Matt suggested in comments that the road painting I posted last night might have monsters lurking just around the bend. Actually, I’d seen that road as leading someplace cheery (with the sunrise and all). But Matt gave me an idea that my next attempt at art should be something very non-cheery. I thought about old tombstones with long morning or evening shadows. This morning the sun wasn’t cooperating, but I got these photos. No shadows, just fog. Not great photography, I know. But sufficient gloom to work with. And this final photo is the one I think I’ll try to…
4 CommentsMonth: January 2015
I’ve been trying some new things with artwork. Click if you’d like to see.
11 CommentsYeah, I didn’t believe it, either, when I read the news on Friday. Eric Holder — that Eric Holder — delivering a major kneecapping to America’s government-approved highway robbers? But Radley Balko believes it. So I believe it. Well, more or less. No question about it, federal “ownership” of local asset forfeiture cases has enabled forfeiture abuse like nothing else and has done more for police corruption since anything but … well, the drug war itself. (You’ve got to wonder; was there every anyone associated with this scam who truly believed it wouldn’t lead to corruption and injustice?) Having the…
19 CommentsI’ve been watching the Elio with lots of anticipation though I still can’t decide whether it’s all hype or something gonna-be cool. Might be time to start watching the Local Motors Strati, too. 3D printed car. “The Myth of Washington Gun Rights Groups.” a monster take-down of Gottlieb’s newest sock puppet proxy, the “honorable” Adina Hicks.* (Via Mike V. who asks “where’s her bow tie?”) One year after: Colorado and pot are doing well. The Obama administration’s idea of cool-and-groovy solidarity: Sweet Baby James Taylor. The nanny state picked the wrong family to hassle this time. 10 reasons the Mafia…
10 Comments… of what transpired at Thursday’s rally against I-594. The “get those crazies off our side” view from Barron at TheMinuteman.org. The “we aren’t subjects” view from Kit Lange at the Patrick Henry Society.
11 CommentsSeems that Joel and the rest of the gunblogosphere aren’t the only ones who think Liam Neeson is even worse than the usual Hollywood anti-gun hypocrite. A company that supplied weapons for his films has a thing or three to say about it. Ding-dong, Google Glass is dead. Well deadish, anyhow. A simple explanation of what Swiss bankers just did. And a slightly more complicated one. I’m sure some of our resident money gurus will have views of their own. If you haven’t been watching, Switzerland threw the entire world into a financial tizzy yesterday. (Though IMHO, their real screwup…
25 CommentsDunno whether to laugh or cry. Alan Gottlieb and other mainstreamers sponsored a rally this morning in Olympia, Washington, to plead with legislators to undo the ghastly billionaire-driven I-594. Although a bill to do that is in the works, WA law doesn’t allow a voter-passed initiative to be easily altered or overturned in its first two years. So that’s interesting in itself. (And never forget: Gottlieb wants background checks; he just wants to be at the table to make the deals.) What’s more interesting is that today’s Gottliebian beg-your-legislators rally drew only about 1/10th — one tenth — the number…
7 Comments… has the Commentariat been a tad testy lately? Maybe it’s just that we began the year with the hot-button subjects of religion and terrorism. But it seems as if people are more-than-usually ready to take offense, air grievances, pick at details, and generally carp about things. Oh, it’s all civilized and a lot of interesting information has emerged, so I’m not complaining. Just … noticing. And asking. I’ve been sitting on one more controversial topic (a book that’s likely to offend the other side of the room than the side that took umbrage over Vin’s new novel). I’d planned…
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Santa has been extremely, extremely good to me. Yeah, I know it seems sorta late to mention that, but not really. Apparently Santa hasn’t even finished with me yet.
23 CommentsWhat is time? It rules our lives, but who can define it? Here are 10 mind-blowing attempts at explaining time. (H/T ML) Dear Boston: Please say hell no to hosting the Olympics. Oh my. Such a problem to have! Washington state pot growers and retailers face a glut of legal product. (Tip o’ hat to jed.) Albuquerque cops finally facing murder charges for one of their most horrible caught-on-camera moments. In the rage over Islamist attacks on the west and western values, let us not forget that the worst and most helpless victims are Muslims and those who live in…
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