Bird on a wire

So I was wondering...
Why do birds choose to sit on telephone cables instead of tree branches. I was driving down the road yesterday and saw a group of birds on the wires and I wondered "where did the birds used to sit before telephones?" My answer, obviously, was in trees and that the reason they were where they were was the overpopulation and deforestation of the world. Then I realized there were in fact many trees all around, of all different types and sizes...and NO BIRDS! Com'on stupid birds, sit in the trees like nature intended you to. Then I thought, after seeing many National Geographic specials, that no predators such as snakes or mongooses could reach a bird on a wire, but they could climb up a tree... but this is freakin New Jersey and there ain't no pythons around! So I don't know, let me know what you think.

Fee was a buddist prodigy

'Chelle, SoFee, and me
Here's a good picture of SoFee slumbering. Is she dreaming about A.rabbits? B.dog food? C.biting Nick's nose? D.all of the above. Anyway, we love our dog.

Buckets of Rain

I've been meek and hard like an oak
I've seen pretty people disappear like smoke
Friends will arrive, friends will disappear
If you want me, honey, baby, I'll be here.

Not many things in life bring a smile to my face like picking out the Dylan song "Buckets of Rain" from Blood on the Tracks. Most people probably know Dylan for writing about the world around him as he did in all his early albums. He made this record after his wife Sara split, and it is simple brilliance. Most of the songs are played in open E tuning, which means if you strum all the open strings, it makes an E chord. Dylan usually allows at least one string to remain open so that it rings throughout song, and rarely uses more than three chords throughout. This is also the jewel of my vinyl collection.

Life is sad, life is a bust
All you can do is do what you must
You do what you must do and you do it well
I'd do it for you, honey baby, cant' you tell.

Lithograph

I know M.C. Escher had many famous and beautiful drawings, many things that had repeating lines and many right angles. Prints such as "Relativity" and "Drawing Hands" gained notoriety for their ability to confuse the viewer's eyes and brain. What I did not know was that he cut many of the images out of wood to make the prints, thus all the lines and "rhythmic repetition". I love how fractal and diminishing many of his works appear, and anything as symmetrically complicated as "Circle limit 1" and "Square limit" blows my freakin mind. However, I think this picture to the left is my favorite. It is called "fluorescent sea" and is the most simple and beautiful rendition of the ocean I have seen. Check out the big dipper star pattern in the sky. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this as much as I do and have a great, great day.