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The Getty Museum
After driving home from ComicCon 2009, we decided to visit the Getty Museum, since Nathan, my son, had never been there. Its a picturesque large museum overlooking Los Angeles; the Getty has the largest art conservatorship in the United States. Aviva and I have been to the Getty Museum before to see the Bernini and […]
July 23rd, 2009 by alephnaught
ComicCon 2009, Thursday: Pictures
My son Nathan and I attended the Thursday opening of ComicCon 2009; we had a great time, we walked the whole exhibit hall floor. I got a couple gifts for people that are friends on Twitter. And I posted tweets regularly with photos from the event, which some folks seemed to really enjoy. Here’s a […]
July 22nd, 2009 by alephnaught
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Title: Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design Author: Andy Clarke Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (November 25, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0321410971 ISBN-13: 978-0321410979 This book isn’t really about Transcending CSS but instead equal parts history, technique, design, process and futures. And if you want to do more with […]
July 12th, 2009 by alephnaught
A massage, chairs in a window, the Farmers Market, and some
Another posting of miscellaneous stuff we did recently. Aviva got me a massage for my birthday, so I went to the local spa/training place; it was a very nice massage, helped relax my neck. We also took a trip to the Farmer’s Market and the Grove in LA – here’s a metal sculpture there: We […]
July 3rd, 2009 by alephnaught
My 50th birthday celebration
We decided to go out for dinner for my birthday on Friday July 3 because most of the good places are closed on the 4th. We drove down to west Hollywood to check out the latest version of my glasses – they’re still too big but much closer, hopefully we’ll be ready to order them […]
July 2nd, 2009 by alephnaught
June 28th, 2009 by alephnaught
24 Declassified: Head Shot
Title: 24 Declassified: Head Shot Author: David Jacobs Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harper; Mti edition (April 28, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 006177152X ISBN-13: 978-0061771521 I try to read the 24 novels when they come out – call it a dirty pleasure, but I grew up reading pulp novels from people like Earl Stanley […]
June 27th, 2009 by alephnaught
Sawtelle, Glasses, and a Woody Allen movie, “Whatever Works”
Aviva went to a lecture on acrylic techniques at an art supply store in Culver City; while she was there I went to my favorite news stand at Robertson and Pico, then to Sawtelle, which is the second and smaller Japanese area. I bought a few toys. Card with picture of Buddha figure I purchased […]
June 24th, 2009 by alephnaught
Et tu, Brute
This is a poem I wrote a very long time ago: Thin shadows engulf the man, They would wound the land. As metal and human merge into sculpture The birds fly south to dawn. As one the glints light the shadows And Juno cries a bloody tear. The light scatters into a funeral pyre, Eulogies […]
June 21st, 2009 by alephnaught
July 24th, 2009 by alephnaught