F ( STOP )

Ginkgo Down!

2012-02-02T03:01:00.000-08:00

May Day! May Day! May Day!

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The Fallen.

Gravity Reach

2012-02-01T01:01:00.000-08:00

In blue.

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whoo.

Taste Test

2012-01-31T06:01:00.000-08:00

A little of this ... a little of that ...

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Skoal.

Window Cling

2012-01-30T07:01:00.001-08:00

Just imagine.

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Drawn.

Discovery

2012-01-29T05:01:00.000-08:00

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Tah-dah.

Reverse Osmosis

2012-01-28T04:01:00.000-08:00

Overflow.

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Dissed. Not illed.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

2012-01-27T05:01:00.000-08:00

When you know you're near Tobacco Road ...

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... real close to Alley Oop ...

Hack Job

2012-01-26T05:01:00.000-08:00

Somebody went wild.

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(Note: Do you see the hideous worm?)

Shades Of Gray

2012-01-25T06:01:00.000-08:00

Lineage.

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Ack!romatic

Ringworld

2012-01-24T06:01:00.000-08:00

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"Round and round she goes ... where she stops, nobody knows ..."

When The Saints Come Marching In

2012-01-23T04:01:00.000-08:00

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Desperate times.

Paint By Numbers

2012-01-22T05:01:00.000-08:00

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Blemishless.

Ponder

2012-01-21T06:01:00.000-08:00

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Seek.

At The Red Light

2012-01-20T05:01:00.000-08:00

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Stop. Hammer Time.

Currently Not In Foreclosure

2012-01-19T00:01:00.000-08:00

... and not in Florida, either.

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The Juice.

F ( STOP ) Goes On Strike

2012-01-18T00:00:00.000-08:00

The regularly scheduled programming for this site has been temporarily postponed as it blacks out in solidarity with thousands of other sites across the internet today, requesting all to contact Congress in an effort to kill the web censorship bill SOPA and PIPA.

Click on Mr. Burns above and get involved..

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Where Did All The Bouillion Go?

2012-01-17T01:01:00.000-08:00

Gone, Daddy, gone.

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Price check on aisle 4 ...

Hitting The Wall

2012-01-16T01:01:00.000-08:00

He's so tired, Uncle Albert ...

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Nappy-Nap

Frankenshift

2012-01-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

"Perhaps you would like to see one in another color that suits you better?"

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Mash ... good ...

Just Call Me Menudo In The Morning

2012-01-14T11:01:00.000-08:00

A good, hearty breakfast.

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¡Buenos días!

Roundel

2012-01-13T06:01:00.000-08:00

This caught my eye yesterday: A pink roundel on a BMW. I'd never seen one before, knowing the original BMW logos were blue and white.

It went with the "Hello Kitty" decal on the back window.

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pink

Supplemented

2012-01-12T00:01:00.000-08:00

Drop? Let's ...

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*eewww* Dew.

Support

2012-01-11T00:01:00.000-08:00

Rigid.

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Clarice Bean

2012-01-10T00:01:00.000-08:00

She spells trouble.

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T.R.O.U.B.L.E.

Damage Control

2012-01-09T00:01:00.000-08:00

Repair.

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I will fix you.

Butt & Bell

2012-01-08T00:01:00.000-08:00

... curl ...

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*cough*

Fashion ...

2012-01-07T06:01:00.000-08:00

... with primates ...

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Beep-beep

Hobbes On Back

2012-01-06T00:01:00.000-08:00

Stuck ...

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Imaginary.

Right Hand Working

2012-01-05T00:01:00.000-08:00

What's left?

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Yeah ... right.

Cognomen, Pt. 1

2012-01-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

Self.

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Printed, not verified.

40+

2012-01-03T00:01:00.000-08:00

Child from another era.

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Beetle bug.

Rose Tow

2012-01-02T05:01:00.000-08:00

A ticket to the Rose Parade.

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Fine.

The March Of The Penguins

2012-01-01T06:01:00.000-08:00

Appetizing.

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Bird is the word.

Wonder Woman

2011-12-30T05:31:00.000-08:00

Justice.

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The way it should be.

Emote

2011-12-28T00:01:00.000-08:00

Tubing at Gorgoza Park.

Could be fun.

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Pulled.

Christmas Eve With The Bricks

2011-12-24T05:01:00.000-08:00

... waiting ...

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Christmas Eve or other, nothing really changes for them.

Gorilla My Dreams

2011-12-23T07:01:00.000-08:00

Meanwhile, at the light spectacular at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake ...

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Vogue.

'Tis The Season

2011-12-22T15:01:00.000-08:00

No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal with Peanut Butter.

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Baker Man

Fallen Dinosaur

2011-12-21T04:31:00.000-08:00

The past ... condensed ... compacted ...

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tar (t)

Comfy

2011-12-09T04:01:00.000-08:00

Emily West's brother's suggestion of "The Yellow Couch Of Texas" was rejected as the folksong of choice for obvious reasons ...

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"That's just dandy, Lion."

