Friday, January 26, 2018

T-Shirts I Have Known: That Metal Show

This is one of my favorite gifts from my older daughter, Jolee. Unprompted, she bought this shirt from me back when VH1 Classic was still airing episodes of That Metal Show.


The show has been "off the air" for almost three years now, but I really credit the show for my rebounding interest in metal.

I did wear this to the Iron Maiden show last summer.

This t-shirt is still in rotation in the closet.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Bookmark Graveyard, Chapter 2

More bookmarks getting deleted, saved on BillyBlog for posterity:

The New York Times 2015 "The Lives They Lived" feature here.

A Tumblr called "What Would We Call Poets" here.

"Curvaciously Yours" by Olga Gonzalez Ramos here and an article about Olga from NJ.com here.

My bike a 2003 Raleigh M20, from BikePedia, described here.

Post-War Jazz, An Arbitrary Road Map, from the Village Voice, here.

Bound Fast To Thee: Interviews From Times of Transition in 'Iolani's History here.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Bookmark Graveyard, Chapter 1

Wonder why you have so many pages bookmarked? I was wondering and was thinking, let me just delete this.

Then my cyberhoarder mentality kicked in. So I decided to drop these here. I don't know why. Just because, I guess.

The go-to list for Roberto Bolaño works: The Bolaño Syllabus: A Final Reckoning.

Boston Review's Top 20 Poems of 2015 here.

Rolling Stone's Top 550 Songs of All Time here.

Buzzfeeds's List of Posts about Tattoos here.

"F.A.Q.s," a story by Allegra Goodman on The New Yorker here.

50 Places Every Literary Fan Should Visit via Flavorwire here.

Good times.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Random Photo


Broadway between Park Place and Barclay, November 3, 2017

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Women's March, Year 2

On January 20, 2018, I joined the family in New York City for the second annual women's march.


Last year I posted a bunch of photos, but this year I am posting fewer....


I had my own sign, which was fairly well-received:



My friend Teri took the following candid shot:


Friday, January 19, 2018

Snowflake

Spotted on my coat back on December 9, 2017:


Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Cool Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Fwd: INTERESTING PICTURES TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF OF WHATEVER!



  


A flock of sheep pass through a gate
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The heavens open. Copenhagen , Denmark
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Totoro, the Owl, with his mushroom
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Feeding the 'birds' in Ecuador
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A water spout in Genoa , Italy
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/868905-1000-1448627266-20751831092_395a0320ef_k1.jpg 


So much emotion in just one photo!
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Life is good
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A cycling team from Rwanda sees snow for the first time, they were in first place until they stopped, now everyone passed them up!
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The photographer fell off a chair when he was taking the shot and ended up with this masterpiece of a wedding photo.
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/869605-1000-1448627266-nzvUxEV.jpg


Swans swim through the street after floods, UK
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/869355-1000-1448627266-em-900-1446548066.jpg


A walrus becomes embarrassed when it's given a cake made of fish for its birthday, Norway
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/869005-1000-1448627266-3.jpg


I really want to know what they're looking at...
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/869405-1000-1448627266-gsmiobj.jpg


A typical rainy day in Chicago, USA
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Police dogs in line for lunch
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In the African wilderness
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Marilyn hasn't aged well...
http://files.brightside.me/files/news/part_5/54655/868655-1000-1448627266-1442397188_apype5fgvbs.jpg

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Cool Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Fwd: Perfectly Timed Photography....... NEW BATCH

Rainbow is my favorite. Not quite a pot of gold.

Timing Is Everything...


















Monday, January 15, 2018

Cool Shit My Aunt Sends Me: Fwd: Fw: Fwd: The Owl and His Shepherd

I can recall something about "The Owl and The Pussycat, but............ 




 Owl and His Shepherd


Ingo, a Belgian shepherd, and Poldi, a one-year-old owlet, share a very special bond which is evident in the following photos.

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For years, photographer Tanja Brandt has made it her mission to capture magnificent photos of animals and wildlife. Recently, the German artist found a new challenge when she photographed the unique bond between two unlikely friends: Ingo, a Belgian shepherd, and Poldi (Napoleon), a one-year-old owlet. The owlet and canine have a special “protector-protected” relationship and that their affection towards each other couldn’t be any more evident.
Ingo lovingly guards Poldi, who apparently “doesn’t know how to live free.”

The owlet hatched two days after his six brothers and sisters, therefore, has always been very vulnerable due to his small size. Comparatively, Ingo was raised to by a family of strong, and oftentimes ruthless, police dogs.

“They respect each other and they can read each other,” says the photographer.

Following are some adorable photos of the unlikely best friends:

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https://i0.wp.com/www.commonsenseevaluation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Owl9.jpg
  I just love the picture below...
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