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Was Zum Teufel?!

originally uploaded by Neylano. Tues May 6 – During this week of my getting ready to go to Seattle for ten days, today began with my setting up another photo shoot with Oslo and Mies. This time with a blingy, sparkly scarf. The Weims are pretty good about photo shoots as

Was Zum Teufel?!

Thurs Oct 02 – In this week’s news of Congress bailing out the banks, McCain’s foreign policy advisers bailing out Palin aka Bible Spice (good luck, Neocons!), and Texans bailing out from Hurricane Ike, today finds Mies trying to bail Olso out of the bedroom. Oslo, who loooooves to

Was Zum Teufel?!

Tues Feb 26 – During this week of Hillary claiming this and Obama denying that, today starts off on a quiet note with not much happening here on Wisconsin Avenue. When I asked Oslo and Mies if they had anything funny to report for my column, Oslo mentioned reading an article

Was Zum Teufel?!

originally uploaded by Neylano. Tues May 20 – Holy smokes! What a week this was. While Obama and Billary continue to rip each other new ones on the campaign trail and most bleeding heart liberals were reeling from the news of Ted Kennedy’s malignant brain tumor, Oslo and Mies took

On guarding your innermost.

Wet torrential. Flashing light. Cozy in a coffeehouse. Justin, MacKenzie, Melissa and I, designers and artists we, reflecting on how important it is to turn technology off – violently, regularly exorcise it if you must – so that one might carry on the unadulterated work one is meant to do. Then, I

Design Studio 108 B.

They say those who can, do and those who can’t, teach. I say that’s bullshit, based on my own experience with designers in the “real” world. Those who should be doing, but don’t. Can’t, actually. Even if they wanted to. On the contrary, the design professors

On bird love, biophilia, and happiness.

Cardinal, webwallpapers.net. I got a beautiful pair of Bushnell binoculars for Christmas. “Because you’re so visual. So observant.” said Will. “I want to nurture that.” He also noticed that I’ve fallen in love with a little cardinal that’s taken up in our backyard and my insistence

Words are sensuous. Words are beautiful.

The historical B&O rail station. Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I need a sandbox full of consonants and vowels. Full, crisp, contrasty ones. Like the ones found in “Camden Yards”. Camden Yards is one of my favorite things to say. From the first time I ever

Heaven is full of tiny ponies.

Speaking of tiny ponies, I have something to say. I was a Christian a long time ago. A devout one. A fundamentalist one. A brainwashed one. A very, very naive and innocent one. From the time I was 16 until I started cursing, sinning, and spitting fire again at 26.