good riddance to 2011

NPR has been asking listeners to describe 2011 in one word. My word would be adversarial. For me, there was too much conflict and opposition in 2011. I felt like I was butting heads with people constantly, in both my work life and my private life. So I would like these to be my personal buzzwords for 2012:

-- balance
-- collaboration
-- compromise
-- cooperation

Peace to all in 2012.

bruno catalano

Amazing sculptures of existential travellers -- mind the gap.

this just in...

Craig Ferguson is the most hilarious man on television. End of discussion.

2012 lowercase lifestyle calendars!

Perfect holiday gifts! Always know what day it is! Look at cool photos!

Buy one, two, or more! Tell a friend!

gimme shelter

The Bomb Shelter -- Retro doesn't get much cooler than this -- unique holiday gifts for all of the beautiful mutants on your list.

PS Boycott Black Friday, and shop local!

embrace the random xlix

Ana Somnia

A whole world waits for you when you turn out the lights. In our dreams lie childish figures, random shapes, and half-remembered memories. Each one is different yet somehow the same. Ana Somnia is a generative art project that emulates how we dream. Dim your lights to enter Ana's dreamworld.

Surreal animation, streams of unconsciousness, ambient carnival music -- this one has it all. Grab your favorite blanket and a cup of hot cocoa, then enjoy.

wolf spider

questions, questions

Is there an actor worse than Keanu Reeves?

embrace the random xlviii

Shakespearean Insult Generator

yellow & green

don't fear the reaper

foamy

autumn is awesome

untitled

a bell tree?

mile twenty-nine

through my rainy windshield xii

texture

series three

by the bay iii

befriend a duck

it's still easy being green

a tragicomedy in one act

Bookstore Clerk: Hi, how are you today?
Me: Good, thanks. How are you?
BSC: Another day in paradise. [smiles]
Me: [laughs politely] Yep.
Female Customer: Did you say "in Paris" or "in paradise?"
BSC: In paradise.
FC: Phil Collins has a song called "Another Day in Paradise." Did you know that?
BSC: [slighty taken aback] No, I didn't. I don't really like Phil Collins' music.
FC: It's a good song, very sad.
BSC: [dejected] Now I have to come up with a new phrase.
FC: Oh, I'm sorry.
Me: [laughing] She took away your paradise, man. [exits store]

photoshop phun with nature

poor man's andy goldsworthy

imaginary album cover xi

more greenery

bzzzzzzz

author

tribal tower

it's good to be alive

Taken earlier this evening, the above photo is perhaps the closest representation/distillation of how my life currently is. I have not been this happy, this at peace, this me in years. And it is only going to get better.

it is easy being green

outside the wall

mile five

dual bridges

...or are they duelling bridges?

hammer time

x marks the spot

swimmingly

denim

quote of the day

It turns out that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony — which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value. I can’t imagine anything worse than that. Okay, maybe I can, but imagine reading the morning newspaper and believing it all to be true on some level. -- from JPod by Douglas Coupland

late night television vi

keebler putt-putt

prog memories

A souvenir from Marillion's This Strange Convention gig in Pittsburgh on August 30, 1997.

shocking revelations (a new series)

I have never seen The Wizard of Oz in its entirety, nor do I ever intend to.

late night television v

Can't sleep -- clowns will eat me

quote of the day

No one asks you to throw Mozart out of the window. Keep Mozart. Cherish him. Keep Moses too, and Buddha and Lao Tzu and Christ. Keep them in your heart. But make room for the others, the coming ones, the ones who are already scratching on the window-panes. -- Henry Miller

humpty had a great fall

...but his winter was a total bummer.

late night television iv

lonesome cowboy burt

mellow yellow

bottles

it doesn't quite add up

Dreamt last night that I owned five copies of Three of a Perfect Pair. What could it mean?

shadows

this guy made my day

He's referring to this scene from one of my favorites shows, The Big Bang Theory. The "Support Zombies" sticker is pretty funny too.

staying hydrated at work

through my rainy windshield xi

oddfellows temple