I'm not sure signing petitions ever helps anything, but somehow the world needs to bring pressure to bear on Uganda.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
All Out's infographic on Uganda's new anti-gay law
by Mona G, Social Mores Ed.
I'm not sure signing petitions ever helps anything, but somehow the world needs to bring pressure to bear on Uganda.
I'm not sure signing petitions ever helps anything, but somehow the world needs to bring pressure to bear on Uganda.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Apple's iTunes/iOS restrictions on creating nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.
From the iTunes/iOS software license. How dare they decide what I do in my spare time?
From the iTunes/iOS software license. How dare they decide what I do in my spare time?
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Drawing: Faces #634 - scratchboard and digitally reversed scratchboard
By Jack Brummet
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Paintings: Faces #632 and #633: Portrait of Chou En-Lai
By Jack Brummet
I have had the second picture on the wall for years. But today when I took it down to bring it to my office, I discovered I had done another painting on the back.
This silk poster was originally a portrait of Chou En-Lai. I transformed it into the man with flaming hair. But on the obverse side, I worked on the image of Chou En Lai. And here it is, years later.
[Pen, ink,acrylic paint and brass buttons on Communist Party silk print of Chou En-Lai]
I have had the second picture on the wall for years. But today when I took it down to bring it to my office, I discovered I had done another painting on the back.
This silk poster was originally a portrait of Chou En-Lai. I transformed it into the man with flaming hair. But on the obverse side, I worked on the image of Chou En Lai. And here it is, years later.
[Pen, ink,acrylic paint and brass buttons on Communist Party silk print of Chou En-Lai]
detail of above, showing the weave of silk
The other side:
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Monday, February 24, 2014
20 funny accident descriptions from car insurance customers
By Jack Brummet, Legal Ed.
These accident descriptions are fairly ubiquitous on the internet, with various claims about where they were found. They are often said to be first hand from a car insurance company's files. It is impossible to determine the original source.
These accident descriptions are fairly ubiquitous on the internet, with various claims about where they were found. They are often said to be first hand from a car insurance company's files. It is impossible to determine the original source.
- The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran over him.
- The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
- I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
- I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
- A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face.
- A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
- The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
- I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment.
- In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
- I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car.
- I had been driving my car for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had the accident.
- I was on my way to the doctor's with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an accident.
- As I approached the intersection, a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
- To avoid hitting the front bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.
- My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.
- An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.
- I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat, I found that I had a fractured skull.
- I was sure that the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the roadway when I struck him.
- Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
- I saw the slow moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Jack Kerouac's cover concept art for "On The Road:"
By Jack Brummet, 20th century lit. ed.
This is Jack Kerouac's concept art for the cover of his 1958 novel On The Road. Of course, it was never used.
This is Jack Kerouac's concept art for the cover of his 1958 novel On The Road. Of course, it was never used.
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Painting: Map No. 1 (with three detail shots)
By Jack Brummet
This is the first map I ever painted/drew. It is framed in a wooden window frame salvaged from our house. It has been hanging in my wife's office for many years (she wrote: "This map has lived in my office for years. It is taking a sabbatical at our house after all those hard years at the grindstone. Love it."
It is painted on three sheets of d'Arches cold pressed watercolor paper, with Daniel Smith watercolors, pencil, and of course, the ever-present Sharpie™.
The entire painting:
Details of the maps (click images to enlarge):
This is the first map I ever painted/drew. It is framed in a wooden window frame salvaged from our house. It has been hanging in my wife's office for many years (she wrote: "This map has lived in my office for years. It is taking a sabbatical at our house after all those hard years at the grindstone. Love it."
It is painted on three sheets of d'Arches cold pressed watercolor paper, with Daniel Smith watercolors, pencil, and of course, the ever-present Sharpie™.
The entire painting:
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Details of the maps (click images to enlarge):
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click to enlarge
click to enlarge
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Friday, February 21, 2014
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