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Man, what a bargain?

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

Protected: Millie to Pat: 7 December 1943

January 13th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: family · Ida & Pat

Of Dodos, vinyl LPs, letter-writing, etiquette and Polaroid cameras.

January 1st, 2009 · 6 Comments

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

Jesus Christ is Lord (Everywhere a sign #21)

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

Where beauty resides…

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

Oh, Morrissey (shakes head).

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Pitchfork Media just leaked the cover photo of Morrissey’s new album, due early next year, maybe.

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Tags: music

It was a perfect day.

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

Cheap lunch (Everywhere a sign #19)

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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

Chicken arms

October 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Chicken arms

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Tags: politics

Body Piercing Saved My Life (Everywhere a sign #18)

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