I have always been insanely jealous of how Stanley Kubrick did his self portraits. They are at once wonderfully completely self-absorbed, playfully mocking, happily understated and totally unapologetic.
I wish I had this ability, to look at myself hidden behind the camera and take the moments of myself without reserve.
I need a new one, and it will not at all be as good as these are.
Reading the news today, it was grim as usual. There are however still signs that our minds are alive, that poetry and music are alive too. People in Saginaw are still painting the lyrics of Paul Simon’s “America” on abandoned buildings in their town. It’s little acts of ideological grace in the face of another dying Great Lakes town that make me happy.
We are still thinking.
I’ve had a request to show my dear followers what I look like…
…here’s a self shot I did as a joke, I call it “Self Portrait On My 4th Mimosa With Golf Club I Don’t Know How To Use”
Cheers all!
I miss the days when this was Saturday night for me.
Granted it’s only 90 miles from my apartment to the Loop.
(via whatwhiskeycantcure)
A study in the logos of the world’s major state space agencies: Their nations from top to bottom in your feed:
United States of America: National Aeronautic & Space Administration
Russian Federation: Roscosmos
Peoples’ Republic of China: China National Space Administration
European Union: European Space Agency
Canada: Canadian Space Agency/Agence spatiale canadienne
Japan: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa)
United Kingdom: UKSpace (United Kingdom Space Administration)
India: The Indian Space Research Organization
Back to our regularly scheduled posting:
So Crispin and Fox Barrel (two cider brands owned by Miller-Coors) have these coming out in honor of “The Princess Bride” and they are going on the tappers Thursday at our local World of Beer.
I’m not usually a cider drinker, but that blood orange and killer bee honey one has me curious.
I’ve got to say I’m really surprised by the reaction the post about my reaction to Time’s cover on our generation has gotten. Here and over on my facebook page there’s been some very heated exchanges.
Anonymous Asks:
theastralcity Said:
Interesting you went Anon on that question. I’ll admit I’m rather curious who you are, and of the people I know or have known who is it that only knows half of the story of my education? Way to try to call me out by the way…
Alright so, did I go to university for free? Not entirely, I transferred to Marquette University where my father is a professor after several years at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I accumulated a total of about $40K in debt from my time in college, which I am told is on the low end of average for a Wisconsin college student who went to a state school.
The main point of my post though were about how many people have had to join the military in time of war just to pay for college. I’ve known several that had to do it, went to war and came back with a whole host of problems. It’s really tragic to me what people have to do to get a degree. I’m betting if you know me, that you know many of the same people who have had to go through hell for college as well.
