May - 2007

Thursday, May 31, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

lg mocha coffee (20 fl.oz.)
1 hash brown (net wt. 2.5 oz.)
sausage/egg/cheese on longroll sandwich
bottle of orange/mango juice (17.9 fl.oz.)
2 pints of lager
2 pints of lager (diff. location)(*)
can of coke (12 fl.oz.)
roast pork on kaiser roll (mayo/horseradish) plus
pickle/3 slices of white cheese
double espresso
2 pints of lager (***)
med-lg serving of cavatelli pasta salad with
baked bbq chicken breast
1 orange
pack and half of cigarettes

(*) additional lager pint(s)

kids, crabs, baseball, music, and short stories:




child's chalk drawings
Waverly between 22nd/23rd St.
(Philadelphia)

"Crabs are back!!! Every Weds & Thurs Nite!"
chalkboard in Callahan's Grille
$2-$3 per crab (depending on size)

Recipe: Soft-Shell Crab Poor-Boy

Time: 30 minutes

1 12- to 16-inch-long loaf supermarket French- or Italian-style bread, or 2 smaller loaves
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/2 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon cayenne, or more
Salt
Neutral oil, like corn or grapeseed, as needed
2 large soft-shell crabs, cleaned
For garnish: mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, hot sauce or lemon.

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Split bread in half and remove some of the soft white crumb with your fingers. Toast bread lightly in oven, about 10 to 15 minutes.

2. Beat egg and milk together in a bowl; combine the cornmeal, flour, cayenne and a large pinch of salt on a plate. Put about 1/4-inch of oil in a deep skillet broad enough to accommodate crabs, and turn heat to medium. When oil is hot — a pinch of flour will sizzle — dip crabs in milk-egg mixture, then dredge in the cornmeal-flour mixture. Put in skillet; adjust heat so crabs bubble gently but not furiously in oil.

3. When bottom is nicely browned, 3 to 5 minutes, turn crabs and brown other side; crabs will be quite firm when done.

4. Serve on toasted bread, garnished as you like.

Yield: 2 servings.

Published: May 30, 2007 - New York Times

related article: Summer’s for Soft-Shells, With a New Orleans Riff By MARK BITTMAN (the minimalist) NYT (5-30-07)





Baseball Concept Map by Chap Ambrose

music by A Life Once Lost



Vine St./10th St. - Philadelphia



opposing 180 degree view

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

bottle of peach iced tea (16 fl.oz.)
can of Mountain Dew soda (12 fl.oz.)
6-7 cups of black coffee
1 kaiser roll with butter
toasted onion bagel with cream cheese
2 double cheeseburgers (McDonalds $1 menu)
sm order of french fries (McDonalds $1 menu)
pint of lager (royal/imperial)
glass of fountain coke
single espresso
3 bottles of lager (12 fl.oz. each)
glass of fountain coke
3 pints of lager (diff. location)
glass (lg plastic cup) of fountain coke
pack of cigarettes

interesting stats:

"(Barry) Bonds' physique changed strikingly as his home-run output did. In 'Game of Shadows,' the book detailing the BALCO investigation, authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams wrote that a Giants staff member testified that Bonds' jersey had increased from size 42 to size 52 since joining the team in 1993, his shoe size had moved from 10 1/2 to 13, and his hat size increased from 7 1/8 to 7 1/4."

Barry Bonds, Growing Boy or Dope-Fueled Golem??

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, May 28, 2007

lg mocha coffee (20 fl.oz.)
2 hash browns (net wt. 2.5 oz. apiece)
bacon/egg/cheese on toasted bagel
bottle of raspberry iced tea (16 fl.oz.)
sausage/egg/cheese on toasted bagel
bottle of peach iced tea (16 fl.oz.)
2 bacon/egg/cheese on english muffins breakfast sandwiches
2 med-lg brownies baked with lg choc. chips/candy bar pieces
3 pints of lager
3 glasses of fountain coke
4 pints of lager (diff. location)*
3 pints of lager (diff. location)
2 med-lg brownies baked with lg choc. chips/candy bar pieces
1 1/2 pack of cigarettes


Sunday, May 27, 2007

lg mocha coffee (20 fl.oz.)
2 hash browns (net wt. 2.5 oz. apiece)
lg coffee (light/sweet) 16 fl.oz.
bottle of mango nectar (16 fl.oz.)
sausage/egg/cheese on longroll sandwich
2 pints of lager
2 pints of lager (diff. location)
glass of fountain coke
3-4 pints of lager (diff. location)
1 baked chicken drumstick
1 1/2 pack of cigarettes


photo essay: Suburbia in Center City (Philadelphia) Monday Evening 7-7:05 p.m.







