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If I could do it, I'd do no writing at all here. It would be photographs; the rest would be fragments of cloth, bits of cotton, lumps of earth, records of speech, pieces of wood and iron, phials of odors, plates of food and of excrement.... A piece of the body torn out by the root might be more to the point.

—James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

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Today's Edition
YYMMDD
021120 - sunny day writing
021116 - miso honey
021108 - i like to movie, movie
021104 - hey, look, sarah kavage
021030 - those are the breaks
021030 - "sound" mind & body
021023 - leafblower
021021 - bonebreaker
021017 - sidewalk sale
021015 - rollerboard, skateblade
021014 - taking sportflite
021010 - SPUNK
021010 - giving byrd wings
021006 - demo crazy
021002 - make yr mark
020919 - mans laughter
020913 - long live king
020912 - irrigation irritation
020912 - whuddya know?
020911 - the other september 11
020905 - ain't i christ?
020824 - screw yr. car 2!
020820 - a brush with death
020814 - eat shit and die
020809 - POST BILLS ON
020801 - last night?
020801 - fuckup
020718 - first day of work
020716 - pocket rocket
020709 - like shit through a goose
020705 - declare independence
020702 - wanded, spare changed, mis-prescribed...
020701 - I C U
020627 - urban wildlife for sale
020625 - no bombing any time
020624 - to a t
020612 - splitting personality
020609 - eat me
020608 - flag fortler
020607 - numb-er one
020606 - the original spiderman
020605 - dish
020603 - cats 'n ants
020523 - no repeats, or hesitation
020520 - ...for tomorrow we fly
020517 - to the x-scream
020517 - urban glyphs III
020516 - no more shit on a stick for you, sir!
020502 - a river moves by staying in place
020428 - suckers
020421 - fuck cars
020420 - watch yer step
020411 - what's up chuck?
020410 - zinn is in
020403 - terminal velocity
020402 - like rain on yr. wedding day...
020401 - screen star
020328 - duck, duck...
020327 - murder
020324 - paper or plastic?
020316 - 2 turntables and a microphone
020308 - go ladro snow yo whoa
020307 - sought bold
020303 - use it or lose it
020301 - made in china
020228 - light is a hole in what's left
020220 - phoenix, seattle
020216 - hand job
020214 - misty mountain hop
020213 - smoke 'em if you got 'em
020212 - hurry up and slow down
020208 - straight lines are all in yr. mind
020204 - dusted
020131 - non-conformists unite!
020129 - why BLM? land manages itself...
020128 - you are your own signpost
020123 - who killed the immortals?
020122 - blow by blow
020121 - screwin' around
020120 - the alma mater
020115 - 62 - 02
020112 - singin' in the rain
020106 - breaking bread
020105 - how free are we?
011228 - 3 from 5
011227 - stair down & up
011226 - not so holey night
011224 - calm
011221 - witness
011219 - dope pedalin'
011218 - happy to be back
011217 - sunshine dreams
011216 - cat in the box
011215 - untied i stand
011214 - if you can't bake 'em, lick 'em
011211 - matchbox a.m.
011209 - ant b
011206 - terrorvator, blowing up!
011203 - fodder
011202 - collum column
N30'01 - a g r o n a u t
011129 - cookies and beer
011128 - ...and the law you rode in on
011127 - through thick and thin
011126 - wishy...
011125 - double quotes
011119 - going home again
011117 - a new new york for me
011115 - overheard
011114 - putting my ten cents in
011113 - miami barefoot walking tour
011112 - my ami
011111 - a peace to end all wars
011110 - oops, poops
011110 - rebeccathon
011108 - swat not
011107 - trees bend
011106 - peace by peace
011104 - farm team
011031 - doubletake
011030 - the war for drugs
011028 - fly, boyz and grrls
011023 - invisible views
011022 - there and back
011017 - fade
011016 - b/t here and there
011016 - faw down go...
011011 - where oh where has our little cat gone?
011007 - a last call to last
011005 - this little piggy went to market
011003 - full and fuller
011002 - paper view
011001 - another time zone
010927 - Greetings from Gerlach
010926 - covert ops
010925 - roadtrip
010920 - falling down
010919 - escape
010917 - flagging a dead horse
010916 - why drive?
010914 - healing, rebuilding, re-creating...
010912 - pearadise
010911 - PEACE
010823 - berry nice
010822 - beyond ad creep & information monopolies
010821 - a butterfly for your cocoon
010820 - out with SHOUT!
010819 - rolling
010817 - books 4 sale
010812 - totally tubular
010810 - Rumi with a View
010809 - Why Drive?
010727 - Dakota, North
010723 - bad sign
010717 - STOP
010716 - wheeze and cough
010714 - 1,096 days
010711 - the mouth part
010706 - kiss the Sky
010705 - the great outdoors
010704 - seeds and stems
010703 - CRUD
010702 - goose crap and a dead rat
010629 - what has 98 wheels and one heart?
