While I was walking down Shop St. in Galway City in June 2004, I came across this guy, rocking out Appalachian fiddle in the west of Ireland. All the week before, I had been fitting in as an Irishman, but for a few moments as he played, I felt cool about being an American b'hoy abroad. One of the few bits of American culture you can be proud ( Read more... )

The result of collodion that was going to go bad anyway and a bunch of really cool rides.

I also took a still life of my lunch (a hot dog, fries, plate of ketchup, and a can of Coke), and someone said that it looked like art. Awww, yeah. Look for wetplate lunches at a gallery near you.


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Awww yeah.

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This is one of the most hilarious news stories I have ever seen. I laughed until I cried.

Eagle lugging a deer head causes outage
JUNEAU, Alaska - About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines ( Read more... )

The following is how I'm going to begin every reenactment I attend from now on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfd3Ehrbe4

All Blacks rock!

Holy crap, Mario Savio. I've been screaming these words all this semester, in reaction to being here at this crappy place, and, of all things, in reaction to the course where I had to write the paper which led me to discover you and the Free Speech Movement. Ironic, eh ( Read more... )

I'd shake your hand, too, anonymous girl from the '60s! This is EXACTLY how I've been feeling, but endured and expressed 40 years ago ( Read more... )

If you were still alive, I would find you so I could shake your hand ( Read more... )

So, I get an e-mail this afternoon from the school, with this file attached:


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