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# Victoria Williams    03'01'31 15:10    link

Her music's ok (*), but the photography on her website makes me want to check out Joshua Tree. Corbeijn's photos for U2's album with that name never had that effect on me: his signature style made them too removed, a Martian landscape. The artwork on this site (the little there is, actually) makes me think more of a Martian landscape themepark long gone bankrupt.
(*) I only know the tribute album Sweet Relief, really - must check her albums out sometime

# Scorpions    03'01'24 10:34    link

Scorpions. Not just evil - but smart , too!

# Everyman photo contest    03'01'20 11:15    link

The Everyman Photo Contest - strictly for amateurs. Can you tell?

(sometimes I can - not that a pro wouldn't make them; but a pro would not show them. But there are some masterful shots in there that truly capture the proverbial it where I'm sure I could never tell)

[via grumpy old Metafilter]

# portrait    03'01'10 21:26    link

# And another reason to return to India    03'01'08 17:57    link

First day of the New Delhi Metro

# Geographical tube map    03'01'07 17:44    link

A true geographical map of the Tube! Thanks, Jason.

# Feeding the ducks    03'01'04 19:10

The highlight of my day was going out to feed the ducks. As the sun was setting early I walked to the bridge under which they tend to shelter, and they did. Hundreds of ducks, and koetjes (I am seriously lacking in English ornithology) appeared as soon as I walked to the waterside. No doubt they were expecting.

And I am a socialist at heart, all for an egalitarian society. Hah! At least, when feeding the ducks. Ooh, that's a little one that's not fast enough, always reacting late, trailing a bit - see if I can throw a bit of bread just underneath her beak! Watch those gulls, they're fat enough already! Throw low and fast, just above the water, so they don't snatch it up in flight! Ah, some of the more adventurous koetjes are coming up on the waterside, there's a few crumbs for you lads. Look at that albino mallard in the middle, isn't he cute? That deserves a few precise throws.

And as soon as they know I was done they slowly turned away, the koetjes bickering on as usual, but the ducks floating away majestically in the now water amidst the reflections of the setting sun.


Highlight of my day? Sure was. Glad I made it out of the house, actually. I feel I'm finally on my way to recover fully after quite a dreadful month in which what seemed a simple flu turned out to be a nasty virus, to which I had rare complications. No fun. I hope I can get to work again this monday, if slowly, after a full month of absence. Or at least develop the three films, exposed a month ago.
Everything at its own pace though. I've had plenty of time to think these weeks, a time to think about what is valuable in life and what's not. And work is definately of less importance than I thought.


Here's one to friendship, to love, and to the ducks. To art, to the love of life, to vulnerability and the cheerful fellow patients in the waiting room that dreary tuesday.
And here's to feeding the ducks!