*overheard at pub/tavern The Parkway Room:

"Guys named Gallagher are always from Spain"

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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, May 26, 2007

1 hash brown (net wt. 2.5 oz.)
sm coffee (light/sweet)
bottle of mango/carrot juice (16 fl.oz.)
sausage/egg/cheese on longroll sandwich
1 can of orange soda (12 fl.oz.)
2 hotdogs (mustard/raw onion)
5 pints of lager
2 glasses of fountain coke
slice of cheese pizza
lg coffee (light/sweet) 16 fl.oz.
pack of cigarettes

interesting blog found while looking for "Prague: A Disappearing Poem" by Milan Kundera
(not located online)

players, fans get attached to uniform numbers

Why don't fans appreciate the Spurs?

The Secrets of Dark Energy

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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, May 25, 2007

lg mocha coffee (light/sweet) 20 fl.oz.
1 hash brown (net wt. 2.5 oz.)
sm coffee (light/sweet)
lg coffee (light/sweet) 16 fl.oz.
2 bottles of orange/mango juice (17.5 fl.oz. each)
can of orange soda (12 fl.oz.)
bacon cheeseburger (lettuce/tomato/onion/mustard/mayo)
sm-med bag of nacho cheese tortilla chips
side of pepperoncini and pickle
3 stuffed grape leaves
pint of lager
4-5 bottles of lager (diff. location)
double espresso
2 pints of lager
2 packs of cigarettes

Those Who Abandon Their Dreams Will Discourage Yours

(bumper sticker spotted yesterday)

RIP?

Architecture Review: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, Encased in Glass

Steven Hall, author of the novel The Raw Shark Texts, talks to the Brisbane Times.*

"The thing I love most about it," says Hall, grinning like a naughty schoolboy, "is that, still, no one can agree what the book is. If you look at all the different reviews that have come out, it's as if everyone's reviewing a different book.

"It seems that 50 to 60 per cent of people get the book and really like it. Some people are just exasperated because they think 'what the hell is this all about?' and some people, for whatever reason, furiously hate it."

*info/links courtesy of Largehearted Boy

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Friday, May 25, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, May 24, 2007

6-7 cups of black coffee
1 cake donut
3 sm cups of water
med serving of stewed beef*
side of vegetable medley*
side of macaroni noodles (plain)*
lg mocha coffee (light/sweet) 16 fl.oz.
sm cup of cold tea
bowl of white rice topped with stewed chicken/gravy
slice of white bread
1 bologna/cheese/mustard on white bread sandwich
1/2 pack of cigarettes

*tv dinner/frozen food tray meal

currently owe coffee vendor $6.60 (6 lg coffees/1 sm coffee). will pay asap. If vendor doesn't front me any more coffees will pay him $8 (slightly more than 20% tip) paid this a.m., owed vendor for 7 lg coffees/2 sm coffees ($8.20 total - gave a 10 spot)

other news:

Fairmount Park Commission OKs lease for Barnes museum

City and Barnes agree on lease (Youth Study Center still an obstacle)

visually related:

Karen Kilimnik at the The Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphia)

note: though visually related, the philosophies (underlying principles/aesthetics) are in opposition... am talking about a post-Barnes Foundation/Museum move.

valuable info resource: Artblog

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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

2 cups of iced water
lg serving of spaghetti (tomato sauce) with sausages
2 slices of white bread
sm amount of sliced peaches
2 sm cherry/raspberry danishes
4-5 cups of water
3 sm containers of fruit punch (3 fl.oz. apiece)
3 bologna/chesse (plain) on sesame seed hamburger bun sandwiches
2 cake dounts (net wt. 2.2 oz. apiece)
2 slices of ham/hamburger pizza
3 sm containers of fruit punch (3 fl.oz. apiece)
1/4-1/2 pack of cigarettes

interesting (op/ed) article in local alt-weekly re: convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal

unrelated: review of Bret Easton Ellis' oeuvre by Doug Wallen/Ice Hockey Hair

"READING: American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis: And with that, I've read all five Ellis books, thanks entirely to Angus lending them to me so eagerly. This one was tough because, like Fight Club, I love the movie and have seen it a dozen-plus times. And yes, this is very shocking (no wonder it's sealed in plastic in stores) but if you've read any other Ellis books, you'll get it. Great stuff, and all the better for its icy vacantness. It's been a pleasure soaking up Ellis' complete works while in Oz."

offtopic: U.S. war records go online; Ancestry.com puts 90M war records online... The records, which can be accessed free until the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, came from the National Archives and Records Administration and include 37 million images, draft registration cards from both world wars, military yearbooks, prisoner-of-war records from four wars, unit rosters from the Marine Corps from 1893 through 1958, and Civil War pension records, among others.

other:

Did You Know?

What is the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee?

