January 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments
I hesitated barely a millisecond before touting my yard sale coup after scoring a $3 Polaroid camera some while back. I still consider the camera a bargain, especially since, after finding some fresh film, I discovered that it works almost perfectly.
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Tags: family · ideas · self
January 13th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.
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Tags: family · Ida & Pat
There are many things that are behind us, other than 2008. Some are in a constant state of sputtering back to life (see above, excepting Dodos), while others have been wiped from existence forever (see Dodos, above).
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Tags: ideas · language · music · writing
December 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Matteson’s Flower Shop in Leucadia, California. Photographed on 21 December 2008, 9:56 a.m.
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Tags: signs
December 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Turning west off the interstate, he drove straight toward the beach, a mere ten or so blocks from the highway, where the sun was beginning to sink into the ocean. The sight was stunning and humbling.
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Tags: self
Pitchfork Media just leaked the cover photo of Morrissey’s new album, due early next year, maybe.
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Tags: music
November 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
4:14 p.m. CST
Election Day
4 November 2008
Birmingham, Alabama
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Tags: history · house · politics
Also on the menu at El Mexicano on 20th Street South in Birmingham:
“Fish filets available individually – only $350!”
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Tags: food · signs
October 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Chicken arms
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Tags: politics
September 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This car emblem was spotted in the parking lot of the main post office in downtown Birmingham today.
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Tags: signs