Life

Blog posts about life, art, and everything.

Aiden the cat

Aiden the cat

July 2, 2010 | Blog

You beautiful psycho, you manic queen. There will never be another quite like you. Aiden the cat, 1997-2010. Good luck out there buddy.

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Murder in the Green Forest

Murder in the Green Forest

June 16, 2010 | Blog

Murder in the Green Forest: Reddy Fox is found dead, and everyone’s a suspect. Seriously, somebody needs to write this.

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Dorothy Parker on fame

Dorothy Parker on fame

May 14, 2010 | Blog

I’m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don’t do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don’t even do that any more. Dorothy Parker

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Bobby Funke on being misunderstood

Bobby Funke on being misunderstood

March 20, 2010 | Blog

Nobody’s misunderstood. That’s just what people say when they don’t like who they are. Bobby Funke, Assassination of a High School President

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Albert Munsell in living colour

Albert Munsell in living colour

March 12, 2010 | Blog

In the early 20th century, Albert Munsell invented a system for naming colours numerically by hue, value and chroma. A hundred years later, the Munsell color system remains internationally accepted, yet the only image that exists of it’s creator is a lousy black and white photo.

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Dream a little dream

Dream a little dream

January 5, 2010 | Blog

I don’t dream often, so last night was a surprise. A ragtag band of heros bring down a corupt corporation. They stack the executives like fire wood in the center of a round room with floor to ceiling windows. A crowd gathers inside and out to witness. The leader stands forward. “Do not work for […]

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Quentin Crisp on failure

Quentin Crisp on failure

January 3, 2010 | Blog

If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp 

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Saint Nicholas vs Psycho Butcher. Fight!

Saint Nicholas vs Psycho Butcher. Fight!

December 25, 2009 | Blog

Okay, the story goes like this: it’s the 4th century, there’s a bit of a famine happening, and there’s this psycho butcher who decides to chop up a bunch of kids, salt the meat in barrels, and sell it as cured ham. Along comes Saint Nicholas, the generous Bishop of Myra, to help the needy. […]

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Thank Frigg it’s Friday

Thank Frigg it’s Friday

November 13, 2009 | Blog

Frigg, the Norse goddess of love and fertility, was banished to a mountaintop and proclaimed a witch once Christianity was embraced by Norse and Germanic tribes. There she lost her shit, and once a week she met with eleven other witches, and the devil to plan out the fateful misfortunes for the coming week. The […]

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Alexander Frehse

Alexander Frehse

October 18, 2009 | Blog

A tip of the hat to Alexander Frehse, inventor of the lemon meringue pie, and the subsequent lifetime of desert related over indulgence. 

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