Pastoral Photocopier 1 I look at that picture of Gary Snyder Bent down on some trail, in some forest, in some outdoors And I think I wonder if Gary Snyder worried about health insurance Had it Or if the words were even part of his vocabulary 2 JAM Worried about death JAM Worried about injuries JAM Worried about babies JAM Worried about a clean house JAM Worried about getting a job JAM Worried about all the junk JAM Worried about what to be worried about 3 This is a meta-wasteland without faith Numbers chart and shift Meaningless Meaning Practically Zen A fractal of calm Up the down the over Eating pie That sure tastes nice. 4 The man in the sweat pants Chants they’ll need a committee Lest the great institution crumbles. 5 Faith in photocopiers That none can fathom Yet everyone uses From the bourgeois staff To the great men of books All babble at its mystery and bottomless depths The chairs flounder when they discover charges Of $16.80 for 112 copies (The price of pride of all great men) Call the committee Bring in the man in sweat pants. 6 I spend 5 days, send various memos back and forth $16.80 is less than 2 hours wages for me For picking up a phone Stamping paper and Shepherding the oracle 7 It amazes me to think that Kerouac’s Japhy Ryde Uses email. I wrote him. He said he was busy, but he was very polite. Westminster Choir College Wednesday, 10/3/07
Category Archives: the mindlab
Drizzt Do’Urden
I was walking by the bookstore yesterday and I saw a display set up for R. A. Salvatore’s new novel, The Orc King, which follows the adventures of Salvatore’s character Drizzt Do’Urden, the drow elf. What caught my eye was the sticker at the bottom of the book. I don’t know how well you can see it in this JPG, but take a gander.
Do you see it? Well, if not then read this blurb about the book taken from Salvatore’s website.
RENTON, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For millions of readers, Drizzt Do’Urden has become a lifelong hero and companion. The iconic character, a drow with jet black skin and striking, long white hair, has been revered since his debut 20 years ago in R.A. Salvatore’s classic first novel, The Crystal Shard. Over the course of these years and 16 novels, all of which were New York Times bestsellers, readers have practically grown up with Drizzt as they’ve watched him mature.
That’s right. Drizzt has been around for 20 years. I still can’t believe it.
Wee Friends
The following article, by James Hookway, was published in the September 17, 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Boar Taint
The following article, by Joellen Perry and Mary Jacoby, was published in the August 6, 2007 edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Picture Gallery
These were intended as part of a set. There are 7 pictures in all.
A new tongue-twisting craze???
I may have invented a new tongue-twister this morning. Try it out at work and let me know the results. Here it is:
“Wacky wafers, real wild waffles.”
All lined up and nowhere to go
The lighting in this shop made these watering cans look like art. The lady thought I was a little strange for taking this picture.
Taken in a flower shop in Brooklyn, NY, sometime in February. The roll was dated from March, but it was a slow month for me and was left over from the previous one.
Untitled
This was taken over by the Hamilton Train station. It’s the old American Standard factory. When I was wandering around, they were in the process of gutting the buildings and turning them into office space. It was actually kind of cool. The buildings had these old kilns in them, which were being preserved and integrated into the office space.
On the train
It’s always a drag on the subway. Even when you manage to get a seat and you’ve got a long ride, you can’t quite go to sleep because you might miss your stop. You just kind of drift… waiting… I never seem to have reading material. I think that’s the key.
I had fun taking this photo. It was pretty crowded. I had a 28mm lens on the camera. It was resting on my bag and totally in this guy’s face.
I watched a guy a bit earlier in the day obnoxiously taking a million photos with his big digital camera of this old guy. Shoot, look at screen, shoot, look at screen. On and on this went. Everybody was staring. Hope he got a good picture.
Where’s the beef?
In anticipation of my big July paycheck, I purchased a film scanner finally. As a result, I’m going to try to post a picture a day. I probably won’t hit my mark; maybe I should shoot for one a week, but that seems a bit low. Oh well.
First up, in preparation for the big bash at Thom’s house, I present to you a photo taken at the last gathering. To me, this photo fully represents gatherings at Thom’s place. In the words of Mike, “It’s a weekend of booze and meat.” I think this picture does a good job of illustrating that. I want to say the hot dogs shown here were for lunch or dinner, but it could have been breakfast…
When I go away for conferences, by about the 4th day of eating out every meal, staying out late, getting up early, and sitting in crappy talks all day, I start to feel a little disgusting inside. I feel like that at Thom’s after about 3 hours.
A general note: Feel free to click through the picture to look at other sizes. I should be providing all these pictures at a decent enough resolution to get nice looking 4×6’s out of them if you feel like downloading them. Of course I have higher res versions too. It’d be great if you wanted to leave comments as well – either here or over on Flickr.