tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70812632024-03-07T20:21:21.245-06:00Neon PoisoningNew Orleans, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Now Houston * Productive Blogging Through Unemployment/Unproductive Blogging Though Employment * Moderately Entertaining, Occasionally Spell-CheckedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-36063101899207782492016-04-11T23:12:00.000-05:002016-05-11T21:46:47.065-05:00Here a Horn, There a Horn: A Salvaged Longhorn Migrates from the Shipping Canal to Museum DistrictI know that was a tortured title, but bear with me.<br />
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General Supply and Equipment, 3201 Engelke St, Houston, TX 77003<br />
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I made <a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-be-treasure-general-supply-and.html" target="_blank">a field trip to this mundane yet amazing salvage company in December of 2010</a>. Mundane, because most everything was slightly broken, heat-damaged and/or not retrotastic. However, it was great because what it lacked in cool collectables, it made up in large piles of what it did have. Check out this review from Google...<br />
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So, it's full of crazy, confusing piles of random crap. Including one huge, fiberglass long horn (pictured above, outdoors looking like a big, white thing on top of some red, rusted things and shrubs.)<br />
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6 years later and 6 miles away, the horn has moved inside as part of <a href="http://www.ricegallery.org/thorsten-brinkmann/">Thorsten Brinkmann's "The Great Cape Rinderhorn" exhibition</a>. Like General Supply, this exhibition is cluttered and confusing, and a bit fun. Unlike the salvage place, there are no elevator shafts to fall into, and my fear of needing a tetanus shot was almost nonexistent at the art gallery.</div>
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Here's my review.... fun and junky, yet not dangerous. And don't forget to crawl through the tunnel in back of the movie theater in the crate under the longhorn. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-59152743055715707082016-02-07T11:22:00.000-06:002016-02-07T11:22:46.020-06:00Hong Kong Hustle: A Growing Google Map for An Upcoming TripA spontaneous purchase of cheapish airline tickets means a family trip to Hong Kong. As with all future trips, Google maps is amassing links and locations for places of interest.<br />
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There are loads of Hong Kong travel guides online, but they mainly touch just the mainstream destinations and strategies. So, I am surfing hardcore to find the instructive and unique websites to maximize our time while there. The following link barf is all the sites that I have gleaned at least one salient bit of info from. And most of the locations of the maps cite some info, to provide a reminder to myself as to why they were mapped in the first place.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Hong Kong22.396428 114.1094970000000321.9265115 113.46405000000003 22.8663445 114.75494400000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-27800139600402109202015-11-07T17:29:00.001-06:002015-11-07T17:29:02.057-06:00The Best the MFAH Collection Has to Offer: Online Access to The Houston Museum's Collection and the Lost Studio of Jim LoveJust recently the <a href="https://www.mfah.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Fine Arts, Houston</a> initiated a new project to open its<a href="https://collections.mfah.org/art/" target="_blank"> internal digital database to the public</a>. All 62,363 of the museum's works have an entry in this system. And with that, a public window has been opened to museum's varied and interesting collection. As a fan of the <a href="https://archive.org/about/" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>, it's nice to see the museum join the ranks of other institutions in broadening it outreach to include the online community.<br />
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There can't be enough small, niche museums in the world for me. Which makes me very happy another one has appeared, this time in Space City. Houston has a pretty rich and interesting graffiti and street art scene, so I hope the Graffiti and Street Art Museum of Texas (<a href="http://www.thegasamtexas.org/" target="_blank">official site</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheGASAMTexas" target="_blank">Facebook</a>) takes deep roots. </div>
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<br />Previously on Neon Poisoning:<br /><br /><a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2011/09/miina-akkijyrkka-daniel-anguilu-should.html" target="_blank">Miina Äkkijyrkkä & Daniel Anguilu Should Exhibit Together</a><br /><br /><a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2010/02/graffiti-is-italian-graffiti-in-italy.html" target="_blank">Graffiti is Italian: Graffiti in Italy</a><br /><br /><a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2011/07/paint-fades-love-endures-best-graffiti.html" target="_blank">Paint Fades, Love Endures: Best Graffiti Ever</a><br /><br /><a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2009/06/wednesday-night-photo-post-art-out-and.html" target="_blank">Wednesday Night Photo Post: Art Out and About</a><br /><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdraft.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D7081263%23editor%2Fsrc%3Dsidebar&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-5uqPQ-ZI7Rs%2FVeM9XJH6nHI%2FAAAAAAAAJew%2FeNICg07sTSY%2Fs320%2F11415468_1590191541245596_7760593688124702041_o.