Duck and Cover
Every time I drive through greater Providence I see more ‘for sale’ signs and empty storefronts. And things aren’t safe in heaven either.
The Clothes of Our Lives
Happy Valentine’s Day to all the lovers out there, myself and my husband included. This year for Valentine’s Day, I treated myself to an hour of cleaning out my clothes closet, deciding on things I could let go. There was a lot. When I was in my 20′s and living on the East Side of [...]
Cool Shepard Fairey Link
At Rhode Island’s Future, here. With a good photo of a new public art action downtown. If you happen to be on North Main Street, look for a Shepard Fairey sign on the side of Max Formal. And stop in the store if you want a good deal on work pants.
The Slumdog That Didn’t Bark
Gangs of rail-thin children run from a club-wielding policeman, a satellite view of a maze of tin-roofed shacks extends for miles, children climb mountains of trash scavenging for anything they can sell. Acres of plastic bags, garbage and broken junk from their own upper classes and the first world.
At Last, A Cure
A very funny video from The Onion about a new drug for treating the annoyingly cheerful. ‘Despondex’ can reduce perkiness by 60%.
The High Cost of Not Building a Concrete Plant
Projo has an article talking about the problems with finding funds to cover the costs of buying out Cullion to keep the concrete plant from being built. From the Projo: CRANSTON The city’s plan to buy the land on which a company had wanted to open a concrete-batching plant is slowly moving forward, but city [...]
Glad I Don’t Live in “Jersey”
One day it’s plague-infested mice, the next it’s exploding beach debris.
Giant Gerbils Save Mankind
We look with hope to the giant gerbils of Kazakhstan.
Art Outlaw
Shepard Fairey was arrested by Boston police Friday night for doing what he has been known to do before: graffiti.
Florida Horror Story
It was a very scary picture of what happens when you run a state around low taxes, ‘freedom’ from regulation, and neglecting to consider the long-term welfare of the working class.
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