Trailer for Oliver Stone’s film “W”

Set to the tune of the Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime.

My neighbors are having a party

And they are a band, and they are fantastic, and they are rocking out. Who knew? I wish I was in a band.

A cute little Peewee in Madera Canyon.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch endorses Obama

Great news from one of the swingest of swing states.  Here are a few quotes.
Very early on, Mr. Obama reached out to his impressive corps of economic advisers and developed a comprehensive set of recommendations for addressing the problems. He set them forth calmly and explained them carefully…
…Mr. McCain, a longtime critic of government regulation, [...]

over the fields to grandma’s

Today the boys and I had a nice surprise when we drove down today to see my Grandma. She’s been slowly slipping into senility, or Alzheimers; hard to say. And in past months, she really hasn’t remembered anything- what a dragonfly was or where she lived. But today, for whatever reason, she was sharp as [...]

Netroots Nation auction up!

Hey, would you like to pick up a set of all three of my books and a calendar for a song? What about a $50 gift certificate to use in the Shop any way you like? The auction is up for the Netroots Nation conference in 2009 (the massive gathering of progressive bloggers) and I’ve [...]

whoa!

Watch your fish, man! This is a shot of a bald eagle chasing an osprey, trying to steal a fish that the osprey just caught. From the comment section of one of lineatus’ great Birdblogs on DK.

David Brooks has been bothering me for years.

It pains me to hear people praise him for his recent bout of common sense. This is a man who, posing as a journalist, has been writing right wing propaganda for eight years. He was the giddy cheerleader for the invasion of Iraq, and supported every lie Bush told. He was one of the loudest [...]

a few progress photos

The failed tree ring, which will become a new tree ring, and another Gaudiesque building ring.

And one in a series of Coliseum rings. Some have excitements inside, some just celebrate the shape. All three pieces are in progress and will be in the Shop when finished.

I have a set of Gaudi buildings in construction right [...]