(a) California
(b) Florida
(c) Hawaii
(d) Arizona

stayed tuned, answer tomorrow










(c) Hawaii

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

4-5 cups of black coffee
2 sm cups of fruit punch
lg serving of white rice
med serving of spaghetti (chicken/tomato sauce/corn)
2 slices of white bread
1 chocolate cake donut with chocolate frosting
1 serving of noodle soup (veg/spaghetti)
1/2 pack of cigarettes

stream Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga on phawker radio

Casino-Free Philadelphia Election Results (May 2007)

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, May 21, 2007

1 sausage/cheese/mustard/ketchup on white bread sandwich
sm cup of noodle pasta/tomato sauce/parm cheese
med cup of coffee (light/sweet)
4 sm cups of water
2 carrot cake cupcakes with vanilla frosting
12 cookies (assorted)
2 cups of coffee (light/sweet)
2 cups of black coffee (sweet)
2 cups of black coffee
pkg of 6 crackers with peanut butter (net wt. 1 1/4 oz.)
1/4-1/2 pack of cigarettes


When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are in confederacy against him. Jonathan Swift - "Thoughts On Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting"


He had read in the morning newspaper that a ladies' art guild was having a hanging of its paintings in Pirate's Alley. Imagining that the paintings would be offensive enough to interest him for a while, he pushed his wagon up onto the flagstones of the Alley toward the variety of artwork dangling from the iron pickets of the fence behind the Cathedral. On the prow of the wagon, in an attempt to attract business among the Quarterites, Ignatius taped a sheet of Big Chief paper on which he had printed in crayon: TWELVE INCHES (12") OF PARADISE. So far no one had responded to its message.

The Alley was filled with well-dressed ladies in large hats. Ignatius pointed the prow of the wagon into the throng and pushed forward. A woman read the Big Chief statement and screamed, summoning her companions to draw aside from the ghastly apparition that had appeared at their art show.

"Hot dogs, ladies?" Ignatius asked pleasantly.

The ladies' eyes studied the sign, the earring, the scarf, the cutlass, and pleaded for him to move along. Rain for their hanging would have been bad enough. But this.

"Hot dogs, hot dogs," Ignatius said angrily. "Savories from the hygienic Paradise kitchens."

He belched violently during the silence that followed. The ladies pretended to study the sky and the little garden behind the Cathedral.

Ignatius lumbered over to the picket fence, abandoning the hopeless cause espoused by the wagon, and viewed the oil paintings and pastels and watercolors strung there. Although the style of each varied in crudity, the subjects of the paintings were relatively similar: camellias floating in bowls of water, azaleas tortured into ambitious flower arrangements, magnolias that looked like white windmills. Ignatius scrutinized the offerings furiously for a while all by himself, for the ladies had stepped back from the fence and had formed what looked like a protective little grouping, several feet from the newest member of the art guild.

"Oh, my God!" Ignatius bellowed after he had promenaded up and down along the fence. "How dare you present such abortions to the public."

"Please move along, sir," a bold lady said.

"Magnolias don't look like that," Ignatius said, thrusting his cutlass at the offending pastel magnolia. "You ladies need a course in botany. And perhaps geometry, too."

"You don't have to look at our work," an offended voice said from the group, the voice of the lady who had drawn the magnolia in question.

"Yes, I do!" Ignatius screamed. "You ladies need a critic with some taste and decency. Good Heavens! Which of you did this camellia? Speak up. The water in this bowl looks like motor oil."

"Leave us alone," a shrill voice said.

"I shall." Ignatius grabbed the handle of his cart and pushed off. "You women should all be on your knees begging forgiveness for what I have seen here on this fence."

"The city is certainly going down when that's out on the streets," a woman said as Ignatius waddled off down the Alley.

Ignatius was surprised to feel a small rock bounce off the back of his head.


edited excerpt from: A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Chapter 10, pgs 254-257, published by Grove Weidenfeld- New York

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Monday, May 21, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Sunday, May 20, 2007

2 sm coffees (light/sweet)
1 glazed donut
1 bran muffin
sm bottle of water (8 fl.oz.)
med coffee (light/sweet)
1 fried chicken wing
1 ham/cheese on sm bread roll (plain)
2 sm chocolate cupcakes with white frosting/colored sprinkles
1 sm barrel of red kool-aid (8 fl.oz.)
8 crackers with apple jelly*
2 "beef snacks" jerkeys (net wt. 0.8 oz.)*
1 pouch of beef stew with tobasco sauce*
1 sm barrel of blue kool-aid (8 fl.oz.)
1 ham/cheese (plain) on multi-grain bread sandwich
6 "oreo" type cookies
1 sm barrel of blue kool-aid (8 fl.oz.)
1 ham/cheese (plain) on black caraway seed roll
6 "oreo" type cookies (vanilla)
1 toffee crunch cookie (net wt. 2 oz.)*
bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
1 cheese/mustard on white bread sandwich
1 ham/cheese (plain) on white bread sandwich
3 oreos
3 oatmeal cookies
4-5 various small candies
sm box of lemon iced tea (6.75 fl.oz.)
1 strawberry/kiwi juice drink pouch (6.75 fl.oz.)
1 sausage/cheese/mustard/ketchup on white bread sandwich
2 sm cups of pasta noodle/tomato sauce/parm cheese
1 pkg of 6 crackers/peanut butter (total net wt. 1 1/4 oz.)
1 tropical punch juice drink pouch (6.75 fl.oz.)
1/4-1/2 pack of cigarettes

