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Nov 05
Collective platypuses
You are probably familiar with some of the more colorful collective nouns used for groups of particular animals, such as a crash of rhinoceroses or a spoonful of pandas. A group of crows is a murder, while a group of ravens is merely an unkindness. I decided to look up what a group of platypuses …
Nov 01
Quotable: Thomas Hart Benton
“The human figure is coming back into fashion in painting, and what are all those poor [expletives deleted] going to do now? They never learned how to draw.” –Thomas Hart Benton, referring to painters from the Abstract Expressionist movement, via Robert Wernick
Oct 28
Corn gangsta
n. One who attends a small, rural school in the middle of the Corn Belt, but dresses like he is growing up on the mean streets of Compton. The girls brought this wonderful term home from high school. As far as I know the usage is entirely localized to our school.
Oct 18
Who’s Gary Busey?
The girls and I watched the Back to the Future trilogy this weekend. It was the first time we’d watched them in a long time, and more amazing than ever; we caught so many things we hadn’t see before, and the girls could actually understand the entire plots (they were just wee ones the last …
Oct 09
Quotable: Ronald Reagan
“Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.”
Oct 03
Free Wallpaper: Cupric
I shot this on the inside, exterior sill of the Western Auto building in downtown Kansas City. Cupric is available in 1600 x 1200. Just right click and Save As (Windows) or Option-Click (Mac).
