The reviews are in. It looks like the new Star Wars movie sucks. James Lileks review in today’s Star Tribune is simple and to the point. It’s weird, but I think I actually convinced myself that this was going to be a great movie. My faith is shaken. I think I’m less interested in seeing …
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“I think the only thing you’ll ever see I specialized in is taking good photos” –Glen E. Friedman I saw the ridiculously inspiring documentary Dogtown and Z-boys this weekend and walked away with an ever greater admiration for Glen E. Friedman: revolutionary photographer. In conjunction with the dogtown articles written and photographed by C. R. …
Thanks to everyone who came out to The Manor to celebrate my birthday. Also, thanks to those who couldn’t make it but were felt from afar. I really do believe this is the year I will take over the world. Come see more pictures.
The great ottoman project of 2002 was finally wrapped up this weekend. The woods used were: birch for the paneling, ash for the legs, and redwood for the trim around the side. It was built with storage capacity too. Which you can see in this photo. The fabric, which is some “Waverly” knock-off, I think …
It doesn’t take much to remind you these days that danger, mayhem and madness lurks not in the dark shadows of our streets but in the brightest damn daylight. Under your nose. They might even be in line at the check-out stand. If you look hard enough, if you tune into the frequencies of the …
I caught a little bit of Mister Rogers today, while waiting for some pieces to fall into place. I couldn’t tell if it was reruns of old episodes or if what I was watching was made in this century. But damn was it creepy. It was all puppets. It was a skit that featured King …
Back. Rested. Sober. Still plenty white. Funny. the thing about Florida is it wants to seduce you. It wants to keep you around. The whole state has this tremendous self esteem problem. Florida thinks that by inviting all its friends over to play in its sandbox and with its toys, that it can forget about …
Unplugging! I’m off to the sunshine state for some R-and-R. See you next week.
¡Happy Birthday Kelly! Top 6 purchases made in 2002 for under $5 Flip flops from Old Navy ReadyMade magazine Yogi Computer De-stress tea Uno (the game) Jimmmy Cliff’s "The Harder they come" on CD (used) Rotating (vibrating) Toothbrush
So I’m headed to the banana republic state of Florida next week. There I will hold court, check out some palatial real-estate in some of the finer gated communities, and brush up on my disorganized wedge game. I haven’t been to Florida in a long time. We used to go down there as a family …