*government issued military MRE (Meals, Ready-To-Eat)





note: MRE also came with a Vanilla Dairyshake powder pouch, a heater pkg for the stew (fueled/activated by water that you incline on a "rock or something"), small pack of moist towelettes, small pkg of rough tissue/napkins, single serving of taster's choice coffee, one sugar pack, one pkg of creamer (non-dairy), extremely small bottle of tabasco sauce, and a green pack of matches with the following text: "These matches are designed especially for damp climates but they will not light when wet, or after long exposure (several weeks) to very damp air."

also of note, no cigarettes or pornography were included.

good finds: walking down the street about 50 minutes ago (Mon. 1:20ish p.m.) found a pack of Marlboro Ultra Lights 100's containing 9 cigarettes (undamaged)

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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, May 19, 2007

bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
1 ham/cheese/mustard on white bread sandwich
1 sm vanilla "twinkie" type cake
4 sm-med long rolls of bread
sm coffee (light/sweet)
1 Tastykake cinnamon roll (net wt. 3.75 oz.)
3 sm-med long rolls of bread
sm coffee (light/sweet)
1 donut with apple filling
1 sm butterscotch hard candy
bottle of water (20 fl.oz.)
1 ham/mustard on white bread sandwich
sm can of chicken vienna sausages (net wt. 5 oz.)
1 Tastykake cherry pie (net wt. 4 oz.)
1/2-3/4 pack of cigarettes

VIP Customer

this morning (Sunday) went to a newly opened branch of my bank (name witheld). They're open on Sundays 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Checked my balance ($0.32) via ATM then walked into the branch. was about 11:15 a.m. They have a very nice coffee machine that will brew you a single serving of med. or small size. You drop the small plastic container into the machine, press what size of coffee you want and about a minute or two later you have a nice hot coffee. Then you just remove/discard the container that held the grinds. Though I have a "free" checking account, the bank charges $35 per overdraft (fee) plus if you are overdrawn for more than two days they will charge you $6 per day/maximum 5 days or an extra $30. Considering how much I've paid them in fees, think they should comp me a cup of coffee now and then.

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Saturday, May 19, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, May 18, 2007

4 lg coffees (light/sweet)
sm cup of cold tea
sm serving of noodle/cheese/veg/chicken casserole with
med side of mashed potatoes
sm piece of focaccia bread
1 brownie
2 sm cups of pasta (noodle/spagetti) with tomato sauce
1 bagel (plain)
2 med-lg cups of tea (sweet)
1 hotdog (mustard/ketchup) on slice of white bread
1 fruit punch pouch (6.75 fl.oz.)
1 sm can of chicken vienna sausages (net wt. 5 oz.)
2 sm chocolate "twinkie" type cakes
1/2-3/4 pack of cigarettes

Create Your Own Masterpiece! Take a quick personality test to produce your very own work of art. No artistic experience is required. Free, No Charge!

(NeoGeo/ColorField) Computer Paintings by A.A.

version 1

version 2

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Friday, May 18, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, May 17, 2007

lg coffee (light/sweet)
1 cup of coffee (light/sweet)
4-5 cups of black coffee (sweet)
1 sm cup of cold tea
1 bowl of white rice topped with gravy/chicken
1 slice of white bread
1 bottle of water (16.9 fl. oz.)
1 ham/cheese on white bread sandwich (plain)
1 sm cup of ham/potatoes/boiled cabbage/green beans soup
1/2-3/4 pack of cigarettes

word of the day

Friday trivia: Did you know that Walter De Maria was the original drummer for the Velvet Underground? No joke. (info via Grammar.police)

reminder:

Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby

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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

3 lg coffees (light/sweet)
1 toasted onion bagel with cream cheese
1 sm cup of ice water
med serving of stewed chicken/veg/gravy with
sm side of mashed potatoes
2 med pieces of french bread
sm side of pineapple chunks
1 Entenmann's pound cake (net wt. 2.75 oz.)
1 bottle of water (16.9 fl. oz.)
1 hotdog (mustard/ketchup)
1 banana
1 sm cup of fruit punch
lg serving of white rice topped with
sm amount of curried chicken
1/2 pack of cigarettes


Recipe: Shrimp Deviled Eggs

Time: 20 minutes

1/4 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 eggs
2 or 3 tablespoons chopped good olives
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves, more for garnish
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons mayonnaise.

1. Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add shrimp and cook until pink, about 2 minutes. Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon. Let cool a bit, then chop.

2. Add eggs to pot, adding water, if necessary, to cover. Bring water just to a boil, then shut off heat. Cover pot and let eggs rest for 9 minutes, 10 minutes if eggs are large. Plunge eggs into a bowl of ice water. When cool enough to handle, peel.

3. Halve eggs lengthwise and remove yolks. Mash yolks of 3 eggs in a medium bowl. Add chopped shrimp and remaining ingredients and mix well.

4. Mound this mixture into egg whites. Crumble remaining yolk on top and garnish with parsley. Serve, or cover with plastic and refrigerate for up to a day; bring back to room temperature before serving.

Yield: 4 servings.

courtesy New York Times - Food Section (Wed. May 16, 2007)

related NYT article:

Some New Friends for the Humble Egg by Mark Bittman (The Minimalist)

Also by Mark Bittman... In Istria, Fresh from the Land and the Sea (plus related recipe links)

What Your Waiter Had For Dinner (The Restaurant Family Meal) By Matt Bonesteel
Washington Post Staff Writer (plus related recipe links)

Champion Of The World - interview with Ferran Adria, ranked the world's best chef (Restaurant Magazine) for the second year in a row... excerpt from Metro Newspaper:

Pedro Tortosa: Tell me a simple and refreshing recipe for summer.

Chef Adria: Watermelon and tomato gazpacho. Two-thirds of tomato and one of watermelon, all grinded, with a little salt, pepper and olive oil. Simple, no?

other topic:



An Andy Warhol painting "Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I)" sold for more than $71 million, more than quadrupling the previous top auction price for the pop artist's work, an auction house said.

two more art related articles...

article 1:

How Damien Hirst got his bite back



note: the rotting tiger shark in "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" has finally been replaced

article 2:



Art gallery to get Jasper Johns prints
By Brett Zongker, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON — The National Gallery of Art is to acquire about 1,700 proofs from Jasper Johns, which would make the gallery the largest institutional repository of his works.

The purchase of Johns' lithographs, etchings, relief prints and screen prints will be completed by the end of 2008. The gallery does not release exact dollar values on its purchases, but this was a multimillion-dollar acquisition, said gallery spokeswoman Deborah Ziska.

"This important body of work will permit the gallery to organize exhibitions that offer an amazing representation of Jasper's distinctive printmaking oeuvre," Earl A. Powell III, the gallery's director, said in a statement. The announcement was to be made official on Tuesday.

The exhibition "States and Variations: Prints by Jasper Johns" will open at the gallery's East Building on Sunday and will run through Oct. 28. It includes eight works from the latest acquisition, Ziska said.

The collection includes nearly all the iconic images associated with Johns from the postwar era -- flags, targets, maps, large multi-panel abstractions -- and recent compositions with references to works by earlier artists. The gallery is acquiring Johns' working proofs, trial and experimental proofs, progressive and state proofs, as well as sketches made during the printmaking process.

"Printmaking is uniquely suited to tracking the evolution of an image's development through successive proofs," Powell said. "Jasper's proofs take this process to new heights. While some are primary interest in the context of the final image, others are beautiful as individual works of art."

Powell said Johns' approach has been highly influential for younger generations of artists.

"His work is essential to our understanding of the post-1960 revival of interest in print media," Powell said.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

lg coffee (light/sweet)
6-7 cups of black coffee
2 sm cups of water
4 sm cups of coffee (light)
2 pretzels with mustard
1 slice of pineapple/white four cheese pizza
1 bread stick (size of philly street pretzel)
1/2 pack of cigarettes

result of Philadelphia Mayoral primary (May 15, 2007) and related stories

the most talked-about ballot question not on the ballot

Unconventional Wisdom: Vote Local, Impact National? The City of Philadelphia is featured on Metafilter

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, May 14, 2007

2 cups of black coffee
sm cup of ice water
med serving of ground beef/cheese/tomatoes/rice casserole with
med serving of green salad
2 bread rolls
1 Entenmann's marble cake (net wt. 2.75 oz.)
5-6 cups of black coffee
1 med cup of "banana" juice
1 hot dog (mustard/ketchup) with
side of noodle/tomato sauce/chili casserole
5 oreo cookies
1 mixed berry smoothie (8 fl.oz.)
1 sm container of french vanilla yogurt (net wt. 6 oz.)
1/2 pack of cigarettes

Philadelphia Votes Today

Philadelphia Votes Today (part two)

other topic:

currently owe coffee vendor $6.60 (6 lg coffees/1 sm coffee). will pay asap. If vendor doesn't front me any more coffees will pay him $8 (slightly more than 20% tip)... besides giving an extra quarter or two when I order a double espresso (and use the shop's computer), this is the only time I feel tipping for coffee is justified and warranted.

postscript: of course, I don't drink them fancy coffees that may deserve some extra coinage on the side.

