Monthly Archives: October 2009
Is the Chimp a Shill?
This youtube vid my father-in-law sent me is a crack up. It’s long, but you only need to watch the first minute to get a good laugh going. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM-KQxgtOao]
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Joshua Tree National Park
We’re headed out to Joshua Tree this Sunday for two nights of camping and getting ready made me think fondly back to our last camping trip there early this last summer to celebrate my mother-in-law’s retirement. The National Park is … Continue reading
Posted in camping, desert creatures, SoCal attractions
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$130 worth of words
In a group show, it is reassuring to be confronted with expertise and experience, and it speaks volumes that the Amory Center for the Arts can draw from a pool of established contemporary artists like Kim Abeles, Daniel Buren, Bruce … Continue reading
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$30 worth of words
In a group show, it is reassuring to be confronted with expertise and experience, and it speaks volumes that the Amory Center for the Arts can draw from a pool of contemporary artists like Kim Abeles, Daniel Buren, Bruce Nauman, … Continue reading
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OCCCA ProVISIONal
By professing to reject the sleek and the manicured (as exemplified by Koons and Hirst), Shane Guffog of Pharmaka Gallery, hardly narrows the field for the group show ProVISIONal at Orange County Center of Contemporary Art. Attempting to corral in … Continue reading
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I like to bite
While I was in Bangkok, Joss set up a practice photoshoot before one of his jobs to make sure all his equipment was working properly, and ended up taking quite a lot of photos of my sister and I with … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Holden, Nabi Grace, photography
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Waldorf in the Woods
So far my Waldorf in the Woods weekly playgroup has been everything I’d hoped for. We are having a great time! What’s more, the moms and kids are growing closer and more comfortable with eachother – I feel really good … Continue reading
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Mama Scouts
Sierra and I have decided to start a new club, and we’re calling ourselves Mama Scouts of America. We just got back from an impromptu camping trip in the nearby Casper’s Wilderness Park and we had A BLAST! We also … Continue reading
Posted in camping, SoCal attractions, south OC
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Cooking Day
Now that I’ve finished the last of the seven Sookie Stackhouse books that my neighbor lent me, I’m having a breather while the eighth book arrives at my local library branch. I’d almost decided to start REREADING the fourth book, … Continue reading
P.S. to Christian's Letter at 16 Months
Your dad wonders what you’ll look like as a teenager, so he used a little tool called yearbookyourself.com
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