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=XxZY6foXUNqp&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 193px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 18px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdraft.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D7081263%23editor%2Fsrc%3Dsidebar&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-5uqPQ-ZI7Rs%2FVeM9XJH6nHI%2FAAAAAAAAJew%2FeNICg07sTSY%2Fs320%2F11415468_1590191541245596_7760593688124702041_o.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=XxZY6foXUNqp&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 193px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 18px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdraft.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D7081263%23editor%2Fsrc%3Dsidebar&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-5uqPQ-ZI7Rs%2FVeM9XJH6nHI%2FAAAAAAAAJew%2FeNICg07sTSY%2Fs320%2F11415468_1590191541245596_7760593688124702041_o.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=XxZY6foXUNqp&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 193px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 18px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdraft.blogger.com%2Fblogger.g%3FblogID%3D7081263%23editor%2Fsrc%3Dsidebar&media=https%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-5uqPQ-ZI7Rs%2FVeM9XJH6nHI%2FAAAAAAAAJew%2FeNICg07sTSY%2Fs320%2F11415468_1590191541245596_7760593688124702041_o.jpg&xm=h&xv=sa1.37.01&xuid=XxZY6foXUNqp&description=" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/png; border: none; cursor: pointer; display: none; height: 20px; left: 193px; opacity: 0.85; position: absolute; top: 18px; width: 40px; z-index: 8675309;"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-28478965851737227082015-08-15T14:06:00.000-05:002015-08-15T14:06:07.647-05:00Dallas Missed Masons and Interesting OddfellowsWhile doing my occasional search for things masonic, I found that <a href="http://domybookstore.com/austin/">Domy Books</a> had a show called <br />
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An upcoming Dallas trip to might have me stopping by old Masonic Temple on Hardwood. I'll see what the current owners did to it after they bought it from the Masons.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-84293629728179101202015-03-29T22:44:00.002-05:002015-03-29T22:44:53.546-05:00Machine Intelligence: My New Partner in Blogging<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to a new upgraded in OS X, I can just yammer at my computer and magical things happen. Like this blog post. The promise of new posts and blogging maybe at hand. How very exciting.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-40385909007051879192013-04-20T10:27:00.002-05:002013-04-20T10:27:57.221-05:00 Soo Sunny "Park Unwoven Light" @ Rice Art Gallery<div style="text-align: left;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77251, USA29.718358487495479 -95.397816896438629.71792748749548 -95.3984473964386 29.718789487495478 -95.3971863964386tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-33435454487463832912013-03-16T09:21:00.003-05:002013-03-19T20:35:10.437-05:00The Barney Smith Toilet Seat Art MuseumSpring Break = lines (for everything you would want to see.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8552562601/">Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum - San Antonio, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8553668636/">Barney Smith's Toilet Seat Art Museum - San Antonio, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-68512515480465126522013-01-07T18:54:00.000-06:002013-01-12T10:27:12.590-06:00Talking About Making Art: Success & FailMonths ago, I concluded other people have better tools to make some art I've been thinking about. So, I started to hunt for a local laser cutting company. Laser cutting = geeky high tech awesomeness. Googling came up with <a href="http://www.texlaser.com/">Texas Laser Creations</a> based in Houston.<br />
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From their website: <br />
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"Texas Laser is a Houston area based laser cutting /laser marking job shop, specializing in plastics, wood and textiles."</blockquote>
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What the website should have said was...<br />
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"Thank you for visiting our out-of-date website. Texas Laser was a laser cutting company that moved out of our first former crappy shop which still bears our name (and now looks like a set for a serial-killer movie), and after moving a second location, went out of business. If you had called our number (or checked out our two bad online reviews) you could have saved yourself a trip."</blockquote>
The first place, seriously weird vibe. After driving rural industrial roads, I pull into a busted up commercial space: parking lot with scrapped cars, locked office, and three garage doors. Last one open. Out of it rides a little kid on a bike. I knock at the open garage door, asking a question that's pretty obvious, "Is this still the laser place?" The sketchy guy watching loud TV says, "No sir."<br />
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However, it was a nice drive. Houston always surprises me with it continual business/residential mix. And in that part of town, lots of modest horse properties with old trees.<br />
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So, not as much art making as desired, but always nice getting introduced to strange new parts of town.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-35636569057089891712013-01-05T10:14:00.000-06:002013-01-05T10:14:00.352-06:00Online & Free: "Houston Reflections: Art in the City, 1950s, 60s and 70s"<br />