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Monday, May 14, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Sunday, May 13, 2007

2 sm coffees
1 cake donut
1 kruller donut
4 sm fried chicken pieces with
side of white rice and
side of boiled cabbage
2 cheese "string" sticks (net wt. 1 oz. each)
1 apple
1/2 pack of cigarettes

function/form:

Went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art last weekend (pay what you want - $1) to see the Japanese Screen Show and the closing of the Thomas Chimes exhibit. After scoping out the two shows, went upstairs looking for the Dan Flavin installation but couldn't find the piece. (A.A. entry 1, A.A. entry 2)

According to the information desk, the fluorescent lights on the second floor are part of the construction that is going on there *not* an art piece. too bad. think Flavin himself would have been very pleased regarding the placement of the lights in the windows as seen from outside the museum during nightfall.

other topic:

Worst Lyrics Ever (part two) link via largehearted boy

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Sunday, May 13, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, May 12, 2007

2 sm coffees (light/sweet)
1 hotdog (2 dogs on a bun/plain)
1 hamburger patty/cheese/avocado/tomato/onion on white bread sandwich
1 lg coffee
1/2 sandwich of ham/cheese on raisin bread (plain)
1 lg coffee
6 sm bread rolls
6-7 sm hard candies (sweet/sour)
1 bottle of water (20 fl.oz.)
3 slices of cheese pizza
1 slice of deep dish cheese pizza
1 bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
4 sm fried chicken pieces with
side of white rice and
side of boiled cabbage
1/2 pack of cigarettes


post/entry of a personal nature:

Happy Mother's Day! Mom, has it really been over two years since we last spoke?

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Saturday, May 12, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, May 11, 2007

lg coffee
3 sm cups of ice water
med serving of ham/peas/cheese/noodle casserole with
sm side of macaroni salad
3 slices of white bread
1 Entenmann's pound cake (net wt. 2.75 oz.)
2 sm cups of water
1 bottle of St. Ides - High Gravity Malt Liquor (22 fl.oz.)
2 cups of tea
2 servings of chicken/veg/cheese/noodle casserole with
mashed potatoes
2 brownies
2 lg slices of rye bread
1 ham/cheese on kaiser roll (plain) sandwich
1 ham/cheese on 1/2 long roll (plain) sandwich
1 pretzel
2 sm plastic barrels of kool-aid (blue/red)
1/2 sandwich of ham/cheese on raisin bread (plain)
1 med-lg cup of tea
1 ham/mustard on white bread sandwich
1/2 pack of cigarettes

TOBEORNOTTOBE*

Just found out that the James Joyce Book Club (Book Corner**/Philly) has morphed into the Shakespeare Book Club... not sure if I'll continue to go.

Am currently reading the gospel of Luke. I have plenty of issues in regards to Christian theology but will start attending this weekly "Alternative Seminary" ... seems interesting.


Think someone should publish a bible where every "book" was its own hard cover being but small like a paper pocket book. The editon would sort of be like an encyclopedia series with large slip cases for both old and new testament. Would give more weight to them (gospels) by being presented as *separate* (yet part of a whole) which they were/are.

*couldn't find which actor, though think it is Michael York, who says this really fast on stage because the audience always expects it to be said very slowly and with great (over)emotion. Instead, that bit is over with quickly, in the blink of an eye... well so much for that. find that funny.

**just picked up A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. was in a brown bag of donated books outside that I noticed while sitting in the shade at one of their tables drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette. told one of the employees about it and he said I could snag a book, free of charge, if I wanted to... which I did.

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Friday, May 11, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, May 10, 2007

4-5 cups of coffee
2 lg slices of cake (vanilla/vanilla frosting)
4-5 cups of coffee
3 chocolate chip cookies
1 sm container of apple juice (6 fl.oz.)
1 turkey/cheese (plain) on kaiser roll sandwich
1 sm bag of pretzels (net wt. 1/2 oz.)
1/2 pack of cigarettes

Bloody Martini

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. Belvedere Cytrus (citrus flavored vodka)
dash of simple syrup
dash of lemon juice
dash of Tabasco
6 cherry tomotoes

How To Make It:

In a shaker glass, muddle the tomatoes with the lemon juice and simple syrup. Add the rest of the ingredients, and shake with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass, and garnish with a cherry tomato speared with a basil leaf.

