further images of things themselves, animals +samples

Land of the

tasered (following up). Further memo: perils of being drunk.

shibboleth

An exhibit by Doris Salcedo (via s lot).

disaster capitalism

At least someone is using the Harper's article to teach, too.

'cause you can never have too much Rza, and Jarmusch...

And the classic, Fishing with John:

Coffee and Cigarettes:

Support the Writer Strike

Support the writers' strike (including The Not Daily Shows'). Update: And their betters.

donation radiohead

in case you missed it, the new album still available online; it grows on you.

new additions

Five weeks old straight from New Orleans, these little love-hate creatures. Brought home as gift (some people seeming always to have animals to give, particularly to us) not long after we found this amusing, even after about the dozenth time:



Now the joke's on us, naturally.

birdeye maple, strange walnut

"pulled directly out of Rudy Giuliani's ass"

heh:

"...numbers that, like the cancer, were pulled directly out of Giuliani's ass."

n+1 pamphlet: series

Scott McLemee on it.

cutboards, selling, etc.

Lucy eats more wild blueberries than she puts in the bucket. (She gets no pie.) Note also how the Mahogany twin (Sapele) resembles mature cherry in color, while the newer cherry in the smaller of the striped boards is more like curly maple, white. Photosensitive, cherry. Prices have gone modestly up.

Evangelicals and Capitalism, redux

"Faith-based" or not The Rockies are still an excellent (particularly infield) team (not least of all because The Tourists are their farm).

This article in The Nation only then a little harsh, maybe (via OGM:

The Rockies right now are a noxious reflection of a time in US history when generals speak of crusades and the President recounts his personal conversations with Yahweh. ("You're doing a heckuva job, Goddy!")

If Monfort, O'Dowd and Hurdle want to pray on their own time, more power to them. But the ballpark isn't a church. Smoltz isn't a preacher. And fans aren't a flock. Instead of using their position of commercial power to field a God Squad, the Rockies might want to think about getting some decent players. There was once this guy named Babe Ruth. Not too much for the religion, and his character was less than sterling. But I hear he could play some decent ball.