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From Rice University's open education resource initiative... "A <a href="http://cnx.org/content/col10526/latest/" target="_blank">collection of interviews</a>, conducted by Sarah C. Reynolds, with Houston artists and other arts figures, all of whom proved influential in the growth of the contemporary Houston Arts scene."</div>
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<li id="m16138" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16138/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">David Pryor Adickes, b. 1927</a></li>
<li id="m16152" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16152/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Gertrude Levy Barnstone, b. 1925</a></li>
<li id="m16167" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16167/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Preston Bolton, b. 1920</a></li>
<li id="m16153" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16153/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">H.J. Bott, b. 1933</a></li>
<li id="m16158" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16158/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Jack Boynton, b. 1928</a></li>
<li id="m16172" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16172/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">William Camfield, b. 1934</a></li>
<li id="m16165" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16165/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Lowell Collins, 1924-2003</a></li>
<li id="m16145" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16145/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Edsel Cramer, b. 1923</a></li>
<li id="m16136" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16136/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Charles Criner, b. 1945</a></li>
<li id="m16141" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16141/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Don Edelman, b. 1925</a></li>
<li id="m16149" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16149/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Eugene Foney, b. 1950</a></li>
<li id="m16170" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16170/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Roy Fridge, 1927-2007</a></li>
<li id="m16155" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16155/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Henri Gadbois, b. 1930</a></li>
<li id="m16142" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16142/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Dorothy Hood, 1919-2000</a></li>
<li id="m16144" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16144/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Earlie Hudnall, Jr., b. 1946</a></li>
<li id="m16154" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16154/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Harvey Johnson, b. 1947</a></li>
<li id="m16162" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16162/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Karl Kilian, b. 1943</a></li>
<li id="m16134" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16134/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Bill Lassiter, b. 1932</a></li>
<li id="m16161" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16161/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Jim Love, 1927-2005</a></li>
<li id="m16146" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16146/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Edward Mayo, 1918-2005</a></li>
<li id="m16164" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16164/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Leila McConnell, b. 1927</a></li>
<li id="m16156" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16156/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Herb Mears, 1923-1999</a></li>
<li id="m16147" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16147/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Edward Mills, b. 1941</a></li>
<li id="m16132" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16132/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Annie Moore, b. 1938</a></li>
<li id="m16174" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16174/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Willie Moore, b. 1935</a></li>
<li id="m16169" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16169/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Robert Morris, b. 1933</a></li>
<li id="m16163" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16163/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Kermit Oliver, b. 1943</a></li>
<li id="m16137" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16137/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Charles Pebworth, b. 1926</a></li>
<li id="m16150" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16150/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Forrest Prince, b. 1935</a></li>
<li id="m16133" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16133/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Bert Samples, b. 1955</a></li>