courtesy Metro-Philadelphia, pg. 20, weekend edition, May 11-13, 2007

Fine Fashion Zombies

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Thursday, May 10, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

lg coffee
1 dry box of cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats net wt. 1.05 oz.)
3 med cups of fountain Mountain Dew (16 fl.oz. each)
1 "traditional Quiznos sub" (roast beef, turkey, ham, cheddar cheese, lettuce, red onion, black olives, mayo on sesame seed long roll/regular size)
2 sm ramicans of pepperoncini/sliced pickles
1 sm-med bag of cornchips
5-6 cups of coffee
1 dry box of cereal (Honey Bunches of Oats net wt. 1.05 oz.)
med hot chocolate
1 peanut butter/jelly on whole wheat sandwich
med cup of veg/meat/noodle soup
sm cup of fruit punch
med serving of white rice topped with sm amount of curried chicken
3/4 pack of cigarettes


There's an insect
In your ear
If you scratch
It won't disappear

--U2's 'Staring at the Sun'

The 20 Worst Lyrics Ever


entry for Bad Poetry Contest (march '07):

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Sometimes, just before my eyes open
I hear rustling and feel the coolness
of an empty bed.

I wonder where
has she gone?
My armpits and breath
smell like sewage
that cannot be salvaged!

Then I smell an aroma
and miss her more.
Wish I had a girlfriend
instead of a maid.

Would save me money
bring some comfort
though my clothes wouldn't be
ironed so crisply.
underwear included.

Allan Smithee (2007)

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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

lg coffee
6-7 cups of coffee
lg coffee
4-5 sm cups of water
1/2-3/4 pack of cigarettes

"Sample Space" - a key word used during last night's talk by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Natalie Angier at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

sample space

–noun Mathematics.

the collection of all possible results of an experiment, represented as points.

click here for excerpt from Angier's latest book "The Canon: A Whirlygig Tour Through the Beautiful Basics of Science"

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, May 7, 2007

pkg of 6 cheese crackers with cheese (total net wt. 1 3/8 oz.)
1 chicken/cheese/mayo sandwich
sm cup of pasta/tomato sauce
sm ziploc baggie of assorted cookies
sm coffee
lg coffee
slice of moist fruit cake
1 ham/lettuce/mayo on rye bread sandwich
1 tuna fish/lettuce on rye bread sandwich
6 cups of coffee
sm ziploc baggie of assorted cookies
pkg of 6 cheese crackers with cheese (total net wt. 1 3/8 oz.)
2 bananas
3/4 pack of cigarettes


Songs About Turkey Sandwiches Or Something

(1) recipe for Chilled Watermelon Soup with Blackened Shrimp and Cucumber

Ingredients:

16 large shrimp
2 tbsp Creole seasoning
6 cups diced, seedless watermelon
2 cups diced, seedless cucumber
2 tbsp ginger, minced
2 tbsp shallots, minced
1 can coconut milk, unsweetened
2 tbsp chili paste
1/4 cup sugar
(to taste) salt and pepper

Method of Preparation:

Blend cucumbers and melon together until smooth and pour into mixing bowl. Blend remaining ingredients and whisk into cucumber/melon mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 4 to 8 hours. Season shrimp and grill, saute or broil them, and garnish individual bowls of soups with them.

courtesy of John Mims, Key To Philadelphia, page 6, May 7 - May 20, 2007


(2) employment email:

re: handbill/flyer schedule for week of May 7th

Dear Ms. (name withheld),

Thank you for taking the time this morning (May 4) to speak with me over the phone. I'm sorry we were not able to re-connect concerning the rescheduled shift that was moved to this a.m. If you have any additional handbill/flyer shifts ($10/hr) please email me with date/time/location.

As per our conversation, the Free Library of Philadelphia has approved distribution of said items at the Main Branch (20th/Vine) plus other branch locations. It is suggested a stack definitely be dropped off at the Rittenhouse Square branch location.

The Main Branch will place two flyers (showing both front/back) on the bulletin board located on the ground floor next to the elevators. They will also place a stack next to the information desk just inside the main entrance.

If you would like, I could drop off the handbills at the library locations plus other optional locations (coffee houses, record stores, and bars/taverns) in Center City and Old City where registered voters congregate.

Regards,

(name withheld)

postscript: my access to a telephone is *extremely* limited, hence the email. pls use this address for further correspondence/information.


reply:

RE: handbill/flyer schedule for week of May 7th

(name withheld),

Thanks for taking the initiative to do the library queries. I would be able to give you flyers to drop at the Rittenhouse and main branch and for some coffee houses. I can get you five hundred flyers by Tuesday, ok?? Also if you want to work on Tuesday at the Hour of Power site in center city and then do some lunch time/afternoon distribution, that would be great. Let me know.


employment email (part two)

Re: Zoning Matters - Tuesday

Dear Ms. (name withheld),

Just let me know where/what time I can pick up the Zoning Matters handbills (400-500 copies) to drop off at the libraries/coffee shops and I'll gladly pick them up/drop them off that day.

