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Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Photo of the day: Hell is real
We do not know the provenance of photographer. If this is you, let us know! /Eds.
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A Bigfoot/Sasquatch (a/k/a Skunk Ape) sighting in Lettuce Lake Park
By Jack Brummet, Unexplained Phenomena Ed.
Matt M wrote in an email to BFE:
The blog, BigfootEvidence.com, published video footage this week from a reader, "Matt M.", who sent in a video he shot while canoeing in a swamp near Tampa, Florida.
He saw something walking and diving in a gator infested water and started filming what he thought was a bear. Lettuce Lake Park is a 240-acre park with no real bear population. Matt was unsure of what he had filmed. BE wrote "Upon closer inspection, we've concluded that this is no bear. Check out the length of its arms and its gate. Yeah -- we know bears can walk on their hind legs too, but this does not resemble a bear at all."
"I was canoeing some of the swamps around Lettuce Lake Park and saw what I thought was a bear. I told a park ranger about it and she said that bears don’t generally get into the swamp and that there were never many sightings in general. I showed her the video and she said she didn’t know what it was. I saw the Fox13 story about the bigfoot a few weeks ago that mayor said Bob Buckhorn made a statement about and thought this might be related in some way. I never put much faith in the old skunk ape legends but when I looked closer I noticed that it had long, swinging arms and moved through very thick swamp with ease. Certainly can’t explain it myself. I didn’t get very close but I hope that this footage can be enlarged. -Matt"
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The things you stumble upon
By Jack Brummet
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Thursday, January 29, 2015
Art Challenge Day Five
By Jack Brummet
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the art challenge thang (publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well). . Here is my last day: Bluehead; Liz Taylor with Mr. T's eye (from a kite I found on the beach); Faces No. 14. For my last artist, I nominate Sigfred Soriaga!
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the art challenge thang (publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well). . Here is my last day: Bluehead; Liz Taylor with Mr. T's eye (from a kite I found on the beach); Faces No. 14. For my last artist, I nominate Sigfred Soriaga!
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Art Challenge, Day Four: Dandelion, Sunflower, Zinnia
By Jack Brummet
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the 5 day art challenge (to publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well). My nomination for day four is Starheadboy. Here is my day four:
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the 5 day art challenge (to publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well). My nomination for day four is Starheadboy. Here is my day four:
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Art Challenge (three artworks a day for five days): Day Three - Five Women; The Rapture; The Four Seasons
By Jack Brummet
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the 5 day art challenge (to publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well).
My nomination for day three is David Stevenson because I love his still lifes so much. Here is my *day three*:
Five Women - (digitally colored analog drawings) that appeared for a time as the banner of my friend Heather's blog.
The Rapture - series of panels I did the week of "The Rapture," May 21, 2011.
The Four Seasons - a scratchboard I made on vacation in Istanbul.
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the 5 day art challenge (to publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well).
My nomination for day three is David Stevenson because I love his still lifes so much. Here is my *day three*:
Five Women - (digitally colored analog drawings) that appeared for a time as the banner of my friend Heather's blog.
The Rapture - series of panels I did the week of "The Rapture," May 21, 2011.
The Four Seasons - a scratchboard I made on vacation in Istanbul.
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Monday, January 26, 2015
Art Challenge: Day Two - Mirror Dance; Faces No. 489, and Throwback
By Jack Brummet
I was nominated by Cathie Joy Young for the 5 day art challenge to publish 3 works a day for 5 days, and name 5 other artists to do so as well.
My nomination for day two is Kathleen Hayden. . Here is my *day two* Mirror Dance; Throwback; and Faces No. 489.
Mirror Dance is a fast scribble drawing.
Faces No. 489 is drawn on the back of a large old sign (roughly three feet by two feet.
Throwback is drawn on
a big chunk of Masonite cut in an oval (an old sign is on the other side) - it's about 3 x 2 feet. This one is kind of an inside joke. The myth is is that most abducted people are not acceptable to The Greys. They return them to earth; they are throwbacks. These are the people who claim to experience lost time where they cannot account for their whereabouts...so while it looks like an abduction, they are just lowering a throwback back to earth.
