saw this on a car just now – too funny….!
my other longtime fave is ‘Dick Cheney – before he dicks you‘ – saw that on a truck several years ago but can’t find it online – apparently based on an older Nixon one but definitely applies far more in spades to DC (far bigger Dick than Nixon)!
candybowl
had a great week in Montreal, Canada last week. First time there, lots to see and even more to *eat*. Some highlights:
1) Old Montreal – very cool, very euro, and the weather made seeing it all very easy (sunny and warm). Plus the huge Notre Dame cathedral in the middle was pretty impressive, too.
2) Mount Royal – huge wooded park in the northern part of the city, literally a ‘mountain’ rising up from surrounding neighborhoods. We walked all over that thing, amid some rain but still very pretty and you can see for miles once up there (even though not really a ‘mountain’ by Western standards :). the park was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, whose son John Charles was the lead designer of Seattle’s own Washington Park Arboretum – nice local connection…!
3) Eating:
Brasserie T (kerewin found out about this place because Anthony Bourdain had been there a few times before);
Schwartz’s Deli – amazing smoked meat sandwiches, we should have gone twice!
Bagels – I was the only one to get to eat these (kerewin can’t do gluten) but mmmm…….! Also it’s worth noting that Montreal-style bagels have a taste and technique all their own.
Les Enfants Terribles – amazing food and great service.
4) Just plain fun. Everywhere we went it was interesting to explore, my only slight regret is that Billy Connolly was coming to town Oct 23, so we missed him – that would have capped off a great second week!
Merci beaucoup, Montreal….au revoir. Here’s some pics….
candybowl
So I finally managed to go see this, the last day of Chiho Aoshima‘s exhibit at the Seattle Asian Art Museum this past Sunday. While it wasn’t a big exhibit – it was very, very cool. The highlight is the *huge* screened animation in the back auditorium – TAKAAMANOHARA. It’s so big you can’t see everything going on at the same time – you have to look back and forth, I suspect it would take many viewings to begin to keep it all straight. way cool! While the film below paints her as somewhat bleak in outlook, her art is intricate and amazing. Looking forward to her next exhibit in Seattle!
Other voices:
The Stranger
An earlier animation – “City Glow”
A review of an earlier exhibit in Catalonia at the Fundacio Miro.
candybowl
I think I just found my new favorite saying! Not that anyone will know what I’m talking about – but THAT’s nothing new 🙂
candybowl
Finished the John Scalzi-edited anthology Metatroplis a few days ago. This is an anthology he started by asking the writers to collaborate around a common theme – the future of cities and the dystopian, unusual or unpredictable forms they may take in the coming decades.
This is a great read – all good stories but to me the jewel (acknowledged by editor Scalzi directly in the comments before it) is the final story – ‘To Hie from Far Cilenia‘ by Karl Schroeder– it takes cyberpunk and effectively ‘overlays’ it on the real world we live in – truly an innovative story and i’d be surprised if elements of it aren’t already happening….I will definitely have to seek out some of that guy’s writing!
Anyway, definitely recommended!
candybowl