8 pm, at the Main Library in New Iberia, 445 E. Main St. There will be about 70-80 prints from digital photographs taken in various places around the U.S. and Canada, all taken this decade. Here is a look at the promotional poster for the exhibit (and you can also download this as a PDF by clicking here).
Most of the photos in the exhibit are found here on Poor Clio; here is the one used on the poster.
As we created prints, mounted them, arranged them, etc. for the exhibit, I was amazed at how different it was to see them as physical objects as opposed to only as digital renderings on a computer screen. I had forgotten how much I like... pictures.
Hope to see you at the opening, you're invited!
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03.23.2009/10:13
March Madness
The NCAA basketball tournament is supposed to have all the greatest teams in the world of college basketball, and yet three quarters of the teams didn't even make it through the first weekend!
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02.26.2009/13:45
Milestone for boomers
I have been reflecting lately that, whatever other milestones are marked by the election of Barack Obama, this is the first time that I, and my fellow U.S. baby boomers, have lived with a president who is younger than ourselves.
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02.6.2009/12:51
Feed me
We are trying to eat better. When we lapse, we fall far. Our diet has become bi-polar: broccoli salad gives way to fried chicken. What is the compromise? Perhaps bacon-wrapped tofu blocks?
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12.22.2008/09:51
Linguistic facts
Just as Latin originated with Rome, Pig Latin originated with Pig Rome, or, as it is more formally known, Ome-ray. The Roman Empire achieved more fame than the Pig Roman Empire, and Latin may figure more in impact on modern languages, but porcine classicists would point out that within certain age groups, Pig Latin yet today maintains a strong presence; in fact, Pig Latin speakers outnumber Latin speakers amongst 11 year-olds by some several hundred thousand to one. Latin is also, of course, the language of law and the church. While there are Catholic masses still said in Latin (and, recently, increasingly so), there are very few examples of priests who celebrate the mass in Pig Latin.
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12.4.2008/17:47
Meta-perusal?
I like to read novels for hours on end, and I notice that of all the varied activities I read about, I hardly ever encounter any scenes in which one of the characters sits around reading novels for hours on end.
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