11.25.2008

stuff i enjoy

i like magazines like GOOD and Wallpaper. Good is a new discovery of mine. It has relatively short articles, with the point generally being summarized in an excellent graphic that is easily understandable at a glance.
i consider it so much more efficient, time-wise, than to sift through seas of words.
Wallpaper is a stylish mag that appeals to my sense of design.

Good also has a website, from which i wasted the morning away reading through. here are some articles that i found interesting

http://thevisualdictionary.net/

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/the-bible-according-to-google-earth/

http://lifehacker.com/5096769/five-best-desktop-customization-tools?skyline=true&s=i

http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/20/video-grow-a-living-treehouse-with-terreform/

http://www.inhabitat.com/

11.23.2008

11.19.2008

macking with the chicks

here i am macking with the chicks, sporting my brad pitt mr & mrs. smith haircut.
sure the one is the lovely mrs. bob and the other is the somewhat controversial miriamite true love of he-who-shall-not-be-named, so my proof that i am some sort of international playboy may still be questionable

11.05.2008

jose cuervo tequila production

the blue agave plant has its leaves taken out with a type of spade and the remaining pineapple-like thing is steamed and juiced.
it seemed a very simple and much smaller operation than i thought.




sunset over mazatlan



sunset


racism

in the news today, comments made by prominent politicians show how their perceptions have undertones of bigotry.
underlying racism just make me burn

"America is electing a new president, but for the Germans, for Europeans, it is electing the next world leader," said Alexander Rahr, director of the German Council on Foreign Relations.

"We see new challenges coming up, not only Islamic extremism, but a newly resurgent Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea — everywhere there are fires," he said. "And we, as Europeans, can't solve these problems without America. A world without American leadership is, for most Europeans, a world of chaos