collecting cat whiskers

Yeah, I collect my cats’ whiskers when I find them. Roman seems to drop/lose them more than Gigi, but  its hard to tell since they’re all white. I figure maybe someday a miniature painter will want them. Or, er, something:)  They don’t take up a lot of room.  I starting putting them in a little […]


taylor williamson, the comic to watch!

I love this guy. Period. He’s super smart, wry, and equal parts dark and glib. Knowingly awkward.  Makes me think that there is traction to this time-worn theory that the most brilliant minds are often necessarily weird.  His facebook page says: “Hi everyone! If I don’t know you or like you please add my fanpage […]


my latest music video favs: the swell maps on super-8

Both these vids are great montages of archival video and super-8 film. They would appear to be made by the same person, but according to YouTube, Let’s Build a Car was compiled by Karth Granger, and Midget Submarines by Nik Coleman. Hmmm, a doppelganger, perhaps??  Both clips, it is also noted, are included in Secretly […]


fluorescent lighting: evil by design?

Well, at long last I put my fluorescent lighting theory to test, and alas, turns out it was not invented as a form of state control. Which doesn’t mean its not used for such. Still, the history of florescent lighting is quite innocuous, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century. For clarity’s sake, a fluorescent light […]


age-appropriate clothing? fashion outlaws, house of diehl, say no way!

I’ve always lived – sartorially, at least – by one of my favorite Genet quotes, “To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.” Growing up with a German mother who had very good taste when it came to clothes, I often received compliments from my grade school teachers on my refined outfits […]