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Hanging loose at the beach in Yachats, in the zone.

The muffler in my auto blew on the way down to Oregon. The Corvallis repair shop I had it replaced in had these muffler sculpture dudes out front.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

This link was posted on Josh’s blog and it’s just so sweet I had to post it here on the Blig.

Two images from an alley, yesterday in Pioneer Square:

Right on time, the Fremont Fair 2008 solstice celebration welcomed the start of summer with, among other traditional and nontraditional activities, the art car outdoor gallery. My fav was CHEWBRU from Kansas, a truly impressive presentation of dental obsession and paranoia. This photo shows the top of the car.

Q: How is playing guitar like shooting pool?
A: They’re both all about leave.

Viz. when playing guitar, in order to sound like less of a klutz and move smoothly to the next note or chord, the player needs to be thinking ahead about which fingers will be used in that next note or chord…and that means making sure those fingers are available by using other fingers now.

And when shooting pool, in order to sink more than a single ball, the player needs to be thinking ahead about positioning the cue ball to leave makeable shots.

Q: how is playing tennis like playing go?
A: they both can be approached using a certain style of play; i.e. keep making good returns or moves and wait for your opponent to make a mistake — then capitalize on it. With each mistake your opponent makes, he or she is more likely to try to overcompensate…to your advantage.

There seems to be a bumper crop of new bumperstickers popping up this spring. This one was on a Prius on Jackson Street:

Runners-up for today’s award:
2nd place goes to ‘Your humvee looks stupid’
3rd place goes to ‘WTF’ using the Bush team’s re-election logo design.

I recorded this video of my friend playing guitar on Thanksgiving 2007 and finally got around to editing it and posting it to youtube:

From Vincent Chow dot Net