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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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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I found this piece among the tumbleweeds and brown grass on a run behind UCI. Front: “Jared the problem is once you got the boner you could have KISSED me or just even looked at me and I would have felt better but no you stare at the TV. So I stopped and you DID [...]

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Vulnerability., originally uploaded by mind on fire. Professionals who treated patients with mental illness were once called alienists. Although the word itself has become obsolete, as a society mental and emotional disorders are still treated as something strange, alien, other. We are healthy and normal, but they are sick and crazy. A few months ago, [...]

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Afghanistan is often referred to as the Soviet version of the Vietnam War. Some analysts credit the long. fruitless occupation (and the U.S. support of the mujaheddin–including one Osama bin Laden…) as a serious drain on the already fragile Russian economy and a factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 90s. [...]

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My Zombie + victim, originally uploaded by mind on fire. Just had to share a little Halloween love with everyone. Also, bragging rights: lifehacker, one of the most widely read blogs in the world (up there with Daily Kos, boing boing, the Huffington Post and Cute Overload) featured my creation along with a few others [...]

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I just wanted to point you all to a great series of pics of Senator Obama by photojournalist Callie Shell.

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I want to talk about a matter of serious import to me and to many other men who have either abandoned or who are struggling with the Mormon faith.  This concerns a nearly universal mandate that focuses on the external, and yet is perceived by many to be a reflection of internal purity and righteousness. [...]

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Sunstone this year left me delighted, exhausted and emotionally raw.  I bled three panel presentations out of myself, slept an average of 4 fitful hours each night and met  wonderful, wonderful people and then had to leave them a short time later with no clue when we’ll meet again.  I worried about Jana until she [...]

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Per my initial outreach last week, I have created a new group on flickr: A Certain Slant of Light The name, of course, is shamelessly stolen from the poem by Emily Dickinson. The purpose of the group is to provoke opportunities for creativity (I need the extra bit of discipline that comes from making commitments [...]

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