Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Sweatpants Gipper: Ronald Reagan goes casual

By Mona Goldwater, Fashion Ed.


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President Obama heads back to the Jersey shore

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.

BHO returns to Jersey to relive his FEMA success during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.  And maybe pick up some Q ratings from his propinquity to the diminishing Governor.


"For Obama, the tour helps him continue redirecting the political conversation after two weeks of dealing with the fallout over the administration's response to terror attacks last September in Benghazi, Libya, the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department's review of journalist phone records as part of a leak investigation." - CBS News
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Another rough day at The White House

By Jack Brummet 

They're having a lot of them of late.


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Painting: Beauties On The Beach

By Jack Brummet 

click to enlarge

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Monday, May 27, 2013

Poem: Chasing Ghosts

By Jack Brummet 




1
The scenery whirls by
In a drunken Gaussian Blur
Until I slow it down
And watch it unravel
In a multi-colored, quadrophonic
Parade of flora and fauna
Spinning Venn Diagrams
Around each other.

2
I quit chasing ghosts,
But once in a while
I look over my shoulder
And find a face in the crowd,
With a sad smile and a halo.
 

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Poem: Frontier Justice

By Jack Brummet 



1
A roiling thunderstorm clears the air
Like Wyatt Earp's peacekeeper

2
A bad beginning can be overcome
But a good end lasts forever

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Sasquatch Festival

By Jack Brummet 




I spent Sunday/Monday morning at the Sasquatch Fesitval at the Gorge Amphitheater.  I was especially knocked out by the performances of The Tallest Man On Earth, and particularly by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes.

I also saw The Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Costello (my fifth time) and The Imposters, Mumford & Sons, Danny Brown, and a bunch of other bands on the smaller stages.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Lord's bus shows up at Seattle's Golden Gardens

By Jack Brummet, Folk Art Ed.

I met these sweet folks at Golden Gardens on Shilshole Bay yesterday.  They were very nice, and did not proselytize in any way.  I think they were letting the bus do the talking.  They did have a donation box for taking photos.  I slipped them a few bucks to shoot some photos, not for their message but their moxie and medium and warm hearts.














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Friday, May 24, 2013

Painting: The Landing

By Jack Brummet 

[analog painting, scanned and lightning added in PaintShop Pro]


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