tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Banjo52Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3876125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-54679125480749395822015-01-05T15:23:00.253-05:002015-01-05T15:23:00.253-05:00I love this story. I just re-read it for the umpte...I love this story. I just re-read it for the umpteenth time and it gets better ever time, just like a high fly ball that lands perfectly in the outfielders mitt!<br />Kenny A. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594992494662507238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-10943338581453753622014-12-29T12:51:46.705-05:002014-12-29T12:51:46.705-05:00translucenttranslucentKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-35673207154524658422014-10-05T21:52:14.970-04:002014-10-05T21:52:14.970-04:00man, you on a long vaca or what?man, you on a long vaca or what?Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-39555861858468560532014-09-18T18:24:31.354-04:002014-09-18T18:24:31.354-04:00is there a creature in there?is there a creature in there?Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-37738568276093529572014-09-06T16:58:01.344-04:002014-09-06T16:58:01.344-04:00On vacation?On vacation?Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-63060341129485479332014-08-24T13:19:18.831-04:002014-08-24T13:19:18.831-04:00Falstaff can be very much appreciated in Chimes at...Falstaff can be very much appreciated in Chimes at Midnight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-82688800983367971872014-08-24T09:45:12.755-04:002014-08-24T09:45:12.755-04:00Shakespeare trips me up. I think it's the old ...Shakespeare trips me up. I think it's the old English. <br />Tennessee Williams is more my speed. "Predatory Thanatosis", fascinating. And I'm going to go to get one of those hummingbird feeders.Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-49643627422744149982014-08-23T13:11:17.929-04:002014-08-23T13:11:17.929-04:00Julie, I think I heard the spider business way bac...Julie, I think I heard the spider business way back when, but the bird info is new to me too. In my pic, can you tell if I guessed right between Peewee and Phoebe? Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-86011440558270501662014-08-22T07:07:36.029-04:002014-08-22T07:07:36.029-04:00That is really interesting behavior that I was una...That is really interesting behavior that I was unaware that birds engaged in.Julie Brownhttp://www.juliebrown.aminus3.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-47643771286408456432014-08-21T22:26:56.580-04:002014-08-21T22:26:56.580-04:00PA, points for honesty. And there's a lot of S...PA, points for honesty. And there's a lot of Shakespeare that does nothing for me. Ditto opera and a lot of other classical music.<br /><br />Good luck with the birds. It's been a great hobby for me, and I've learned a lot about the winged ones and other animals. <br />Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-50113262557363757232014-08-21T19:23:42.864-04:002014-08-21T19:23:42.864-04:00when you push around mud and pixels for a living -...when you push around mud and pixels for a living - your life is about surfacesPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-15443624285096330162014-08-20T17:49:50.501-04:002014-08-20T17:49:50.501-04:00Not Shakespeare - this is where you and I and the ...Not Shakespeare - this is where you and I and the rest of the literary establishment part ways. I get it...but for me he's like the white canvas in the art world is to the vast majority. Yup, shakespeare is brilliant, top of the heap and an endless source of academic study - but I go bleary eyed after three sentences. <br /><br />But birding - that's my new pleasure. I went to Walmart and purchased a double hooked bird feeder, a big bag of hummingbird sugar, two feeders and a 50 pound bag of seed. Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-41899860032813052942014-08-18T23:46:29.930-04:002014-08-18T23:46:29.930-04:00I so liked this poem for a while, and yes, partly ...I so liked this poem for a while, and yes, partly because it had rhymes (I take rhymes most seriously and appreciatively), until the last line. Up until this point, it gave depth to surfaces. But that last line was such an ordinary observation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-55117103903415713962014-08-18T06:27:25.636-04:002014-08-18T06:27:25.636-04:00Rune brought interesting info to the discussion-su...Rune brought interesting info to the discussion-surface science.Julie Brownhttp://www.juliebrown.aminus3.