010626 - earful
010623 - pie are round, not squared
010621 - XING
010616 - all's fair
010615 - be pre-parade
010613 - ladybug wish me luck
010611 - pitcher this
010607 - "who do you know who lives here?"
010603 - cry of the bookmonger
010602 - remember when...
010602 - arbitrary art grant
010601 - who was that masked rabbit?
010531 - mommy, why is the sky brown?
010528 - raindance
010525 - sailin' with dave
010520 - clickball
010517 - look both ways, always
010515 - hope floats
010509 - in access
010507 - fire and Ice
010505 - derby, dude
010501 - communist plot
010430 - last call
010428 - gone fishin'
010426 - red letter day
010425 - jesus breathes us
010418 - bodies, rest & motion
010416 - trance it
010416 - waterwings
010415 - doot, doot, doot, doot-doot, doot-doo
010411 - sweet 16
010410 - seattle.sidewalk
010409 - pour view
010409 - for swingers only
010406 - big old stasis
010402 - ...life is but a dream
010328 - life at bottom
010324 - out & about in fremont
010322 - godsend
010322 - that's the ticket!
010321 - sunny day rainout
010320 - walking is eating, do it 3x/day
010316 - are you detail-oriented?
010315 - be there or beware
010311 - kicking, the habit
010310 - trolls, lasers, & soap bubbles
010307 - blue moon
010305 - total trash
010228 - what's shakin'?
010227 - get a job!
010221 - rain, man
010221 - ear, ear!
010220 - stay on target!
010219 - number three
010215 - snow day and night
010209 - wall to wallingford
010208 - pray for rain
010207 - chill!
010205 - i wake to sleep
010204 - it's a kick!
010203 - naked drug suck
010130 - rusty leaf dream
010125 - three years and a day
010124 - the weekly grind
010120 - what democracy looks like
010115 - from the line
010114 - hats off to mr. klobouk
010113 - art.revolution.pie
010112 - poke poke poker
010110 - jeste jednou?
010109 - another?
010108 - meet the zverinas
010105 - milan hlavsa remembered
010104 - viaduct? vhy not?
010102 - o tannenbomb
010101 - hazy new year!
001229 - it's super, sucker
001227 - god damn this mess
001225 - lucy no see
001223 - and on the 6th day, Beer!
001222 - the horsey set
001221 - a long night's journey into day
001219 - chili and warm
001218 - where's hoffa?
001216 - straight edge for one night (again)
001214 - merry kiltmas
001213 - snow day
001212 - draw!
001209 - it's beginning to look a lot like chromemas
001208 - eye heart euchre
001207 - shit from an old notebook quoted
001206 - please $tand buy
001205 - the natural way to draw
001128 - it feels like home
001127 - another night, another city, another beer
001117 - mystery of the haunted church
001116 - scaredy dog
001114 - bogey man
001109 - the wait
001105 - in the money
001030 - havre nice beer
001029 - explore america on amtrak
001027 - cover your left eye. now your right.
001026 - john, nate, andi and i
001023 - keep it like a secret
001021 - wingin' it
001020 - eat, dance, smoke, talk, play
001017 - pivotal pivo
001017 - things move in cycles
001016 - can i kick it?
001015 - you, GLY, ain't got no alibi
001012 - holy crap
001011 - the weekly grind
001010 - party cloudly
001009 - 9 lives, 8 for napping
(for sarah visiting The City)
001005 - carmen touched me
001004 - $ave Our $hip
001003 - all the news that doesn't fit
001002 - note you thank
001001 - bush & gore make me wanna ralph
000929 - aw, nuts
000923 - LET RALPH DEBATE!
000921 - ma chairy
000920 - he who does not bend breaks, he who breaks is bent, he whose back is broken, crushed by a raise in the rent
000915 - totally tubular
000914 - eskimo pi
000913 - unscrew you
000911 - let's give hope a hand
000831 - tears, dirty tears
000829 - dust and the wind
000826 - we're almost there!
000821 - hot room and cold plunge
000820 - movin' on up the ave
000816 - what goes around must come down
000812 - thr33s
000811 - burnout
000809 - heat and light
000808 - swing and a dip
000803 - me and my hangups
000802 - pixelated
000727 - sXe
000720 - the evening star
000719 - the rainbow connection
000717 - fifteen more minutes of fame
000716 - andi, get your goat
000713 - the full monte
000708 - a day in the life of fremont
000707 - jump, jump for my love
000706 - rock foster, down, down
000703 - we perish each alone
000702 - gone with the schwinn
000630 - da roof, da roof, da roof is on fire
000629 - O you
000625 - baby burn, baby
000623 - patti has the power
000622 - locks lox
000616 - the golden arch is...
000615 - are we home, yet?
000612 - to ballard and back
000610 - freak flag
000604 - the seattle weekly
000603 - first day of summer
000602 - motion pictures
000528 - factoria is stranger than fiction
000522 - harass poll
000520 - tesla goils, theremin boyzzz
000519 - how now brown tao?
000518 - to the max
000516 - wave goodbye
000513 - wet is the way we act
000511 - flower meower
000510 - no place like it
