“Excuse me, could you please give me directions to the pri… oh, nevermind.”
May 5th, 2010
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You’re doing it wrong.
May 1st, 2010
“I do think at some point you’ve made enough money.” – Barrack Obama
“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” – Karl Marx
Don’t you think those quotes seem strangely complimentary? I do. That’s why I posted them here. Idiot.
Have you seen the “Pure Protein” commercial where the lady is running and a hot dog vendor and a pretzel vendor try selling her their wares as she runs by? It’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen. Well maybe not ever, but it’s pretty ridiculous. Watch it here… the attempted sales happen in the first 8 second. What kills me is that someone wrote that, pitched it, and the powers that be thought: ”I like it. It makes sense. Make it happen.” That commercial makes me less likely to buy “Pure Protein.”
The photo today was taken off Trans-Mountain Highway in El Paso. I took it immediately following La Vina Wine Fest.
Wait a minute, wait a minute… tell me again how there’s violence in Juarez?
April 18th, 2010
It just doesn’t make sense. Apparently there are no guns allowed. No guns = No violence. Everybody knows that.
Macro of a detailed chess knight.
April 19th, 2009
This is a close-up (macro) shot of a very detailed chess piece. One of the knights in fact. It’s from a chess set I honed from a single piece of Indian green marble. Including the board. Bobby Fischer offered me $10k for it in 2006. I punched him in the stomach, took his wallet, and told him to get his socialist traitor ass back to Iceland. He complied. Ironically my knight looks like a giant statue that could be, say, near the entrance of the El Paso airport, and possibly be named ‘The Equestrian,’ and, I don’t know, maybe dedicated in 2007, and, who knows, possibly sculpted by John Sherrill Houser. It certainly looks like that. But it’s not.
El Paso sunset from Chicago
March 23rd, 2009
I’m sitting on the 25th floor of a condo building on the north side of Chicago. I’ve taken a gajillion pictures here, but I didn’t bring my computer so I can’t open my Raw files to post any of the shots. In good time my friends, in good time. Due time? Damn, in due time sounds better. Maybe I should have written: “In due time my friends, in due time.” Maybe instead of writing what I should have written I should have just deleted what I wrote and replaced it with what I suggested should have been written in its place. Damnit. I’ll never get this right.
We went to Second City last night. Very funny. The best skit went something like this:
Mother: “So you mean, he’ll like to draw and paint and sculpt?”
Doctor: “Oh goodness, did I say artistic?”
Eva and I are going to Vegas with Arch and Tiff this coming up weekend. We’re balling at the Venetian. Arch made the reservations and they said “You’re all confirmed Mr. Archuleta, you will be balling with us on the nights of the 27th, 28th, and 29th.” He clarified and they confirmed our official status as “balling.” Very strange; I’ll let you know if it’s true.
This is a shot taken from the front porch of our apartment in El Paso.
Victory.
February 2nd, 2009
Granted, I’m biased. But honestly… admit it… not only was it easily one of the, if not THE, greatest Super Bowls of all time, but it was quite possibly one of the greatest football games of all time. Again, full disclosure, I might be somewhat slightly sort of biased. But seriously. Wow.
Oh and the Steelers now have more Super Bowl victories than any other team in the history of the NFL. Ever. Since it was invented. Which was so long ago that all the pictures and film from back then are in black and white. And there was no internet. Or cell phones. Yea… crazy.
Stick ‘em Up
January 27th, 2009
Reach for the sky.
Oh this? Yea, it’s my gun. A license? Sure I’ve got a license; it’s signed by 39 dudes and it’s called the Constitution. My feelings on what? Speak up Mrs. Pelosi I can’t hear you very well. Oh, my feelings on gun control. Well I think if you control guns then the law abiding citizens like me will be controlled quite well. However, the people you are trying to keep from committing crimes with said gun control will just be emboldened by the fact that their potential victims are no longer even potentially armed. I mean, these people already disobey laws–what makes you think new laws will change anything? Wait, wait, what? Shove it where? Why would I do that with your shoe? That’s gross. You’re gross. What are you even doing in my living room?