A bout du chapeau to Ptak Science Books ; I include a wonderful yet anomalous "find" of Mr Ptak's:  A future photo of Davecat ...

          I honestly despise every bit and byte of the most recent revelations from the sunset stained stucco-and-concrete hued neurons in y...

In another (failed) attempt to determine why no person I know (and especially no professionals) are capable of acting as my film umpire...I...

          Miscommunication causes more problems than malice, hatred, zeal and greed combined.  Don't lump miscommunication in with error...

Me.  Open to new adventure.  As long as it fits into my current paradigm.  Which, to be a thousand percent honest, is simply:  Never ag...

          The Self Help Center exposes some uncomfortably sharp reflective pieces which don't quite mesh inside of it's author, Rom...

         With a hat-tip and head-nod to Mary Whitsell and her Resident Alien post, A Case of Mistaken Identity ...I share: Northern Ari...

Click above to see the art of the Sistine Chapel and below to view and make your own gif-art. We assert that the subject is crucial, an...

          Evolution is the change in the inherited traits of organisms through successive generations.  Anyone who wants to see proof of on...

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized.  Certified.  Approved for consumption.  People will be happy to give up ...

Your handwriting.  The way you walk.  Which china pattern you choose.  It's all giving you away.  Everything you do shows your hand.  E...

" ...please where can I buy a unicorn? "  Thirteen months ago, the anonymous author of these seven words intrigued me.  Could th...

We tend to live by rules that never made any sense, but we've forgotten they aren't the truth. — Chuck Palahniuk

I received an email from a good friend which contained the following giggle-ditty:  ...the John Hughes montage from the Oscars last night ma...

Davecat , a long-term pen pal Squire mate (my first two marriages were shorter than the six-years he and I've been equainted) wrote an...

Deliver me from Swedish furniture.  Deliver me from clever art.  May I never be complete.  May I never be content.  May I never be pe...

A video game for film lovers, Heavy Rain is a unique detective and revenge thriller that will keep you entertained for 12-15 hours the first...

          Last year I was unfriended by my last, outspoken conservative-christian-republican ( ccr ) friend.  I've written about him be...

My creativity is hibernating so I'm sharing the art and music of others. A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, ...

There are these adorable little organisms—did I say little? I'm sorry, minuscule creatures—who've survived for less than an infinit...

I received a comment worth commenting on today:  nice post. I would love to follow you on twitter.   The appreciative glint brought on by ...

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. — Leonardo da Vinci

I got my exercise today by pushing 250 pounds (114kg) of groceries around Costco for over an hour.  For those unfamiliar with this wholesal...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. — Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. — Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)