<li id="m16166" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px -3px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; list-style-image: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.4em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cnx.org/content/m16166/latest/?collection=col10526/latest" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Mildred Dixon Sherwood, b. 1914</a></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-7517312144311315242012-12-01T11:15:00.001-06:002012-12-01T11:15:30.973-06:00Sig's Tale of $48,000: Treasure in TX Town's Cemetery?Earlier in the week, I was going nutty about unearned wealth. The kind that just drops into your lap and you get to spend without reservation. I wasn't thinking about the then-unwon Powerball lottery, I was thinking about $48,000 in buried treasure. In 1951, Houston Press columnist <a href="http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/search/label/Sigman%20Byrd">Sig Byrd</a> wrote of a second-hand account of 1935 bank robbery that resulted in the loot getting buried in the Jefferson, TX cemetery. The great thing is the amount of detail that accompanied the story (the town, landmarks & the nearest gravestone.)<br />
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"It was said to be buried in a dutch over at the foot of a cedar tree, near a tombstone inscribed with the name A.D. Kenny," "besides the T & P tracks" (Texas & Pacific.)<br />
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A quick google map search shows in Jefferson, TX, <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/aQDJ0" target="_blank">a rail line on the south east border of the Oakwood cemetery</a>. Could this be the place? Not if my resource on the cemetery is correct (and thanks to the internet, I did find an expert on that small town's cemetery.) But that is for another post. Until then, here is the story in Sig's own words.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Jefferson, TX 75657, USA32.7573626 -94.345192632.7306556 -94.384674600000011 32.7840696 -94.3057106tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-23495754858393645652012-11-25T10:11:00.000-06:002012-11-25T10:21:02.380-06:00In Where the Blogger Looks to Write a Blog Post, And Actually DoesAs in most creative endeavors, the tangible result (a painting, a drawing, a blog entry, etc...) is the goal. But when motivation is blocked by indecision, frustration is my most frequent companion.<br />
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So, this post, the first in over a month, is to string a small collection of words together (this very hour!). And if I continue to do this, the habit of blogging will take root again. It doesn't seem like much, but asking very little of myself is a kindness. <br />
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In another victory of motivation over sloth, my love of roadside attractions (specifically <a href="http://seerockcity.com/" target="_blank">Rock City, TN</a>) resulted in me repainting my shed in countryside barn advertising. Still needs some work, but this a pleasing start.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8207518926/">"See Beautiful Rock City Today"... On my Shed</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-36119016439941508642012-10-21T12:08:00.000-05:002012-10-21T12:08:19.551-05:00Texas Contemporary Art Fair 2012: It was a quick hit and run at the <a href="http://www.txcontemporary.com/texas" target="_blank">Texas Contemporary Arts Fair</a> on Saturday. Only a few hours, which was not enough for me to digest the full range of galleries and artists. But I did run into a few unexpected friends, which was bonus.<br />
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Also, had my smiling face added to the Asia Society's "What Are You" wall. As a result of being overstimulated with all the art, I paraphrased my favorite <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/quotes?qt=qt0371654" target="_blank">Blazing Saddles quote</a> and said, "My mind is flooded with rivulets of thought." Which it was. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentsolomon/8108164349/">Texas Contemporary Art Fair 2012</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentsolomon/">brent solomon</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8107421680/">Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, TX - 2012</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8107415037/">Skylar Fien @ Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, TX - 2012</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8107419987/">Detail - Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, TX - 2012</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/8107431142/">Texas Contemporary Art Fair - Houston, TX - 2012</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-81130819638058579602012-05-09T21:38:00.000-05:002012-05-09T21:38:01.160-05:00Rice University Art Gallery: Never Stop Being GreatYasuaki Onishi @ the Rice University Art + iPhone & Photosynth image stitcher = damn nice shots of a great show. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/7051714841/">Zoe - Goofing in the Garage</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>