Pause

2011-12-05T06:01:00.000-08:00

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We're so sorry, Uncle Albert.

The 16 & 1/2 Foot Rule

2011-11-30T01:01:00.000-08:00

Well ... they didn't.

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Changing the rules.

Retirement

2011-11-27T06:01:00.000-08:00

The ghost hasn't been given up quite yet, but it's close at hand.

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Tractionless.

Do What You're Mama Told You

2011-11-26T06:01:00.000-08:00

A rather apocalyptic vision in Rosemead, California ...

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Light.

It's Beginning To Look ...

2011-11-23T06:01:00.000-08:00

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... everywhere you go ...

Thursday

2011-11-17T21:47:00.001-08:00

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That afternoon ...

Happiness

2011-10-26T04:01:00.000-07:00

"Sunshine ... on my shoulder ... makes me happy ..."

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Goovy Ghoulie.

(Tac)tile

2011-10-09T08:14:00.000-07:00

Things became actual that day ...

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Joinder.

Scary

2011-10-08T06:01:00.000-07:00

Vogue.

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Mr. DeMille.

Four Eyes

2011-10-07T06:01:00.000-07:00

They were watching us ...

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The exclamation.

Flowing Calavera

2011-10-06T05:01:00.000-07:00

¡Excelente!

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A true beauty ...

Do You Know The Muffin Man?

2011-10-05T05:01:00.000-07:00

*shiver*

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He lives on Drury Lane ...

(Not So Innocent) Troll

2011-10-04T05:01:00.000-07:00

There's just something about trolls that seems a bit unhinged ...

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It could go off any minute now ...

Scary Clown

2011-10-03T05:01:00.000-07:00

*shiver*

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The nose, however, is perfect ...

Yell Run Wii

2011-10-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

Don't touch the "walk" button.

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You keep me runnin' ...

Hideous Dust

2011-10-01T05:01:00.000-07:00

*cough, cough*

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"Hokay ... everyone: Accumulate!"

Reconstituted Ghost

2011-09-30T06:01:00.000-07:00

It's rather sad to stumble upon a ghost who didn't make it back home, limp and formless in the morning dew.

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All wet.

California Dandelion

2011-09-29T05:01:00.000-07:00

I got the pleasure of meeting D. Lester Williams and discovered some of his artwork at his residence while I was out and about last weekend. He was accommodating and enthusiastic, willing to answer some of my questions about his craft and let me shoot a few photos.

Below are shots of his California Dandelion, a nifty piece of sculpture created out of 125 wheel covers found along the highways of California.

Give his site a tour and marvel at some of the interesting artwork he's created.

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... rollin' ...

Desiccated

2011-09-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Worst. Garden. Ever.

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Rockin' good times.

6 Ways To Get In

2011-09-27T00:01:00.000-07:00

Open air.

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Breezy

Do

2011-09-26T00:01:00.000-07:00

Over and over we flatten the clover ...

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"But when the boats have gone ..."

Meltdown

2011-09-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

At the outlet overload testing facility one fine afternoon, an experiment was being conducted ...

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"It's gonna blow ..."

Fuzz E

2011-09-24T06:01:00.000-07:00

E spurns the fact A comes before him in the alphabet.

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... Eh ...

Numbers

2011-09-23T06:01:00.000-07:00

Nary a bye.

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Dudley

50¢

2011-09-21T06:01:00.000-07:00

From the interior front cover:

"This is the first issue of a new magazine designed solely for the entertainment and amusement of the reader. We have no lofty plans to better the world; no Quixotic ideals about righting wrongs or airing grievances. That we intend to leave to the many publications already in the field of educating and enlightening society.

"Our sole purpose - in this age of alarms, tensions, cold wars, hot nerves and neuroses - will be to afford the reader a pleasant interlude. If we can bestir a chuckle or an hour spent in relaxation and entertainment, we will feel that our job has been well done. To this end, therefore, we dedicate ourselves to the constant pursuit of what is pleasuring to the eye and delectable to the artistic taste of that section of the public gown weary of gory headlines.

"If we must be accused of leaning in any direction, let it be towards the Rabelaisian rather than getting the facts straight, ma'm' ..."

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October 1955, Vol. 1 No. 1

Red Thread

2011-09-18T00:01:00.000-07:00

The air underneath ...

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... with the greatest of ease ...

(were) Oranges

2011-09-17T00:01:00.000-07:00

Man ... these must have been delectable.

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Hurry!

One Way

2011-09-16T06:01:00.000-07:00

There are many methods.

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Roasted.

Flamin'

2011-09-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

May be fiery.

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Hot cha-cha.

Bootie Call

2011-09-14T00:01:00.000-07:00

The carpet likes me a bit more.

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"Don't worry: I've got you covered."

Wonderful Wonderful Cat

2011-09-13T00:01:00.000-07:00

Whenever he gets in a fix, he reaches into his bag of tricks.

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"... your heart will go pitter pat ..."

Self Serve

2011-09-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

Vacancy.

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On the edge ...