Also, yes, I would very much like to work at/during the "Hour of Power" site on Tuesday in Center City. Where is the location? And What time should I show up at? (this includes handing out flyers during lunch time/afternoon.)

(name withheld)

postscript: Thank You very much for your response.



notecard for handbill placement locations

note: time/location re: handbill pickup/passout info as of Tuesday, May 8th, 10:30 a.m. not yet forwarded... (still unemployed)

(3) Fountain Photos






(4) The Mathematical Lives of Plants
via metafilter.com

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Monday, May 7, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Sunday, May 6, 2007

2 sm coffees
1 med coffee
med plastic cup of fruit punch
1 hot dog (mustard/ketchup) with
side of rice/beans
1 serving of pasta (tomato sauce/onion/cilantro/vinegar)
side of collard greens
sm amount of fresh apple salad
sm bag of potato chips
1 marshmallow spread/peanut butter/honey sandwich
2 "oreo" type cookies
can of diced pears (net wt. 4.5 oz.)
can of coke (12 fl.oz.)
1 chicken/cheese/mayo sandwich
sm cup of pasta with tomato sauce
1 pouch of fruit punch (3.75 fl.oz.)
1/2 pack of cigarettes

word of the day

thought for the day (note: scroll down to see it)

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Sunday, May 6, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, May 5, 2007

2 sm coffees (light/sweet)
1 hot dog (plain/2 dogs on a bun)
1 med coffee (light/sweet)
sm slice of angel cake
2 bananas
3 sm slices of pepperoni pizza
bottle of water (20 fl.oz.)
3/4-1 pack of cigarettes

Crimes Of Omsson

Kinetic Sculpture Derby... (related link via metafilter.com)

Arts Rescue Project

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Saturday, May 5, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, May 4, 2007

2 lg coffees
sm cup of water
med serving of shepherd's pie plus
lg serving of cole slaw
1 roll
1 english muffin
1 bear claw danish (net wt. 5 oz.)
3 lg rolls
med cup of lemonade
med cup of tea
pack of cigarettes

Norway Backs Its Ethics With Its Cash

Beyond Paintbrush Boundries: Imagining Structure in 3-D

Frank Stella By City Lights

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Friday, May 4, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, May 3, 2007

lg coffee
6-7 cups of coffee
2 sm cups of water
turkey/lettuce/tomato/onion/mayo&salt/pepper on long roll
meat cubes/green beans/gravy on bowl of rice
slice of white bread with "butter"
med coffee (light/sweet)
2 sm pumpkin whoopie pies (total net wt. 1 lb)
pack of cigarettes

Producer's Notebook: Finding Footie By NOW Field Producer Alexandra Dean

"Tale of a Cowardly Lion"... request for status as a Noncombatant Conscientious Objector

Need A Cooker? Use Your Cell Phone (link via pavement mailing list)

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Thursday, May 3, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

lg coffee
sausage/egg/cheese (with ketchup) on long roll
bottle of ice tea (17.5 fl.oz.)
bagel with cream cheese
hotdog (mustard/raw onion)
can of coke (12 fl.oz.)
2 pints of lager
lg coffee with shot of espresso
slice of cheese pizza
2 pints of lager (royal/imperial)
2 bottles of lager (different location)
pack of cigarettes

Michael Chabon Creates Alternate Reality In 'Yiddish Policeman's Union'

Stick 'N' Poke ("Rosemary's Baby")

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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

med coffee (16 fl.oz.)
1 hash brown
bagel with cream cheese
lg coffee
2 double cheeseburgers (McDonalds)
med french fries (McDonalds)
16 oz. can of beer (brown bagged)
glass of fountain coke
pint of Rolling Rock (royal/imperial)
pint of lager (different location)
single espresso
3 bottles of lager
12 oz. can of beer (pbr) with
shot of whiskey
pint of lager (different location)
pack and half of cigarettes

Fortune Cookie

Daily Good

Nothing

Happy (belated) Loyalty Day!
link via philebrity.com

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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

April 30, 2007

lg coffee
1 hash brown with ketchup
sm coffee
hotdog (mustard/raw onion)
2 bottles of lager (12 fl.oz. each)
4 cups of coffee
2 slices of cheese pizza
2 pints of lager
2 pints of lager (different location)
pack and a half of cigarettes

Zoning Matters!

handbill/flyer handout (8 a.m.-12 p.m.)
corner of Market/8th (subway exit)

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