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<a href="http://arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ShowFullRecordDigital?initpagemodel=on&mn=resultsDetailPageModel&goto=0&sort=&%24searchId=2&%24showFullDescriptionTabs.selectedPaneId=&%24digiDetailPageModel.currentPage=0&%24resultsPartitionPageModel.targetModel=true&%24resultsSummaryPageModel.pageSize=10&%24partitionIndex=0&%24digiSummaryPageModel.targetModel=true&%24submitId=2&%24resultsDetailPageModel.search=true&%24digiDetailPageModel.resultPageModel=true&%24resultsDetailPageModel.currentPage=0&%24showArchivalDescriptionsTabs.selectedPaneId=digital&%24resultsDetailPageModel.pageSize=1&%24resultsSummaryPageModel.targetModel=true&%24sort=RELEVANCE_ASC&%24resultsPartitionPageModel.search=true&%24highlight=false&tab=init/showFullDescriptionTabs/digital&detail=digiViewModel/1">Like girls from Mars are these "top women" at U.S. Steel's Gary, Indiana, Works. Their job is to clean up at regular intervals around the tops of twelve blast furnaces. As a safety precaution, the girls wear oxygen masks., 1940 - 1945</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-73535923086895918832012-04-07T21:59:00.000-05:002012-04-07T21:59:52.197-05:00Sweet Peep Wreath: Crafting for the Holiday<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/7053615813/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7105/7053615813_9f6ddd9267.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/7053615813/">Peep Wreath on the Door</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
If you pass this door, you now know where I live. It's what happens when I have too much free time and 124 peeps.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-81611109126596147072012-02-26T12:36:00.000-06:002012-02-26T12:36:55.142-06:00New Good Things from the Past & Present: Artistic InstitutionsJobs and employers.<br />
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They can be anything from the best thing ever to the worst, consuming time and thoughts that should be spent on friends, family and one's self. So, I was happy to give two weeks notice at the job where I felt unable to meet my boss's unreasonable expectations, for what I hope to be my dream job.<br />
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Full time art installation at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.<br />
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Just yesterday, I found this lovely typography-and-designed-filled ode to an former employee of the Knox Hat Company, circa 1907. Robert MacFarland was given a gorgeous token of appreciation for his time at the company.<br />
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It was a reminder that people can be appreciated for their contributions (something that many of my co-workers expressed when I told them of my impending departure.) <br />
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And so, I look forward to new inspiration for myself and this blog. In the mean time, enjoy the lovely artistic printing flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/relic57/">relic57</a> rediscovered and posted.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/relic57/6654955953/">Resolution Engrossing II</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/relic57/">relic57</a>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-82880386527479569702011-11-09T23:00:00.001-06:002011-11-09T23:00:07.333-06:00Wednesday Night Photo Post: Night Court<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/telwink/6207908005/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6207908005_c564d370f8.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/telwink/6207908005/">Houston Skyline and 1910 Courthouse</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/telwink/">telwink</a>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Downtown, Houston, TX, USA29.761155092072954 -95.35971917459107829.745155592072955 -95.376563174591084 29.777154592072954 -95.342875174591072tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-10637735239329199562011-10-22T09:01:00.000-05:002011-10-22T09:01:51.617-05:00Seen on the Road: Get to Know Me<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6266788461/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6266788461_e8eb80395a.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6266788461/">"Handsome Smart Funny & Modest" - Houston, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-89916698744660383982011-09-30T19:38:00.000-05:002011-09-30T19:43:45.756-05:00Seen on the Road: Harry Potter Hummer Fan<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6199447020/">Harry Potter Fan Hummer - Houston, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>
Bumper sticker = "My Other Car is a Nimbus 2000"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-82410537951735445382011-09-24T10:01:00.001-05:002011-09-24T20:14:15.230-05:00Houston Fine Art Fair Recap: With FavoritesHouston has the reputation of a distant relative you don't really know well, but makes lots of money, buys expensive clothes in poor taste, and gets loud when they drink too much. The success of the first Houston Fine Art Fair, at the George R. Brown Convention Center, might make our city appear more cultured in national and international eyes.<br />
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I was there for three of the days, due to a new job. The usual snappy dressers with nice cars were well-represented, but moderately priced tickets also had local curiosity seekers walking around. The few that I talked to were impressed with the scale and appearance of the booths. Houston galleries in attendance looked great, with their exhibiting artists looking right in place neighboring national and international galleries all around. Houston high-tech artist William Betts had pieces in two out-of-state galleries, which was my introduction to him. His art is fine; it's his automated, CNC router that makes his pieces that keeps my interest.<br />
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Even if the job doesn't take me to the upcoming <a href="http://www.txcontemporary.com/texas">Texas Contemporary Art Fair</a>, I hope to attend, just to compare and contrast. <br />
