The Big Picture blog has a fabulous 3-part series of the year 2008 in photographs. This is one of my favorites. It’s just fascinatingly beautiful. In a coincidentally destructive kind of way. Click on through for more, and for the 2nd and 3rd parts.
Yearly Archives: 2008
Roomba… with passenger
For Cloudscudding, who has what some might call an unnatural fondness for her Roomba…
He’s Not Black
Here’s a brilliant op-ed piece about Barack Obama and race, focusing on what it means to be of mixed race, and making a point (which I find important as someone of mixed race myself) that “He’s Not Black.”
Free Friday… Thanksgiving Edition
Good afternoon! I am fully aware that, once again, I am posting a bit later than Friday. But I trust you will find it worth the wait. Because today I unveil the Free Friday offering I’ve been working on for the past few weeks, a … Read More →
Free Friday
Just enough time to post before heading off to a birthday party. This is another of my favorites, some bare fall trees silhouetted against a gloomy sky. Enjoy! And if you are heading to the party this evening, see you soon!
Monkey King
The story of Monkey, and his journey to the west, has always been one of my favorites. I’ve read my favorite abridged translation about 3 or 4 times, and I just recently finished reading the 1400 page original version (well, yes, it was a translation, … Read More →
Mystery Monday
For my tenth Mystery Monday, here’s a photo to bring back thoughts of summer (much needed as it gets colder and colder here in Minnesota). My last Mystery photo, posted a week before the election was the closed eye of my brother’s chameleon, Dunin. So, … Read More →
What is that a picture of?
Ignore my bad grammar and instead focus on the fact that someone has actually created a search engine capable of taking an uploaded image and identifying it. I know that this has been something a few of our friends have dreamed of, so here’s the … Read More →
links for 2008-12-26
No Limit Texas Dreidel A little late for Hannukah, but still something to make my wife giggle. (tags: humorous) Lace Fingerless Gloves Should be a quick enough crochet project,maybe just right for someone's wife's Convergence costume. (tags: crochet crafts) LincityWiki I'm almost scared to download … Read More →