….with a dash of Yellow Submarine thrown in! Very cool project and notable also because of the way the project only exists until they knock the building down …
Stunning street art transforms Paris apartments
Not sure if i’d have the patience to create something this detailed, but it sure is cool!
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So over the past few years I’ve seen an increasing trend (news to nobody I’m sure) of retro art inspired by previous art. That is, you have ‘fake’ movie posters or wholly new ‘ads’ for TV series re-imagined, like the book imaged below, which I saw in a Barnes & Noble recently (and was able to resist buying it, even!).
I’m sure the myriad of artists on Etsy have long been in this game, came across some cool recent examples there, too:
Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz
(a few more pics)
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Yes, Scalia can be equated to Satan in my book, that’s for sure!
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So, we were originally planning a kayaking day trip today, and in researching locations last night, I came across possibly kayaking around Port Townsend/Indian Island over on the Olympic Peninsula. However, this morning I kinda got cold feet, namely because we don’t have much cold weather kayak gear (yet) and it just seemed smarter to do a bike ride in that area instead.
While the ride ended up being one of our tougher rides to date, it was prescient NOT to go kayaking today. We got out there and while not raining, it was very foggy and cold for nearly all the ride. Which would have been much worse on the water, to be sure – the coldest parts of the ride were the parts nearest to water! But this was definitely the foggiest ride I’ve ever done, and the temp’s were likely between 40-48F the whole time…brr! Plus, while most cars were very courteous, there were a few driving without lights, which seemed somewhat nuts considering the lack of visibility in places.
You can see a map of our ride here. It was slightly over 20 miles round trip – saw several deer out there, including 3 just at the edges of Port Townsend right when we began. Also saw lots of birds and at least one likely eagle, although with the fog it was hard to tell – it was BIG, though.
Lessons learned – wear ski socks, maybe one more layer of clothing, and bring more hot drinks! 🙂
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Finished the (currently) last Alex Verus novel, Chosen, a week or so ago. And then found out that this novel only came out this past August, which means i’m in for a wait on any future books – doh!
The book continues the saga of Alex Verus, London-based mage and diviner extraordinaire, and his growing posse of friends/apprentices, Luna, Anne, Sonder and Variam, with some of the usual nemeses, and some new/old ones to be reckoned with.
Again, no interest in spoilers here, so what I will say instead is that this seems the grittiest of the four novels so far. Alex is forced into some harder choices than seen previously and confronts several demons/skeletons in his closet along the way. And some of the mental expectations you have of the story at the start take some definite twists and turns you may or may not expect. A great continuation of the series and VERY much looking forward to the next one!
In the meantime, the next Clone book is coming out at the end of the month from Steven L. Kent; and I found The Dresden Files on DVD at the library which I can watch in the meantime, too. 🙂
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Even *I*, mr fraidy-cat of heights, would likely have to check this out….trip to Dusseldorf, anyone?
Tomás Saraceno
In Orbit, Suspended Installation at K21 Staendehaus by Tomás Saraceno
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