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</div><ul><li><a href="http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/mason/houston-fine-art-fair-2011.asp">Brook Mason on the Houston Fine Art Fair, 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.29-95.com/art/story/houston-fine-art-fair-reaches-10000-visitor-goal-promises-return">Houston Fine Art Fair reaches 10,000 visitor goal, promises return | 29-95.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2011/09/22/4566-houston-fine-art-fair-debut-totals-6-million-in-sales">Houston Fine Art Fair Debut Totals $6 Million in Sales - ArtfixDaily News Feed</a></li>
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<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159961566/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6159961566_52a6afa1b1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159961566/">Lionel Bawden - "The Amorphous Ones (The Spirit of Repetition)" 1 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159424835/">Lionel Bawden - "The Amorphous Ones (The Spirit of Repetition)" 2 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159962342/">Lionel Bawden - "The Amorphous Ones (The Spirit of Repetition)" 3 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159959418/">Devorah Sperber - "After Grant Wood 1" 2 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159952616/">Mark Wagner - "The Land of Milk and Honey" - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159415687/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6073/6159415687_8ec8aaca6d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159415687/">Mark Wagner - "The Land of Milk and Honey" Detail 1 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159955250/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6084/6159955250_c0c858b2cf.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159955250/">Mark Wagner - "The Land of Milk and Honey" Detail 2 - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159405033/">Oksana Mas - "BWM" from the series Heart Removing- Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159960842/">Chul-Hyun Ahn - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
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<span style="margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6159418735/">Graciela Sacco - "Retrato I, II, III" - Houston Fine Art Fair 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Downtown, Houston, TX, USA29.75190682553448 -95.35795616350094429.73590732553448 -95.37480016350095 29.767906325534479 -95.341112163500938tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-14480545080251900752011-09-05T13:58:00.000-05:002011-09-05T13:58:31.952-05:00Miina Äkkijyrkkä & Daniel Anguilu Should Exhibit Together<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hannusalama/4090585921/" title="Metal Cow by Hannu Salama, on Flickr"><img alt="Metal Cow" height="333" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4090585921_d19af2475f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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What a great menagerie they could make.<br />
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<a href="http://www.akkijyrkka.com/en/works/">Miina Äkkijyrkkä- works</a><br />
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<a href="http://offcite.org/2011/08/30/street-art">Street Art | Offcite Blog</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-2433670063674358072011-09-03T10:34:00.000-05:002011-09-03T10:34:23.709-05:00West Towards the Winds... and Other Sights on a Tuesday Outing<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6096464339/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6087/6096464339_8f9184050c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6096464339/">West Towards the Winds - Wind Turbines on the Move</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div><br />
<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6097513222/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6097513222_888382e5e9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6097513222/">Shree Swaminarayan Temple Mandir Hindu Temple - Stafford, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span><br />
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</div><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6099621477/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6075/6099621477_bc5bb66f89.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/6099621477/">Port City Surplus - Houston, TX</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkimberly/">Mr. Kimberly</a>.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-79269830221749557442011-08-15T15:30:00.004-05:002011-09-05T13:47:43.397-05:00Pangram: When You've Drunk to Much to Say the Alphabet Backwards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This booze-based pengram (a sentence that uses every letter at least once) was found in <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/letteringforcomm00gordrich#page/95/mode/1up">Lettering for commercial purposes</a>. I like it.<br />
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If you ever get pulled over you you can try this phrase if you can't say the alphabet backwards to get out of a sobriety test, but I wouldn't.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081263.post-17563396548300024732011-07-14T00:00:00.000-05:002011-07-14T00:00:07.995-05:00Wedneday Night Photo Post: Sea ScapeI love his photos. This one, at the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/5926399835/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5926399835_6e5bd234a9.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/5926399835/">Arrival, Seabuoy 7/7/11</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oneeighteen/">OneEighteen</a>.</span></div>
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