I just don’t wanna hear one more person say they can’t build a boat.
Nonsence.
These boats are made outta cardboard, some caulk, some ducktape and glue. In this coffee powered city of over-acheiver, I refuse to belive my ears when I hear people say: “I don’t know how to build a boat.” Duh. [...]
OK. So our beloved civic infrastructure needs to balance the budget of this City of Art and Innovation we all live in. Fair enough. Budgets need to be balanced. I’d suggest they cut the hair gel thing by 50%… but I digress…
Newsome is ballyhooing about not raising taxes. So where does the money come from? [...]
Hi. I am having an odd sensation. In general. I can see better. The focus is crisper. The colors brighter. The edges sharper. Like I’m high. And I’m certainly not high. I can hear better. I can feel [...]
Of all the ceremonial foods Birth Day Cake, Halloween Candy, New Years black eyed peas, the least ceremonious of foods could be the lowly pretzel. To elevate the status of the crunchy knot I would propose that it should be the official gift-snack of Fathers Day.
Pretzel mythology dates back to 610 AD when an [...]
So the Swimming Cities project went swimmingly and now the deconstruction is almost complete. The boats are back in containers and who knows what’ll happen next year. But the spoiled rotten leaderless collective of angry vegans pulled it off. And I’m proud of ‘em. There is a Flickr slideshow that is on the site, www.swimmingcities.org, [...]
Camp tipsy update
OK, Camp Tipsy is just a little over a month away and we’ve got like 15 entries. I expect double that by the time the contest starts although who cares anyway. We’ve got an entry for a boat made of wig-heads, and that’s all that matters. There is more info at CAMP TIPSY
I’m [...]
You may remember a few months ago one of ours was involved in a motocycle accident in India. We all gave money to get her home and to get her care. Thank you so much for you donations, they have had a tremendous impact. Here is some news. Hollis is here, in SF at St. [...]
I love you is a powerful thing to say. So I hear. It’s usually a delineation, marking a point in a relationship you have with someone. Something you struggle with timing-wise with a new lover, something you say to a parent or the people in your Burning Man Theme Camp. And it’s not just the [...]
Don’t stop beleivin’
Journey to the End of the Night – ØAK
(a pursuit across the city in 6 parts)
on the night of Saturday, June 20th
meet at 7pm in the amphitheater at Mosswood Park
(Broadway at MacArthur, near MacArthur BART)
Wear comfortable shoes, bring water.
The city spreads out before you. Rushing from point to point, lit by the slow [...]
Giant boyfriend. As her lips came close to mine a God-like voice thundered inside my head. As I shook his hand, earlier, I felt like a child. It was like shaking a Thanksgiving turkey. He looked tired, and rightly so having to move around all that muscle. He also looked kinda infuriated. I would be [...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neiltron/
Neil is my roomate, he came to document stuff and do the things that photographers do. You may remember Neil as when he quit is job he did the standard “resignation letter”. Standard thing, really. He wanted out of his mind numbing data entry thing and become a pro photographer. Here is a photo of [...]
In order to read this story, you have to be able to read in a German accent. Anytime I use italics, itz weeth ze Shermein, no? Yes no. Good. You see, Werner Wervie is German. And the accent is a huge part of the Werner show. You pronouce his name Verner. Verner Vervie. But you [...]
I had a feeling that I would need an ancillary agenda item on this trip. Ukulele. I brought one with me and wrote an albums worth of material, kinda as theme songs to the time I did here. There was some down time. Alright. Last night, I went to one of the little bridges in [...]
The moon is full and round over Venice. The little stone bridges stretch out over calm water like glass reflecting candle light from a café. Beautiful. The lunar accoutrement a broach on the cloak of the night sky, the germ freak Italian catalogue people wander in their immaculate outfits and preposterous hand gestures. It’s embarrassing. [...]
So you may have heard me or someone else talking about Camp Tipsy, and may want to know more about it or want to be invited. OK. Your now officially invited. It’s really fun. Funny. Stupid. It’s about embracing your commitment to leisure, while thumbing your nose at the leisure class. It’s a boat building [...]
The boat tips from bow to stern like see-saw. The water washes the decks. The boats creak and and knock. Drywall screws. I remember the conversation about spending the extra $5 buying exterior grade screws. I was assuming they would buy fasteners in 25 lb. containers. They ended up buying whatever they needed day by [...]
`Prego!!!
OK. Sorry to disappear, but I just kinda needed to submerge into this project for a minute and just unplug. I’m in Italy. We are traveling in little canals, but the bridges are low and we keep getting kicked out of the canals and sent back to the Adriatic. Sea. The Adriatic Sea. It’s the [...]
O.K. So I leave for Slovenia in the morning. The boats are in the water. Ready for me to put the motors on and go…
This is the boat Alice, but in the Adriatic. It’s weird to think that giant hulk is out there.
So I’m off to crash the Bianalle. With bullshit. I’ll be back later. [...]
Frenchy french fries’ movie trailer here.
The most interesting thing that has happened to or around BM in the last 5 years is this movie. Which is going to put all BM’s bullshit ideologies to the test. And they are going to fail like dogs in the dirt. This film will single-handedly eliminate kool-aide drinking, and [...]
photo by Nick Winterhalter
Well it’s ask and ye shall receive over here. Today is Wedensday. All bruises healed and the white of my eye is again, white. I sold 180 bottle rockets @ $10 a pop and a guy named David McGraw used his frequent flier miles to get me to Venice and back. I [...]
