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Photo: Grand Central Station.

January 12th, 2009 · by John · No Comments

I’ve resolved to post more photos on the site, and I think I’m going to start with some from my travel to DC and NYC. I hope this turns out to be a bit more interesting than the proverbial dreaded vacation slide show. This is a shot I took of Grand Central Station, a two [...]

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Tags: NYC · Photos

Creating New Constellations.

January 9th, 2009 · by John · 5 Comments

Our story begins at the Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles’ Silverlake District. There are thousands of galleries in SoCal, but CatGirl and I love this one because it showcases some of our favorite artists, “low-brow” creators often featured in the likes of Juxtapoz (which William Gibson apparently reads to cure writer’s block). When we visited [...]

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Muslim Defends Jews in NYC Subway

December 19th, 2007 · by John · 7 Comments

Here’s a feel good story for today: a skinny Muslim student from Bangladesh intervened as a gang yelling anti-Semitic slogans was pummeling three Jews.  His involvement cost him two black eyes, stitches and what I’m sure must have been considerable pain, but it gained one of the other victims enough time to call the police. [...]

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