Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Fun With the OED: Who Knew that Wazoo was less than 40 years old?
It seems that the word "wazoo" was coined in the California Pelican magazine at the University of California, Berkeley in 1961. Thanks, OED! wazoo, n. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Show pronunciation* Show etymology* Hide quotations* Show date charts* 1. The buttocks; the anus. Freq. as a (euphemistic) substitute for ass in fig. phrases,…
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Our Lady of Consolation Outbuilding
Our Lady of Consolation Outbuilding, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Shawn-Laree and I went to a family event in Carey, Ohio over the weekend. We went to see the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation. Awesome Catholic place.
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Ducks in Watery Green Leaf Water, Herrick Lake, October 27, 2010
Ducks in Watery Green Leaf Water, Herrick Lake, October 27, 2010, originally uploaded by juggernautco. If only ducks would yield fully to my sense of symmetry. Almost.
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I’m Fascinated by the Fashion District
Fabric @ Fashion District, NYC, November 2010, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I love walking in the Fashion District in New York. The idea of raw materials always intrigues me– that stuff I always see fully-formed was at first just bolts. And these are just cultural documents, our trim and buttons and taffetas, helping make us…
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Terrible Example of the Chicago Tribune Placing SEO Above Understanding
In this article, Park advocates want abandoned hospital site, lies this part-hyperlinked sentence: Resident Chris Swan has laid out the case for the park on the Friends of West Edgewater Park Web site. The helpful way to mark up that sentence would be to have the phrase "Friends of West Edgewater Park Web" link to…