Stitches
Yesterday I had another doctor’s visit to take care of the ick I had over the holiday season. I learned two things at the doctor’s office. One is that I seem to be an...
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I’ve Been Cleaning Like A Fool, Trying To Get Ready For Chinese New Year
Every year it’s all I can do to make it through the endless Christmas season. The days are short, the expectation is that you’ll shop with glee for loved ones. Forget it, I can...
Pictures from “Ewert and the Two Dragons” Playing Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2013
When my favorite Estonian band “Ewert and the Two Dragons” were on their Fall 2013 US tour, I managed to catch them in Austin. I’ve seen the band several times, including at both Summer...
The Last Month Has Been Icky!
For the last month, I haven’t done much of anything. Not much writing, not much photo editing, not even much reading of longform articles. I had a cyst that got infected and turned into...
I Don’t Collect Setlists, I Collect Photos of Setlists (And The People Who Took Them Home)
After a show, a lot of people try to take home the setlist from the event. Since a lot of times my tickets have been comped–sometimes because I’m taking pictures of the show–there’s no...
It’s Big Cat Week on Television! Starting Today!
Earlier this week, I found a fun video for “Big Cat Week: Betty White: The Cougar Expert.” It’s part of National Geographic’s “Big Cat Week,” which starts today. Every time I see an ad...
Someone in Austin, Texas Was Very Sad to Read About the Latvian Supermarket Collapse
Latvia doesn’t occupy a large spot in the consciousness of most Americans. It does in mine. From the first moment I first arrived on a bus in the capital of Riga, Latvia in the...
Fantastic Fest 2013 Photo Gallery
Sometimes it’s really hard for a photo project to emerge. After these pictures were held for their own use by two separate editors who later changed their minds, I bring you a long-delayed Fantastic...
The Fall Busy Time in Austin Is Over! Yea!
If you don’t live in Austin, you may not know that the period between the middle of September and the middle of November is a full on sprint of activities, conferences and festivals. If you don’t know me in real-life, you may not know that every October, I also participate in the guerrilla theater production of Scare For a Cure.
That means by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, I’m just done. I hardly have the energy to put a felt pumpkin out on the table.
Faces and Moments of Fun Fun Fun Fest
When a cutting-edge festival has nearly 25,000 attendees and three days of acts spread across four stages, it takes multiple posts to capture the event. Here Anna Hanks was set loose to roam around the...