Curb Project

2011-09-11T16:36:00.000-07:00

September 11th, 2011.

Images, many of them, came to mind throughout the day beginning with the early morning broadcast of the Ground Zero Memorial in New York and continuing with those of where I was, what I was doing, what I thought and more from that day 10 years ago. In cases such as this - where the information overload just piles up heartrendingly - there comes a point where things just need to get curbed ... else they overwhelm you. You can only take so much, sometimes ...

And that's how this project came to be.

"Curb Project" is just that: Images taken from curb-view. It was a grounding effort (no pun intended) to aid in reflecting on this anniversary of where I was a decade ago.

I took a one block diameter and began from a westerly direction on a designated curb on Virginia, progressed forward, turned right on Oakwood, again on Sierra Madre and finally on Wilson. The shots were positioned in the middle of every curb between driveways and midways at houses and I included the four corners, noted in the photos below.

There was one spot where my efforts were stymied by growth, so I decided to get an additional shot from the street view. It is noted below.

The locals in and around the following were used: 1630, 1642, 1648, 1654, 1660, 1666 and 1672 Oakwood; 1675, 1669, 1663, 1657, 1651, 1645, 1637, 1631 and 1625 Wilson as well as the corners of Virginia / Oakwood, Oakwood / Sierra Madre, Sierra Madre Wilson and Wilson / Virginia.

Additionally, the final shot - a rag I used for placing my camera atop so as not to get scraped, damaged or dirty - was invaluable and appreciated.

(Click on any image to enlarge)

The corner of Virginia / Oakwood ...

The corner of Oakwood / Sierra Madre ...

Little view because of foliage, so ...

... I went down to street level to get another shot.

The corner of Sierra Madre / Wilson ...

The corner of Wilson / Virginia ...

The very, very useful rag ...

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On the edge ...

Yes ... I Can

2011-09-10T05:01:00.000-07:00

Al, 26.98154.

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Hey, you. Recycle.

Seen (Scene)

2011-09-09T04:01:00.000-07:00

What I thought I saw.

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Back atcha.

Elly Mints

2011-09-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

Enlightening.

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Tubin'.

Attraction

2011-09-06T04:01:00.000-07:00

It's a vintage graveyard.

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Dog End Of A Day Gone By.

It's Everywhere

2011-09-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

No more pervasive an album exists anywhere in the world.

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Lollipops And Roses.

Breakfast Of Champions

2011-09-02T09:01:00.000-07:00

2 for $2.22 at AM/PM on a Friday morning.

You can't go wrong.

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Spicy news ... and I had a double just for you, Ash ...

Angles

2011-09-01T04:01:00.000-07:00

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Many ... varied ...

Cranial

2011-08-29T04:01:00.000-07:00

The funky little skull who lives at the corner of the porcelain sink edge on Singing Wood.

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He informs you when you're running low on toothpaste ...

Making Messes

2011-08-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

Aggression release.

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Rippin' it up ...

The Result

2011-08-27T17:01:00.000-07:00

I may (or may not) have been sitting on my hand.

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It's alive!

Curvature

2011-08-26T05:01:00.000-07:00

More patience.

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Redrum.

The Red-Eye Express

2011-08-25T04:01:00.000-07:00

Reminder to self.

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Magnet.

40 - 60% Off

2011-08-23T21:40:00.000-07:00

Self-portrait.

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South.

SR

2011-08-23T05:01:00.000-07:00

Mr. Ridgway.

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Now I know I had something to say but the problem is to say something
uhh ... you gotta say it.

Patience

2011-08-22T07:41:00.000-07:00

Resting place.

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Aged.

Dichotomy

2011-08-14T05:01:00.000-07:00

Nope.

No clue.

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Forking flower ...

Man And Cat

2011-08-13T00:01:00.000-07:00

Left & right.

Apparently, you find some interesting images stripping wallpaper.

Clouds don't get all the credit, you know ...

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Hamilton suggested.

Monkey Flash

2011-08-12T04:01:00.000-07:00

Reflective ... reflecting ...

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How much is that monkey in the window?

Prince

2011-08-09T06:01:00.000-07:00

His party central. Or so they say

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Oh, no, let's go.

Decay

2011-08-08T06:01:00.000-07:00

Wood I?

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Dinner time.

The Lethargic Thirteen

2011-08-07T00:01:00.000-07:00

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Anything but unlucky.

What A Pane

2011-08-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

Vertical sectional.

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Stained.

Piggy In The Middle

2011-08-05T00:01:00.000-07:00

Sentry ...

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Sue. Wee.

I Don't Know My Own Name

2011-08-04T05:01:00.000-07:00

A fine how do you do ...

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Pleased to meetcha.

Patch

2011-08-03T00:01:00.000-07:00

Taking a load off ...

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Pondering.

The Cat In The Hat

2011-08-02T06:01:00.000-07:00

I could not, would not with a cat ...

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*hack*

Lonely At The Top

2011-08-01T05:01:00.000-07:00

Evil queen surveys her steely kingdom.

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Ponder.