




art, politics, religion: discuss
You can either refresh here often and see my updates or you can read it later. Keep in mind, I was registered Republican for about eight years. I’m registered independent now, and vote democrat often.
I consider myself a social liberal and a fiscal conservative. I don’t think either party represents my complete perspective. Although, it has become more apparent that conservatives’ fiscal responsibility is certainly in question. And all the bullshit about small businesses that were brought up on Tuesday night are effectively false. I’ve had a growing small business for ten plus years. While the economy sucks, my small business has experienced a better tax experience since 2010.
Here are my thoughts while watching the GOP RNC.
These are from the funny kids over at I have seen the whole of the Internet and Tastefully Offensive.
Don’t laugh. They aren’t funny.
Also of note, check out this JMG post on a pastor — that’s not Robertson — saying Isaac is punishment to southern decadence.
Photographer Aaron Nace recently moved to Chicago from North Carolina, and he opened a studio for making videos to help others learn Photoshop. It’s called Phlearn.
Our partner Bill Whitmire knew of Aaron before he moved here, and when he found out he landed in Chicago, he looked him up.
Now that I know him, I can’t help but be completely jealous of his ability. He’s a super cool guy, and frankly, I’d like to selfishly be his only friend so I can mooch soak up his vast knowledge.
In 2008, he challenged himself to a 365 Photo project. Only, his photos were well-though-out, heavily photoshopped images that will — frankly — blow your minds.
Above is just one. Go check his Flickr feed for the project and be inspired.
From his mind about the project:
Be prepared to get really sick of seeing this face. Average time spent to get photo as of now:
Planning 1-2hr
Setup 10min-1hr
Shooting 30min-1hr
Total 2-4hrFinding an extra 3 hours everyday might get tough, looks like someone is going to have to get more efficient. Or sleep less.
I am going to try and take a (semi)interesting photo for all of the 365, so if I skip a day it pretty much means I didn’t find the time to do anything interesting, and didn’t feel like posting total crap.
Best quote from the above video:
And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that’s completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that’s fine, but don’t make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need people that can—we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems.
Thanks, Tina!
HBO’s new Aaron Sorkin show “The Newsroom” will likely tittle the tattles of my liberal-leaning friends.
But this clip will only appear as liberal conspiracy on the right.
Regardless, I highly recommend it to everyone. Even you.