What Is Essential Is Invisible to the Eye

Or, It's Right In Front of You

Marcel Duchamp
Enjoying what's right in front of, and all around, him.
The Rock
July 2007

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I guess I'd say I've been on vacation. (Or, a total slacker.)

No, I'll say vacation.

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The Sea
(Buy: Morcheeba: Big Calm)

Perfect Day
(Buy: Lou Reed: Trainspotting [Original Soundtrack])

Sun Lips
(Buy: Black Moth Super Rainbow: Dandelion Gum)

Island In The Sun
(Buy: Weezer: Green Album)

Its A Sunshine Day
(Buy: The Brady Bunch: Nick at Nite: Beach Blanket Bash)

Blinded By The Light
(Buy: Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band: Live In Dublin)

The Rock Island Dog

Marcel Duchamp
The Rock
March 5, 2006

What else do I have to say?

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We're Going To Be Friends
(Buy: The White Stripes: White Blood Cells)

Spring Is Not Yet Here

Morning Commute
Penobscot Bay
February 20, 2007

But, the last few days have given me some hope.

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February Sea
(Buy: George Winston: Winter Into Spring)

Let's Talk About Sex (On The Beach)

Morning Commute
Lawrys Narrows
January 4, 2007

Once nearly exterminated, New England harbor and gray seals are on the increase in the Gulf of Maine. This rebound, the result of two decades of legal protection, is an environmental success story. It has also created a new set of environmental management problems: as seal populations have grown, encounters between humans and seals have also increased, both on shore and off. Commercial fishers and salmon farmers, in particular, are concerned that increasing seal populations are threatening their livelihoods — a situation which is complicated by the concurrent collapse of wild groundfish stocks in the region. (via: WhaleNet)

Male seals are taking advantage of the effects of climate change by having more sex, according to a new study. — BBC NEWS

All I'm saying, is that it sounds like somebody's keeping (Read: gettin') busy.

Or, take:

1 1/2 oz. Vodka
3/4 oz. Peachtree Schnapps
1/2 oz. Creme de Cassis
2 oz. Orange juice
2 oz. Cranberry juice
Orange slice
Maraschino cherry

Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a highball glass. Garnish with lime wedge.

And meet me in Lawrys Narrows.

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Salt-N-Pepa: Whatta Man
Salt-N-Pepa: Shoop

(Buy: Salt-N-Pepa: Very Necessary)

Full Egg Man

3:15
Full Moon Rising
January 2, 2007

'I looked out the window and seen his bald head.'

I guess this big egg had places to be — and couldn't wait until this evening.

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Beastie Boys: Egg Man
(Buy: Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique)

Goddamn Right, It's A Beautiful Day!

Hurricane Sound
August 29, 2006

The Eels: Mr. E's Beautiful Blues (Buy It!)
Electric Light Orchestra: Mr. Blue Sky (Buy It!)

Wave Thou Art Pretty

The Sparkplug
Summer 2006

Patti Smith: Wave (Buy It!)

Slipping Through the Air

Ferry ride.
Date: June 24, 2006

She had a most beautiful voice -- velvet -- and when she walked it was as if she slipped through the air, so that you could not take your eyes off her. Every now and again, for no reason, she liked to run along the corridors, toward who knows what, on those awful white carpets, she stopped being the shadow she was and ran, but only seldom, and in a way that some people, in those moments, when they saw her, were heard to whisper . . .

- Excerpted from 'Ocean Sea' by Alessandro Baricco

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66: After Sunrise (Buy It!)

Flat-Arsed Calm

Date: June 18, 2006