000507 - brighton beach memoir
000504 - a short walk to anywhere
000427 - all access
000426 - at liberty
000425 - all the prints that didn't fit
000419 - albedo a-gogo
000417 - concrete forms
000411 - inaugural dip at daikiki
000406 - hammering man
000404 - all the pretty things destroyed...
000403 - fun & games, guns & fame
000401 - clean uncluttered space leaves ample room to cry in
000329 - movin' on up brings me down
000324 - not so silent spring
000320 - shhhhh...
000315 - co bra
000314 - egg
000307 - phat fat tuesday
000305 - the wrong box
000302 - after
000301 - before
000226 - drop out, tune in, vash on
000224 - in god wet rust
000223 - maw maw
000222 - sliver screen
000221 - verboten zonen
000219 - cat shat
000217 - sunshine in a cup
000214 - my soggy valentine
000213 - Rodan vs. The Stinker
000212 - behind scenes
000211 - meat!
000205 - last-minute shopping for my sister
000131 - one two three, one two three
000130 - crack up
000127 - catch up
000126 - breakfast of champions
000125 - snow way
000124 - remember that time...
000122 - free the baltimore 12
000121 - our american cousin
000119 - selfish shellfish
000116 - limber
000115 - Krasna is Czech for beautiful
000114 - kitty porn
000112 - balance
000111 - [ advertisement ]
000110 - a bridge too short
000106 - resolution
000103 - in dog we trust
000101 - ground zero zero
991228 - bye bye babi
991226 - the letter
991224 - dustmope
991222 - A Is for Alex
991219 - ...and hope to die
991218 - face 2 face
991217 - fremontea
991216 - sundried in seattle
991215 - that which hurts me only makes me stranger
991213 - by desperate loners, for desperate loners
991208 - simplify
991207 - skin flint
991205 - my xmas card to you
991202 - it takes wto to tnago
991128 - chiddren of the corn
991107 - muchado about nothing
991104 - leafing home
991102 - music to shoot classmates by
991031D - give a hoot!
991031 - to fill available space
991029 - piss off
991028 - tying one on
991026 - slammin' salmon
991021 - there's no band like home
991016 - peet stop pt.
991015 - red light blue light one two green
991010 - pizza on earth
991009 - another night of kirchmer shock
991006 - sunnyside down
991003 - the king that would be band
991002 - manikins for dummies
991001 - heigh ho silver
990930 - going down with the pen man ship
990929 - south of the border and other delights
990924 - toss up
990922 - sole II sole
990921 - burnout
990920 - decline of western civilization pt. 2
990919 - decline of western civilization pt. 1
990917 - kultur show at the shockbox
990916 - better red than dead
990915b - when it rains we pour
990915 - the wedding guest drowned
990914 - and not a drop to drink
990913 - put another dime in the jajouka box
990910 - boing!
990909 - a moment of clarity
990907 - piss clear
990901 - heartburn
990829 - rain, rain, come to stay
990828 - sage
990826 - crush
990825 - arf!
990824 - the sky's gone out--what's on TV?
990817 - chrome dome
990811 - burning mom
990808 - what i did this summer
990804 - alacrity is the mother of contraption
990803 - i was all ears at WOMAD
990801 - a zydeco of corn to go
990730 - MADWO: music art dance, world of
990721 - babemouth
990719 - enter the dragonfly
990718 - new york is here
990714 - viva la revolution
990710 - eat
990705 - let's get pacific
990703 - casarsa catharsis
990630 - bluffing
990626 - the flipper king
990625 - eat the menu
990623 - crashing all the way
990620 - pig war reenactment
990619 - no logos, live animals, or motor vehicles
990610 - wide body
990608 - notice
990607 - old mutha hubbard
990605 - aptly named galactic
990604 - have you seen me?
990529 - put your mettle to the pedal
990522 - let it slide
990520 - so over the rainbow
990516 - a long day's journey into naught
990515 - thin skinned
990512 - force feeding
990508s - pacific princess promenade deck
990508 - 2002, a speed odyssey
990505 - not a full deck
990503 - lost and found
990501 - le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau
990428 - dandelion whine
990425 - prudy
990423 - trails to rails
990417 - potluck
990409 - you better shop around
990405 - smash your head on the post-punk rock
990404 - adobe abode
990403 - like night and day
990402 - close
990401 - confluence
990331 - tick tock, drip drop
990328 - what do you want to be...?
990320 - roadblocktrip
990319 - journey of discovery
990318 - we came to rock the house
990314 - v balestri knows jack
990313 - beware
990312 - still life
990311 - doug don't make no junk
990310 - plastic fantastic
990306 - pedaling my wares
990303 - movin' on up
990302 - my windstorm with andrei
990227 - my own edge is bent
990226 - seattle light and dark
990225 - 1 coat, 2 coat, green coat, white coat
990221 - gayla soul
990220 - holy water
990217 - eccentric circles
