On the political sickbed, society rejuvenates and rediscovers its geist (after gradually losing it by seeking and preserving power). C...

Proximity to MOM and POP A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: number one M ountains, O cean, M eadows, & P ark...

Thanks to Catherine for this snappit of hypertexture du jour. Make your own at obamicon.me . The best friend is likely to acquire the best...

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Chabon is the master of metaphor, simile, analogy and descript...

digital rendering by veach st glines — 2009 Man believes that the world itself is filled with beauty—he forgets that it is he who has cre...

Ingrained Optimistic Long-Term Outlook A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: number two Every city may be a melange...

I perused a photo of Ms MontiLee Stormer a week ago on her blog at Little Black Duck , noticed it was a particularly attractive photo and m...

A many few years ago there was a night spent in a drinking establishment with a handful of co-workers (the story begins).  A many few beers...

digital rendering by veach st glines — 2009 He who fights monsters should see to it that in the process, he does not become a monste...

Thanks to Centripetal Notion , for this kanimaleidascope—the first hypertext effluvium art of 2009 worth sharing. There is one thing one has...

digital rendering by veach glines — 2008 People ask me, 'Don't you ever run out of ideas?'  In the first place I don't ...

Hanging on my studio wall, higher than I can reach without a boost (remember when gimme a boost was followed by someone interlacing their...

The film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a wondrous feat of storytelling and certainly worth investing three hours of your time and ...

Craftsmanship Pride A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number three . I—like everyone—have heard the ' where...

Aluminum pole, Food, Grievances to be aired, Feats of Strength to be tested, Beer (in that order). I think a painting is more like the real ...

Today is the shortest day and longest night of the northern hemisphere; the solstice (here on the US western coast) is at exactly 4:04 am. ...

I read in fits and starts. Fiction can be a wonderful escape and non-fiction is a simple way to learn things; so, I’ll gorge myself by devo...

Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories by Chuck Palahniuk rating: 4 of 5 stars [Page 220:] ...brinksmanship, the tendency to leave things un...

Make your own at Make A Flake . I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop at the time that I am bored or understa...

Today was the first snowfall, at all elevations, in and around Portland. Nothing better than a warm fireplace, hot toddies, and the ambient...

The Germinid Meteor showers should be in full streak tonight. I wanted to do something that had no purpose. It didn't have to fit with...

Don't start playing the Demo of Auditorium unless you've got some time to waste.

Sometimes something is just so good, the only thing to do is tell others. Thanks, Bobby! I think maybe chance works better in a situation l...

digital rendering by veach st glines — 2008 They think it was a gesture, a protest against abstract expressionism ... or just a pure a...

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin My review rating: 4 of 5 stars The world works in a mysterious and incomprehensible fas...

Non-walmartization A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number four . There are three Wal-Marts for 2.1 million re...

Got invited to screen a big-budget film scheduled to be released next Spring. It was something I'd never done, so after IMDB'ing ke...

At times, my mind combines a memory with something happening in the present and I get a mini-eureka moment. A few nights ago, out with my pa...

This was a first for me. Although I've had a few memorable nightmares as a child and a couple scary dreams as an adult; never something...

Get-around-ability A dozen rational reasons to enjoy living in Portland, Oregon: Number five . Many cities have some of these effective, ...