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Breathing: Three Exercises

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:48:17 -0500

Breathing: Three Exercises: Three simple, effective breathing exercises by Dr. Andrew Weil. I tried them last night (and this morning), and I recommend them.

A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:37:42 -0500

A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish: Mark Bittman weighs in on the fish industries. I’ve long stopped eating salmon and tuna - which is fine with me since I prefer the smaller fishes anyway.

Favorite shot of the day.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:05:41 -0500

Favorite shot of the day.

I tried taking pictures of these chairs - from many different...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:04:48 -0500

I tried taking pictures of these chairs - from many different angles. I couldn’t find a good shot and was hoping that I may have accidentally gotten something, and I don’t think I did. This one is okay.

A different angle.

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:01:12 -0500

A different angle.

It’s a beautiful, beautiful day, folks.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:40:58 -0500

It’s a beautiful, beautiful day, folks.

I’m feeling delirious today.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:36:09 -0500

I’m feeling delirious today.

Modernity across the street from Columbus Park. I see this tall...

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:46:00 -0400

Modernity across the street from Columbus Park.

I see this tall black dude in the park most mornings. Today he had his pants up and I noticed something odd - then I realized that his right, lower leg is a prosthesis. He was carrying a big, black bag and laboring to hang it in a tree. The tree (a low pine tree, I think) had a lot of leaves and he was trying to hide his bag. After he was done and left, I went over and looked around. The bag was in the tree, and you can barely see it unless you knew it’s there. And I knew.

The leaves are changing colors.

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:29:46 -0400

The leaves are changing colors.

The cup is overexposed.

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:28:09 -0400

The cup is overexposed.

There’s been two violent crimes (that we know of) lately...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:02:26 -0400

There’s been two violent crimes (that we know of) lately in our neighborhood, and we’re spooked. Should we move? That seems silly, running away from the problem does not seem to be the adult way of handling things. And where would we go? Some closed, sterile community where we trade in liberty for freedom? So we stay pat, and face the problem. But what can we do? Who do we talk to?

The latest incident had two men running after one, unarmed person (eating a piece of cake). Many shots were fired and four bystanders were hurt. That would not happen if bullets cost $5k each, especially not in this economy, yes?

I was considering making today’s trip to the park my last...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:53:38 -0400

I was considering making today’s trip to the park my last one. It’s too dark and too cold in the morning. Then I got there, and the park was full as usual, the old ladies doing their dance or exercise, the old man playing their kicking game, and the two little kids still shooting hoops. Everyone’s bundled up, and everyone’s there before I am. I guess I’ll keep this going for a little longer.

It was a very cold morning and after I walked around the park...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:54:19 -0400

It was a very cold morning and after I walked around the park and came back to the west side of it, the old ladies were done exercising. The park was empty, and I left after taking this one last picture of the morning.

This man is in at least one of my pictures every morning. ...

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:37:12 -0400

This man is in at least one of my pictures every morning. It’s a routine for me to go up on the stage and take pictures of the west side of the park from a higher angle, and he’s always there - at that same table, usually with some food, almost always standing. He feeds the pigeons, and then stands around. When the old men are playing chess, he would look over but I can’t recall him ever moving from his spot.

There’s always something curious left in the park in the...

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:58:40 -0400

There’s always something curious left in the park in the morning. Today it was this opened suitcase with books and a box of couscous. Tomorrow morning I’ll be back and they will be gone, replaced with something different - not on this particular chair perhaps, but somewhere in the park there will be something curious left behind.

David Sedaris on the undecided voters: To put them in...

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:56:09 -0400

David Sedaris on the undecided voters:

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. “Can I interest you in the chicken?” she asks. “Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?”

To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.

I mean, really, what’s to be confused about?

Read the entire article on the New Yorker website. Completely unrelated: Co-op was launched yesterday and the response has been, well, tremendous. Thank you.

"I wonder what the journalistic protocol is for this use of words like “part” and “section” as..."

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:39:23 -0400

“I wonder what the journalistic protocol is for this use of words like “part” and “section” as opposed to “cutlet” and “gigot” or whatever. Does it say somewhere, “do not use traditional butchery terms to describe the dismembered body parts of murder victims?” I’m sure if that shit were in The Elements of Style I would have heard about it. Or written a song cycle. Or both. But anyway, I do wonder about this whole “section” business. Are we talking, you know, a few nibbles? Or a discrete piece?”

- Nico Muhly

Predictions of the upcoming NBA season, by Andy Ferguson and Ricardo Viramontes, Wieden+Kennedy...

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:55:15 -0400

Predictions of the upcoming NBA season, by Andy Ferguson and Ricardo Viramontes, Wieden+Kennedy Creatives. Via TrueHoop.

Following a Celtics 11-0 run against the Bobcats, Kevin Garnett screams so loudly and intensely that he bursts an eardrum and loses 40% of his hearing.
Forty-six games into the season, people officially run out of different ways to speculate about Greg Oden looking older than his age and agree to stop talking about it. Or, Greg Oden finds a small child living in his growth plate.
Kobe battle-raps Shaq during halftime of NBA All-Star game. And wins! After L.A. sweeps Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs, Kobe leads off his post-game press conference by saying, “Somebody ask Shaq how that tastes.”
Four members of the Phoenix Suns starting lineup qualify for USGA Senior Tour.
In true M.J. fashion, LeBron retires from basketball and signs a two-year contract with the N.Y. Yankees.
A svelte Eddy Curry stars in a series of commercials for the Mike D’Antoni Miracle Weight Loss Diet Plan.
The Oklahoma City Thunder reveals that its logo was actually designed by a second grader. While viewed as irresponsible, even the harshest critics are forced to admit that it’s pretty good … for a second grader.
Mark Cuban shocks the NBA community by not doing anything.
At the end of the season, Michael Beasley asks for a trade because he’s “not used to staying somewhere for more than a year.”
Dennis Rodman accuses Stephon Marbury of trying to “out-crazy” him.

Good pictures this morning? Yes. Time to sort through them? ...

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:38:42 -0400

Good pictures this morning? Yes. Time to sort through them? No. Busy day ahead. Co-op is about to launch.

That’s what I want to do right now.

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:36:26 -0400

That’s what I want to do right now.