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-17714311267932615312014-08-18T01:05:11.610-04:002014-08-18T01:05:11.610-04:00This is probably my least favorite poem I've r...This is probably my least favorite poem I've read on your blog. Which on reflection is odd, because when I think about it, photography is an art that concerns itself the most with surfaces; though I try mightily to transcend that, often failing miserably. Falling prey to the lure of a glossy surface, technical expertise and mimicry. Linking that to crime; how many crimes are committed (on ourselves as well as on others) because we fall for the slick surfaces of the manipulated, staged glossy photos of ad campaigns, mistaking them for reality, and how unreachable and false that is.Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-66338811976913335212014-08-15T21:42:14.901-04:002014-08-15T21:42:14.901-04:00Ken, ha! Maybe the dogs have low sperm count too? ...Ken, ha! Maybe the dogs have low sperm count too? <br /><br />I thought you were from Detroit, which I understand was fairly grand in its day. Milford is still a very nice looking town--prosperous, I think--and next door to 7,000-acre Kensington Metropark, a fine recreational area, plenty of woods and large-ish water. Did it exist in your Michigan years? <br /><br />To me, Southfield, Troy, Livonia, and Warren are just big areas rather than actual towns. Know what I mean? <br />Where is downtown Warren? <br />Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-51879632160818204042014-08-15T19:55:07.213-04:002014-08-15T19:55:07.213-04:00When I was growing up in Milford, Michigan, Southf...When I was growing up in Milford, Michigan, Southfield was a really nice place. Back then, Michigan was generally an amazing place full of good vibes and prosperity. Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-10048372972230330962014-08-15T15:59:45.911-04:002014-08-15T15:59:45.911-04:00When I was a kid Southfield was a good neighborhoo...When I was a kid Southfield was a good neighborhood. Now low sperm count has sent them to the dogs. Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-71850733764351850132014-08-15T15:26:55.926-04:002014-08-15T15:26:55.926-04:00Rune, Up with interfacing! Bravo ant thanks. As fo...Rune, Up with interfacing! Bravo ant thanks. As for Edward, I do believe that's the saddest, strangest story I've ever heard. Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-26772241371908517452014-08-15T13:03:35.372-04:002014-08-15T13:03:35.372-04:00"Surfaces" is disambiguate and can be de..."Surfaces" is disambiguate and can be defined in many ways: Here is my favourite from Wikipedia: <br /><br /><i>Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid-gas interfaces.</i><br /><br />After reading the poem and the headlines, the closest I can come to a relation is the fate of Edward Lee. He has all my sympathy.<br /><br />(I have of course missed something very important ...)Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-82705926529560806722014-08-06T22:25:35.453-04:002014-08-06T22:25:35.453-04:00What a nice, sad little story and portrait. Thanks...What a nice, sad little story and portrait. Thanks! I wonder if others will send this kind of unsung, dirty-work hero . . . Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-8256393942132050692014-08-06T02:26:43.473-04:002014-08-06T02:26:43.473-04:00In the early ots, we did the public art element fo...In the early ots, we did the public art element for the newly built main waste management facility for LA. On weekends when all were off work, there was one lone fellow there who worked the weekend shift. Someone that I took a liking to. I referred to him as 'Dead Animal Pick Up Guy' because that's what he did. And I remember him returning from a run looking disturbed. He had gone to a single middle aged woman's mobile home. It had burnt to the ground and she had lost everything including her dogs. Kind of like the character in the Green Mile...where you have to suck / eat / digest the heavy weight of the worlds sorrows. Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-51689724740270616352014-08-05T09:21:57.243-04:002014-08-05T09:21:57.243-04:00Thanks, you three. Good to hear there's still ...Thanks, you three. Good to hear there's still something worthwhile here. <br /><br />PA, good point abut euthanizing. I'm sure there are other kinds of under-appreciated work that deserve mentioning too. Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-1479643459123918622014-08-04T12:27:45.039-04:002014-08-04T12:27:45.039-04:00I remember this...I remember this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-90006152806642829812014-08-04T12:19:21.835-04:002014-08-04T12:19:21.835-04:00I read the poem first. Glad you explained it. I w...I read the poem first. Glad you explained it. I was lost until the end where these words stood out.<br /><br />" To Ararat, all men are Noah's sons." <br /><br />so true about the undertaker and garbage handler... and I'd add the one who does the 'euthanizing' at animal shelters to the list.Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.com