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Art challenge: Day One - Birds of Prey; Domestics; Accidental Death
By Jack Brummet
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My nomination for day one is Pegeen White, and for day two, Kathleen Hayden. . Here is my day one:
Birds of prey that actually turned out to be kind of friendly looking.- Domestics is a sign from a now defunct Ben Franklin store in Kent, Wash., that Keelin picked up one day years ago when we were out there visiting parents.
- Accidental Death - There is a story behind this one. When Keelin was in law school, she had to do a mock trial. She had a bunch of exhibits et cetera all done in marker on a large paper pad. This was #3, showing the death as the result of the events outlined in #1 and #2. Anyhow, we had that pad of paper with us for years. One day I pulled out the pad and decided to illustrate it. I chose No. 3 for its dramatic content, and it was one of the first watercolor/Sharpie drawings I ever did.
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Dave Grohl: pants on fire or lighting a fart?
By Jack Brummet
Pants on fire? Dave Grohl clowning during the In Utero recording sessions. Photographer & context unknown. This photo first appeared (maybe?) when Grohl posted it in an AMA ("ask me anything") he did on Reddit in 2013.
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
The rock paved streets of Chacala
By Jack Brummet, Mexico Ed.
Except for the one road leading into town, the streets of Chacala (much like Bucerias) are paved just like this. The further you get from El Centro, the sparser the rocks become. It's like the entire road is a speed-bump and no one drives over 10 mph.
On Wednesday, I watched the municipal road crew working on road repairs on Tuesday. It was one guy with a wheelbarrow, and a small shovel. When he encountered divot in the road, he'd sort through his bucket, find the right size rock and replace it. He would tamp it down with his foot and if it didn't fit right, he'd pound it into place with another rock or the shovel.
Except for the one road leading into town, the streets of Chacala (much like Bucerias) are paved just like this. The further you get from El Centro, the sparser the rocks become. It's like the entire road is a speed-bump and no one drives over 10 mph.
On Wednesday, I watched the municipal road crew working on road repairs on Tuesday. It was one guy with a wheelbarrow, and a small shovel. When he encountered divot in the road, he'd sort through his bucket, find the right size rock and replace it. He would tamp it down with his foot and if it didn't fit right, he'd pound it into place with another rock or the shovel.
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
A roadside attraction between Rincón de Guayabitos and Bucerias, Nayarit: scarecrows and El jugo de la caña
By Jack Brummet, Mexico Ed.
A roadside attraction in the Nayarit boondocks, between Rincón de Guayabitos and Bucerias. Great scarecrows/dummies/whatever. This stand was selling cane juice for ten pasos a glass.
El jugo de la caña, as sweet as it sounds actually tastes kind of nasty. . .
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Friday, January 23, 2015
Tuesday's terra cotta, blue bisque, and pale yellow sunset in Chaclaa, Nayarit, Mexico
Photo by Jack Brummet, Mexico Travel Ed.
Tuesday's stratocumulus (or cumulus?) clouds at sunset at our house on the beach in Chacala. The clouds blew away fifteen minutes later.
Tuesday's stratocumulus (or cumulus?) clouds at sunset at our house on the beach in Chacala. The clouds blew away fifteen minutes later.
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Thursday, January 22, 2015
The Market in La Peñita de Jaltemba
By Jack Brummet, Travel Ed.
We went to the weekly market in La Penita today. About 90% tourist stuff and 10% beautiful arts and crafts. So much of the stuff, though, seems geared to the 14 year old demographic, of which I've seen virtually none the entire time we've been here.We did pick up a few things--textiles, a couple bandanas for me, and some gorgeous red snapper, spuds, and a couple bottles of Spanish red.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
A "no defecation" sign I saw today in a field in Chacala, Nayarit
By Jack Brummet, Mexico Ed.
This "no defecation" sign in a field is fairly baffling. Shouldn't no defecation be the default/factory setting??
This "no defecation" sign in a field is fairly baffling. Shouldn't no defecation be the default/factory setting??
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Humpback whales, Pelicans, and boats on a boat trip near Chacala, Nayarit
By Jack Brummet, Mexico Ed.
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