Gaff's Origami

The Ultimate (and Deadliest) Long Exposure Photograph

I had to dig this one out of my archives.  I've had this pic for several years and forgot about it until the Iran missile launches last week made headline.  What is it?  These are MIRV (obviously without warheads, cause... more

Previous blog entries:
Jul 14	-	Overheard At BCAM
Jul 14	-	2008 Tour de France Is Missing Something...
Jul 13	-	Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave

Deliverance

So far, I'm pretty satisfied with my Netflix subscription and the latest movie that I finally saw from their catalog is Deliverance, a 1972 movie about four city "boys" who decided to take a canoeing trip down some river in rural Georgia. I cannot... more

Previous reviews:
Mar 7	-	The Laws of Simplicity
Mar 2	-	King of California
Feb 22	-	Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Dr. Oppenheimer's Deadly Toy*

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This is both beautiful and deeply disturbing. This one was a 57 megaton monster (named "Tsar") detonated by the Soviets in the 50s. If I believed in Satan, I would say that is his arm reaching out from the subterranean... more

Previous videos:
May 22	-	Game 1 - Lakers Win Over Spurs
Mar 30	-	Ripsticking - A Different Perspective
Jan 13	-	Ripstikin'

The character Gaff was played by the Edward James Olmos in the movie "The Blade Runner". Gaff talks some type of hybrid language in the movie but mainly communicates through his art, miniature origami while doing this job. The message is that a regular job does not mean you have you give up your art. I'm sure there's a few of us who can relate.

Stairway To Heaven

If Foo Fighters did Stairway to Heaven, I would not have had to learn that difficult Jimmy Page solo.

Previous playlists:
Jun 13	-	Song Of The Day
Mar 7	-	Happy Birthday, Senor Piazzolla
Jan 3	-	I've Been So Mad Lately