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I Need An Explanation…

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:55:21 +0000

Something has been bugging my little brain for a while. Let me set up the scenario for you.

So, you're walking the streets of Charleston, checking out the scenery, minding your own business, and it looks something like this:

Then, you look to your left and see this:

So, you think to yourself, "Gee, I'd like a Coke" (or Pepsi or whatever sugary liquid the machines contain that you prefer). Or maybe you think "I'd really like to get on that elevator and go.......up". Either way you walk in the door, a normal, unsuspecting person seeking to do whatever it was you decided to do. But, then you look to your right and you're met with this:

So you pass out or pee yourself or something along those lines. Thus, I have to ask, what the heck is up with this thing? Why is it here? Is it in any way connected to eating too many tootsie rolls? Bottom line, I need an explanation.

Best Albums of 2009, Installment 2

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:19:39 +0000

Round 2 of my favorite music from 2009. Ding.

1. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast

Get it here:

Listen here: Anonanimal

2. The Antlers - Hospice

Get it here:

Listen here: Two

3. The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

Get it here:

Listen here: The Rake's Song

4. Beirut - March of The Zapotec/Realpeople Holland

Get it here:

Listen here: My Night With A Prostitute From Marseille

5. The Dangerous Summer - Reach For The Sun

Get it here:

Listen here: Where I Want To Be

6. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Get it here:

Listen here: While You Wait For The Others

That should be enough to keep you busy. More still to come....

Adventures of a Dragon Fruit

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:34:26 +0000

Today I went to Publix in search of chocolate soy milk and along the way I made a detour through the fruits and vegetables section. What did I find amongst the familiar fruit landscape? Exactly, a dragon fruit. Roar.

Naturally, you don't come across a dragon fruit and leave it laying there, especially when your 3 year old son is convinced that it somehow came out of a dragon (not that a dragon will come out of it, which would be particularly cool). So I called my mother and asked her the question that all mother's pray their son never asks them, "How does one select a dragon fruit"? She had no clue. Luckily, Google did. So after some brief instruction on picking one with consistent coloring, no splotches, firm yet slightly giving when pressed, and green, not brown, fluffy things on it, I selected my dragon poop and took it home. I put it on the cutting board.

I wasn't happy with its placement so I moved it slightly to the right.

Nothing happened, so I added a knife to the mix.

I heard, via Google's wisdom, that there are 3 types of these. One is yellow on the outside and 2 are pink. Between those 2 pink ones, one is white on the inside and one is pink on the inside. I had no clue what mine was, but I didn't intend to wait any longer to find out.

It was white, which I find more interesting because it's much less expected. The fruit is made up of the white part which has hundreds of tiny black seeds speckled throughout it. Thanks to Google once again, I got the recommendation to use a spoon to separate the inside from the skin.

Slide the spoon around the point where the inside meets the skin and the fruit comes out effortlessly.

I chopped it up into cubes.

The taste is reminiscent of a kiwi, even having that familiar crunch from the tiny seeds. Even the texture is extremely similar to that of a kiwi. However, it's not quite as acidic as a kiwi would be. It has a nice but mild sweetness to it and is quite refreshing. It tastes almost like a kiwi if it were a melon. Or maybe that makes absolutely no sense. All in all I'd say its strikingly similar to what you might think a dragon fruit tastes like if you happened to perfectly guess what one would taste like having never tasted one.

SO, everyone run to Publix and grab a dragon fruit while they're still available. Or just have a bite of mine.

Sucking Face

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:26:34 +0000

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if a Plecostomus were to attempt to suck on your face? If not, then you are strange.

Here is the answer, be patient and see it through:

You Have Been Warned

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:22:33 +0000

Charleston: there is a fearless flirt on the loose. They will flirt with you. And they ain't afraid to do it. They're so prepared to fearlessly flirt that they even pasted it down the side of their grasshopper car.

Consider yourself warned.

Plug Time

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:33:00 +0000

During daylight I double as a fine art printer at Imaging Arts, which is located at 175 King Street in Charleston, SC. I must say that we offer the highest quality canvas printing available. We can print anything you like. We do work for painters and photographers, professionals and amateurs, or whatever you consider yourself. I print all of my personal images here, and we use the exact same equipment and standards to print your photos as we use when we print our own images that are displayed in the gallery.

Lately family and pet photos have been very popular choices and many of them end up as gifts, but travel and art photos are always being done. We can also take any old images you have that are damaged and restore them to their original beauty. You can find out more about the gallery itself at www.imagingarts.com, and you can place an online canvas print order directly from www.myphotosontocanvas.com.

Possum Jaw, Shadow, and a Lemon For Contrast

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:58:04 +0000

Here are some newer things. First is the possum's jaw which I found while visiting Mepkin Abbey. The others are a random flower, my son's shadow, and a well placed glass on a pieced together table. Click for a larger view.

Fireworks = Happiness

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:36:59 +0000

On Friday nights Charleston Riverdogs baseball game attendees are granted a special treat. On these nights we get fireworks. It's a rather great experience actually. $5 gets you in where you get to watch an entire game, experience the gamut of characters vending everything from peanuts to beer to flashing swords that will tempt any of us with a child hiding within our being, dive into a wide selection of food from the greasy fried chicken to gourmet pizza to the mysterious dippin' dots, drink very large beers for very few dollars, and wrap it all up with a fireworks show. This is cheap entertainment at its best.

However, this is about that last little facet; the fireworks. Let's face it, fireworks are beautiful and they make us happy. So, have a taste:

Fireworks at The Riverdogs Game

After The Sun Sets Over The River

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:30:10 +0000

Here is a glimpse of what you will see in the evening when looking out of The Joe, the Charleston Riverdog's baseball stadium, and over the river shortly after the sun has set. It's a beautiful sight.

A Fortuitous Side Effect

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:24:56 +0000

At work we spray our canvas prints with a clear coat to protect them from light as well as any other physical damage. Over time the overspray builds up along the walls creating small, interesting, geologic looking structures. This is what they look like when photographed poorly under even poorer lighting conditions. It could be a topographical map and I'm not so certain I'd know the difference.