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Weird photos from a nuclear test explosion in the Nevada desert. I'm posting this only as an excuse to mention that I met a guy who was the first man dropped back onto Bikini Atoll after the hydrogen bomb test in 1952. He was collecting sensors that had been left there, but they were all vaporized. Yikes. He said he knew Teller, but I was too shocked by the whole thing to ask any interesting questions.
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Was having a discussion with the cat about marketable skills, what was she thinking about for her college major, just a general career planning discussion. I told her she should focus on something she likes to do, and then practice at it. So far this is what she has come up with.
this might be very good....
"Progress"
on view July 11, 2008 - November 30, 2008
“Progress” brings together works from the Whitney’s permanent collection, highlighting connections between art and visions of utopia. In the early part of the twentieth century, artists and architects like Joseph Albers, Naum Gabo, and Frederick Kiesler carried the revolutionary aims of the European avant-garde to America. The utopian impulse of these artists found its parallel in America’s optimism in developing new technology and
the rise of consumer culture--advancements registered in the emergence of Minimalism and Pop Art in the 1950s and ’60s.
This presentation includes works in a variety of media at once representing and critiquing the social and aesthetic goals of Modernism. Artists such as Dan Flavin, Ad Reinhardt, and Sherrie Levine recorded the myriad responses, both hopeful and critical, to the transformation in American culture brought on by the influx of utopian ideals. Other artists address the linear advancement of modernity from a distance, neither celebrating nor critiquing the changes it has brought, but tracking its effects over the passage of time. “Progress” also presents more recent works by artists including Paul Sietsema and Joel Sternfeld, who mine Modernism’s utopian moments in order to gauge how the familiar narratives of progress in the United States continue to haunt and inspire contemporary experience.
might have to go rubbernecking. shouldnt they be home watching turkey v. germany?
The current Birder’s World features my little blurb about Calvert Vaux Park, the site at the mouth of Coney Island Creek where the Western Reef-Heron was found last year. There’s lots more there than just one rarity…
jim henson's time piece
george carlin, rip.
what to do with a baby bird too little to fly on our front stoop? well, now he's in a box. ALEX!!!
"Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!" the Mars Phoenix Lander tweeted at about 5:15 pm.
hey, gif collectors!
dylan thomas under milk wood pt 1 pt 2
I am aware of all internet traditions.
http://video.google.com:80/videoplay?docid=3340274697167011147
what u think??
kea'd up
foot-loose and car-free
meet the tim meets his maker
heart attack at 58
staycation all i never wanted
staycation couldnt get away
Mr Bill, New Orleans and mastercard
This sounds like a great program! :-) Congrats b.