Chess piece

Chess piece

A friend has a chess set that is apparently from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1963. He's missing a piece and asked if I could scan the existing one and print a copy for him. I have tried scanning it several times using KIRI Engine. I will try printing it in resin...

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Lost my backup!

Lost my backup!

Welp, I've decided to turn my site back on and pay for a year of hosting, only to realize all my site content: the art, the old rants, the design, the coding... it's all gone. So I guess I start over. Here's a picture of Lewie until I can get some content going again!

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Some photos from my roof

Some photos from my roof

It’s in the 30s*, not too cold, and no wind. I ran up to the roof with my 70-300mm Sigma DG and snapped off a few shots of our little slice of Cleveland.*Fahrenheit

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Snow – it’s not just for politics anymore.

Snow – it’s not just for politics anymore.

This is the view from my car this morning as I shoveled the heavy, gods-forsaken white evil from my poor little car. I am pretty tired of this shit. What makes it extra-special funny it that I spent half a decade or so in Los Angeles, a city where snow is only used to...

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The Secret Shame of an American

I am almost, nearly, completely ashamed to call myself an American. Part of that comes from the fact that, in the U.S., we’ve completely co-opted a term that covers two continents and many diverse countries for our own selfish use. There are literally over 30...

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I’m definitely Not Lovin’ It.

I may sound like a grumpy, cynical bastard but I’m not. I’m a grumpy, cynical misanthrope. My parents were married, and I’m more sociopath than you may have thought. I may complain a lot, but I am a genuinely happy person in real life much of the time, usually when...

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