The idea of testing someone you are interested in is interesting.
Do you think all relationships are like that?
Aren’t we always evaluating one another anyway?
Today’s header photograph was created in Photoshop CS2.
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Archive for August, 2007
19 items.
Entrepreneurs and businesses take risks every day, so
it’s silly that companies want to avoid hiring risk takers.
Still, there are certain behaviors that are best left unsaid.
What would be an example of what not to say?
“A whale is harpooned only when it spouts.”
Quotation by Henry Hillman, President of Hillman Company, on why he avoids interviews.
The header photograph was frightened by me in Photoshop CS2.
Do you think employers really want to know
about that time in college you did something foolish?
The header photograph was taken by me
and partied in Photoshop CS2.
What’s dumber than a Post? Answer: Kraft Foods.
Ranked behind Kellogg and General Mills by cereal sales,
Post should chance differentiating itself
by offering healthier cereals for children.
Kraft is missing an opportunity. What’s your opinion?
Header photograph was taken by Seraphine and sweetened in Photoshop CS2.
What do you think lies on the other side of The Fence?
The header photo of The Fence was taken by Seraphine,
at night, and developed barehanded in Photoshop CS2.
You heard about the guy who reconfiguered his iPhone
to make calls via a wireless carrier other than AT&T? Is unlocking legal?
What do you think? Is the Apple iPhone protest-worthy?
The header photograph was taken by me and tickled in Photoshop CS2.
What we wear is a visual reference into who we are.
So why aren’t we more different?
“The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.”
Quotation from Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique.
Photography by Seraphine.
Anyone can be a slave.
Economically, physically, psychologically, emotionally.
Or… for fun. What’s the harm?
The header photograph was taken by me.
Thank you to the city of Thentis for your warmth and hospitality.
The header photograph of a waitress pouring coffee
was taken by me and heated in Photoshop CS2.
We are all slaves to something, aren’t we?
The novels of GOR by John Norman are very popular.
It isn’t surprising that alternate world/fantasy sims
based on these novels exist in Second Life. I decided to visit.
The people that play here seem very nice and welcoming.
In real life, however, slavery isn’t a game. Free The Slaves.
Today’s comic header is a photo taken by me
and colored in Photoshop CS2.
It felt like my temple was smashed with a hammer.
I laid in a darkened emergency room for seven hours.
Some people don’t like touching the dead,
even when that body is intimately familiar.
“Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.”
Quotation from WH Auden, The Dyer’s Hand
Thank you for your kind words.
I took many pictures of the sky.
Please check back in a few weeks. /Hugs
“Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.”
Quotation from William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, act 4.
This is my 100th comic.
I made it some months ago, and sent it
to the The New Yorker magazine for publication.
Just today, I received this response.
“We regret that we are unable to use the enclosed material.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider it.”
Sincerely, The Editors
I hate being given the silent treatment.
I’d much rather he say something. That way,
I’d remember afterwards all the witty things
I could have said to him if I were quick enough.
L’esprit de l’escalier.
Photograph of a spider’s web taken by me and painted in Photoshop CS2.
This is Comic #99. Tomorrow’s comic will be #100. Hugs.
Fair warning. Stay away from her.
She will make you unhappy.
What kind of people do you avoid?
This is comic #98.
We don’t remember well
that which seems ordinary to us.
Without risk, a life is just a life.
What do you remember most?
This is comic #97.
The portrait was taken by me and dipped in Photoshop CS2.
By the way, never turn your back on the ocean.
“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.”
Quote from Henry James in The Portrait of a Lady.
Without renewal, we die.
(Even the skin you wear today is new.)
Fashion reminds you to refresh periodically.
What have you done lately to reinvigorate yourself?
The Countdown to #100 begins. This is Comic #96.