990214 - my shoddy valentine
990213 - was it a kayak i saw?
990212 - down in the dump
990211 - stir it up
990210 - learning to fall
990209 - warm leatherette
990207 - what's new, pussycat?
990131 - taking tiger mountain (by dumb luck)
990128 - two thumbs up where?
990124 - oh, calcutta!
990122 - canine divine
990121 - pearing off
990116 - artistic statement
990115 - the old hoover hole
990114 - the brothers krayewski
990113 - how i learned to stop worrying
990110 - a day late
990109 - lust on the rocks
990108 - migration headache
990103 - clear but cold
981231 - happy happy new new year year
981230 - rolling rolling rolling
981224 - coming once, coming twice...
981222 - you light up my life
981221 - o tannenbaum
981220 - don't cry
981218 - holiday for the holidays
981215 - four eyes
981214 - butt nothing
981211 - it takes two to tangoes
981209 - behind the ironic curtain
981208 - long live john king!
981206 - market me
981203 - highway 62 revisted
981127 - a bridge too far
981121 - rx rex
981118 - the sound of smilence
981117 - falling
981116 - i wuz here
981114 - coverup
981112 - internal affairs
981111 - why you buggin'?
981109 - for Shame
981102 - ping, ping, pong
981030 - it's a gas!
981029 - on penguins and needles
981028 - power lines
981025 - one aboard
981022 - pick a peck of pixels
981021 - dumb Kopf!
981020 - gone with the wind
981019 - are we home yet?
981016 - on the road again
981012 - it's dog meet dog
981011 - ask john about his underwear
98101011 - over the bridge and to the village
981010 - sunny's night in the sun
981008 - logo-a-gogo
981006 - crossroad
981004 - famous last words
981003 - dobrou noc
980929 - blow
980926 - you'll be sorry
980925 - quitting time
980924 - draw
980923 - soup du jour no more
980922 - drizzle
980921 - space bug's dr. buzz
980916 - last chance match
980915 - on the rocks
980914 - sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
980913 - all nudes, all the time
980912 - block island revisited
980911 - cloudscraper
980907 - dope on a rope
980906 - birding man
980904 - drop your pants
980903 - reno is so close to hell you can see sparks
980902 - rain delay
980901 - in need of mendin'
980830 - beachin'
980823 - writer's block
980822 - night train
980821 - spaceball
980820 - water break
980816 - putting the anus in gowanus
980801 - slow go
980729 - a midsummer night's read
980724 - a little bit o' sole
980720 - son shunn shines
980717 - another job for the men in black
980716 - PPU, or in Czech, pay-pay-ooh
980715 - saving faith
980714 - in the swim with sarah
980711 - that's... a... big... hole...
980707 - loud sounds for little ears
980704 - all cracked up
980702 - grailways
980629 - sister sinister sinspin spinster
980628 - streetside
980626 - virgil's vigil villanelle
10jun98 - pow
08jun98 - lot
01jun98 - firestopper
30may98 - use the Force, Mike
25may98 - memorial day
22may98 - god bless america
16may98 - mr. nonthasoot goes to washington
15may98 - holy
14may98 - cry me a river (prII)
13may98 - prague revisited I
09may98 - fear of flying
07may98 - hydrotelepathy
06may98 - blue b/t her knees
05may98 - sunday morning
04may98 - urban glyph III
01may98 - gentleman junkie
31apr98 - I-yie-yie-95
28apr98 - urban glyph II
24apr98 - urban glyph I
23apr98 - wawa
21apr98 - sole
20apr98 - lush luscious lushes
19apr98 - not just juggling oranges
18apr98 - two girls and a guy
17apr98 - apolitical cartoon
15apr98 - marymOunt
13apr98 - phoneys in Prague
11apr98 - you think this is funny?
10apr98 - cover up
09mar98 - a christmas window
06mar98 - Grace Church
05mar98 - Club Charles after hours sidewalk
04mar98 - Balto onaroll redux
03mar98 - M. Gates
02mar98 - name this band
01mar98 - laughter
28feb98 - Ladybugs
27feb98 - coffee break in space
26feb98 - pink door, ice storm
25feb98 - self-censorship (P<1K)
24feb98 - balto bricks 'n' s'it
23feb98 - yellow labs
20feb98 - MONOLITH I
19feb98 - suggested treatment for open wounds
18feb98 - dinosaur juice
17feb98 - kitschin'
16feb98 - short walk after a long drive
15feb98 - saxy boy
14feb98 - libby libby libby
13feb98 - lugubrious mood after day of work
12feb98 - Ilena the great
11feb98 - Vaseline Alley
10feb98 - prague air pollution in action
09feb98 - abbey road redux
08feb98 - gangliand
07feb98 - gordon & hughes @ triad
06feb98 - Cab-boom!
05feb98 - riverside drive immigrant child
04feb98 - Siamese Prince bidet celebration
03feb98 - like, moo
02feb98 - see the shadow?
01feb98 - ribbed for viewer pleasure
31jan98 - people boxes
30jan98 - room service (Lonely Hotel #2)
29jan98 - the applicant (Lonely Hotel #1)
28jan98 - Uz Jsme Doma!
27jan98 - get along l'il doggie (Baltimore Wildlife #2)
26jan98 - Walter Pigeon (Baltimore Wildlife #1)
25jan98 - dusky Verrazano
24jan98 - air conditioners (premiere POD)

