Archive for November, 2006

MacBaba strikes again

Tools employed in poker chip-DVD player extraction: beloved nephew’s steady hand on the flashlight; sundry pokey tools; and patience (symbolized by the watch).
That would be “MacBaba” as in a take on MacGyver, by the way. Not as in a take on MacDonald’s, since you know they’d sue my hiney the second they ran across [...]

Ido, pero no olvidado

Jana Weston, Flora (detail), 2000. Acrylic paint with mixed media.
At Oakland Museum of California’s “Laughing Bones/Weeping Hearts: Días de los Muertos 2006″ exhibit.
Ido, pero no olvidado: Gone, but not forgotten.
Here in California, former Mexican state and forever territory of Aztlàn, the Días de los Muertos are much observed. Spanish speaking folks might be interested [...]