Thing Whit Doesn't Get, #939 in a series
CDs released by tribute bands. Not performances. Performances I get. CDs.
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Durian
This is a Fruit. Do not mess with this fruit. If this fruit grabs you by the neck and smacks your head on the table, thank it. Say, "Thank you, Durian Fruit -- I mean to say, naturally, Mister Durian Fruit Sir; thank you." If it does it again, thank it again.
Guy in the taxi said, "You like Durian fruit? Very strange, European like Durian fruit."
Well, I guess that makes me a very, very strange European. Which should come as no surprise to anyone strange enough to be reading THIS BLOG.
Guy in the taxi said, "You like Durian fruit? Very strange, European like Durian fruit."
Well, I guess that makes me a very, very strange European. Which should come as no surprise to anyone strange enough to be reading THIS BLOG.
Best Images from India
At a Temple of Ganesh, young women socialized and peoplewatched while they waited for their friends to finish paying their respects. At the same temple, the shoe warden kept her eye on supplicants' shoes for a fee. She carried a steel rod, and woe betide the man who left his shoes near her -- but didn't give them TO her -- which meant he would get the protection without paying the fee. He paid. (To your left, here, is another image I like, a study in orange and rose.)
Another standout visual day came near Banganga Tank. In the side streets around it, I saw a small service/shop where turquoise stood out in clothing and paint. Boys played marbles on the stone and concrete deck that surrounded the tank.
At Kamala Nehru Park, children played on the playground, their clothing an extension of the playground equipment's bright colors, and the shadows another texture still.
Other pictures of note:
A large pano of Mahalaxmi Dobi Ghat, an enormous laundry in Mumbai. Hundreds of men swing sheafs of clothing into pools of water to clean the garments.
A lovely study in orange and rose from a Temple of Ganesh.
To see all my images of India, just navigate the tags.
Taw
Ain't no Wii involved in this game. More pictures of India and Mumbai, including particularly Banganga Tank, on my Flickr account.
links for 2008-02-17
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Not a bad approach. Although in my school, the curriculum would have been dominated by bacon and I'd have been the kid in the back snorting garlic powder off the desktop.
Off To School
In India for a few days. More pix of India, including Mumbai and Borivali from here at my flickr account.
links for 2008-02-14
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OH MAN. TATER TOTS. YEAH. UHM...WHAT'S "PORN"?
Hangman With Joe
Bet you couldn't have guessed it any quicker than I didn't.
Morning duck
I never get tired of ducks gliding through still water.
Photo Albums
And Shout-Outs to
- Alex
- Brian Dilsheimer
We lived next door to each other in college. - Clare Byrne's Weekly Rites
On Dancer. - Earl Cootie
- Heather B. Armstrong
Very, very, very funny. - Jack Carneal
He grew up on Grove Avenue. I grew up on Stuart. - James Lileks
Columnist and author. Don't know the man; like the blog. - Jimmy Johnson
A superior cartoonist who now does a daily entry. - Kent
- Peterme
- Scott McCloud
Probably the best-known thinker about comic strips/books/graphic novels/sequential art working right now. Controversial among comic fans but unequivocally an influential and original thinker. - The Gertzens
Old Omaha handz.
