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8 am downtown: tattoo parlor, homeless people, and art

I love this city. Recently I had occasion to notice that the tattoo parlor downtown was open for business at 8 am. Either that or someone, in the sleep-deprived fog of the wee hours, forgot to turn off the neon “OPEN” sign in the window. I don’t know why I like the thought of tattoo [...]

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xkcd does it again!

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It’s my blogiversary!

Happy blogiversary to me / happy blogiversary to meHappy blogiversary to me / happy blogiversary to me My blog is one year old today, and my how we’ve grown. The name went from Wishful Blogging (because, I figured, talking about blogging is so much easier than actually blogging) to The Glowing Edge, a move which [...]

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the best part of my day

was seeing the Ice, first thing in the morning, with multi-colored dots all over the tip of his nose. When I asked him why he had colored dots all over the tip of his nose he said, “BECAUSE. My markers are SCENTED.” And he went to get me the box to prove it. But I [...]

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practical things

Not too long ago the Maker created this, um, thing, out of pipe cleaners (practically sticks!) and string. He asked me to photograph it and take note of its many practical uses. It can be used, he said, making sure I was writing it down, 1. to catch one fish2. to swing at someone as [...]

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rubber band gun

The Maker had to write a short paper for school. I think the thing I like best is the drawing of him holding up his rubber band gun. And how the arrows wend around to find their target descriptions… Quite a handy diagram, I find.

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blue and brown

It isn’t often that I paint anymore. This one gave me great pleasure… It was done on the computer and is only about 6″x8″. You can get an amazing variety of brushstrokes and canvas textures on Photoshop. My old painting professors would have enjoyed it. Maybe they are enjoying it! I would love to have [...]

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every time I read this poem I laugh again

Charles Bukowski was an incredibly prolific author, quite prominent in the 70′s. He was an alcoholic with a painful childhood, like many of the great poets. When his was first starting out, an early publisher promised a monthly stipend of $100 “for life” and Bukowski quit his much-hated job as a postal worker. “I have [...]

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why we love biodegradeable peanuts (they stick when you lick ‘em!)

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while I was roasting the corn

The Maker used the corn husks to draw a house and a… guy. The “smoke” coming out of the chimney is corn silk. The Maker also rolled up a corn husk and used it as a straw to drink his soy milk with. I’m not sure I was this clever when I was seven.

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