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October 14, 2011travel
Boarding a flight from PDX to SJC, I sat in the window seat, waiting for the plane to fill. A man buckled in and settled into the aisle seat and then I realized- I was missing something important. I felt terrible, but asked the man to let me get by. I opened the overhead compartment, unzipped my backpack, and grabbed one little green thing. I closed everything up, swung back into my row, and felt relieved. What the man thought, I’ll never know. What I grabbed was Failte.
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July 29, 2011
There are so many words in the world, I can’t blame anyone for not knowing the original meaning of any specific word, even when its a simple compound made of two familiar words. We’re so busy using language as a communication tool that we rarely stop hammering to look at the thing itself. A funny old thing, the dashboard. [and then suddenly…]
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May 28, 2011
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May 3, 20111. Oslo in the Summertime – Of Montreal
2. Iceland – Ozma
3. Finland – Monty Python
4. Sverige (Sweden) – Kent
5. Tropical Iceland – Fiery Furnaces
6. Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
7. Ikea – Jonathan Coulton
8. Stockholm Syndrome – Muse
9. Denmark Street – The Kinks
Honorable Mention:
10. Heart it Races (Trizzy’s Rusty Tin Can Mix) – Architecture in Helsinki
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April 14, 20111. Cupid’s Span by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen. San Francisco, CA.
2. Stravinsky Fountain by Jean Tingueley & Niki de Saint Phalle. Paris, France.
3. “Defenestration” by Brian Goggin. San Francisco, CA.
4. Book Burning Monument by Micha Ullman. Berlin, Germany.
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March 14, 2011
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January 11, 2011
1. New Grange, Ireland
circa 3100 – 2900 BCE
2. Monte Alban
500 BCE
3. Great Wall of China
5th century BCE
4. Roman Colosseum
70-72 CE
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July 10, 2010