Cross Out

Made a quick stop in a parking garage to kill some time. It may be a two hour limit, but according to the mark, do you get crossed out at an hour and a half?

Bird Butt

I left out a bowl of sand to be used as an ash tray. 

A bird decided it would be a good place to sit and rest for a moment.

Damn Entropy

It seems that no matter how hard you try to put things up neatly, Christmas lights are always affected by non-invasive entropy. You never have to touch it, but it will become more disordered no matter what.

At least the final result is always pretty...

Acrobatic Rabbits

If anyone is looking for a gift for me, I've got just the thing. It's a sterling silver inkwell by Tiffany with acrobatic rabbits on it.

Look a Little Closer

Old and new technology clash to make this photo: A Nokia N9 used to peer down an early 20th century microscope to the text on a slide.

Endangered Alphabets

The Endangered Alphabets Project is a really interesting project where one artist is working to bring attention to the fact that not only are there are only 100 written alphabets for the over 6000 spoken languages that exist today, but that as many as half of these spoken languages will be extinct by the end of this century.

His painstaking work to carve these written languages into wood is a testament to their artistry and beauty.

Mini Robot Vacuum

I for one would like to welcome my little robot overlord. I'd like to welcome him to clean up my desk for me.

Mini Robot Vacuum | Mini Robot Shaped Crumb Vacuum

Occupy Blog Space

OK, so this really isn't related to much of anything, but then again, what on this blog is related to anything else in the blog?

These were taken in Zuccotti Park where the Occupy Wall Street protest is going on. It was interesting to see what some people want to call "democracy in action" but what really looks more like a bunch of grumpy people gathering in one spot to attempt to be heard. Sadly they all have such a broad range of "demands" and agendas that the only thing many of them have in common is a self-perceived solidarity against society. Many couldn't even properly explain their stance or the signs they were holding.

I never did find pens 1 - 4

A view from the eating area of Steve's Pizza across the street.

I'll take my warm bed over tents in a public city park
any day of the week, no matter what my stance is.

Can you truly call yourself a protester
when you arrive and depart via taxi?

Drawers

What I wouldn't do for some extra storage... Well, probably not shell out the money for this antique, even though it's got at least four times more drawers than the picture implies.

Old School Grocery Shopping

Living in suburbia, all the grocery stores are about the same; clean, uncluttered, and lacking in a whole lot of color. Which is why it was a literal treat to walk through this old United Supermarket in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was not only small and crammed full of things (except the one item needed) but it's a visual overload with the checkered tiles!