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FUQ - Frequently Unasked Questions
What do you mean "old news?"
I back-add pictures, often months after the fact. "today" is always the most recent entry, even if it means momentarily jumping back in time. Sometimes this happens because I'm waiting to get prints back in the mail from Clark Color Labs, other times it takes time for an idea to develop, but most often it's because I stumble across a forgotten memory I want to belatedly share. Such retrofits are signified by a bubo and appear in no particular order, which is the way memory works.

What is a bubo?

What monitor settings are best for viewing POD?
Set your monitor to 800x600 for optimal viewing; 640x480 necessitates vertical scrolling but otherwise works fine. 1024x768 or higher settings will result in distracting background tiling and make you go blind to boot.

...And the browser?
Use Netscape 4.0 or better. Earlier versions of Netscape and any version of IE or AOL's browser might not handle javascript, which I frequently use to create image swapping effects.

How do I become a photographer?

First, buy yourself a camera. Now, imagine a world without sight. See it? Now open your eyes.

What camera do you use?

Most Pictures of the Day have been shot with a Kodak DC 210 digital pocket camera. I also shoot 35 mm color print film with a hand-me-down Nikon FG. Most of the photos in LOADED, P<1K, I Saw my Country Die and other collections were shot with the Nikon or my "money shot" Olympus Infinity Mini, a $99 drugstore pocket camera which was great in every way but one--it tended to self-destruct. I suppose I should cite which camera I used on each picture, but I don't really care all that much about equipment. Photography is knowing where to point the camera.