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flickr:Pink enough yet?

I had three different versions of this in post-processing—it was tricky to bring out the right amount of color and get the eye to still go more or less where it’s supposed to [...]

This is, indeed, the correct response to the anti-TV movement.

Red Right Hand: I BESEECH THEE TO PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD, SHOVE IT

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An unfortunate new candy. A bastard cross between an M&M and a Hershey’s Kiss, with the charm of neither. The candy coating tastes like plastic, and the chocolate interior is…marginal.

flickr:Memorial

A memorial in a fenced-off area by the Lake Merritt Channel, near an overpass and some old train tracks. It’s a well-visited area—a lot of debris, clothing, trash and containers, and also some fantastic graffiti. The memorial shows great care, and is either fairly new or is regularly tended. A few feet away, a crucifix [...]

Extremely satisfying. It’s not perfect, and it’s not Firefly, but it’s very good. The premise is both structured enough to provide clear direction and force creativity and open-ended enough that you don’t feel like it’s not going to make sense next season. (“??Prison Break?? Syndrome”) The cast and characters are excellent, to the point [...]

Sweet Jesus, what an excellent movie. It was awesome. It was hilarious. Of course, I couldn’t watch half of the Rodriguez segment, Planet Terror, because there were simply too many pustules. But we could be here all night if I were to list the great parts. Let me restrict myself to a couple of observations. [...]

When I was younger, I cared about truth, right, wrong, and in particular about how those things played out in classrooms in America. Caring about those things exacts a price I am not currently willing to pay.

Instead, here’s a great blue heron.