From ABC News, a list of ten superfoods and their health benefits. Includes pomegranates, cinnamon, and pumpkin seeds.
“Straight Line Spirals”
12″ x 12″
Acrylic on wood
Gift
2008
Notes: Made entirely of straight lines. The design began with squares, each consequently clipped at the midpoints of its four segments by a nested child square, creating four right-angled isosceles triangles. Every square was drawn within its parent square and rotated forty-five degrees, after which it became the parent of the next square, and so on, working from the outside in. The spirals were achieved by selectively painting certain triangles black, others white. By ignoring what’s black and what’s white, visualizing the wireframe, you’ll see that the spirals are nothing but triangles.
The Carolers
by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969)
Tears of sulking gloom stained his frown. He flinched at the quiet knowledge that he was being watched, day and night, all his actions known, whether disorderly or charitable.
KNOCK KNOCK.
He got up from his favorite chair and walked across the dark empty living room to open the front door. On the cusp of confusion and paranoia, he stepped out to the cold unlit porch in his underwear to see the army of well-wishers standing on the sidewalk, bundled in gay apparel. Young and old, male and female, they held candles and printed music.
And with yulish enthusiasm, they sang:
You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I’m telling you why:
Santa Claus is coming to town…
From the LA Times, the final truckload of VHS tapes has left the building.
“Most very successful people are driven. They all wanted what they’ve got; they didn’t get it by accident. A lot of them will admit that luck played a part, but they were all driven. They all had a sense of purpose, a sense of who they are. They are a little off. They don’t act the same way other people act. They have a vision, you know, the kind of thing that the layman doesn’t have. These are the people who really made it.”
— Larry King
From the New York Times, a breakdown of “It’s a Wonderful Life” from the admittedly cynical and non-mushy Wendell Jamieson.
Here’s the thing about Pottersville that struck me when I was 15: It looks like much more fun than stultifying Bedford Falls — the women are hot, the music swings, and the fun times go on all night. If anything, Pottersville captures just the type of excitement George had long been seeking.
A great read for those of us who, whether we love the movie or not, can’t ignore the ruthless munchies we get for Capracorn this time of year.
