my uncle accidentally spotted two paintings made by his and my mother's grandfather l. fastner around the year 1901.

"on June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by" (via quimbo).

this picture i wanted to take so many times... thanks, gozmoz!

sometimes you're surrounded by manic depressives.

anyway, and for something completely different, here's another tiny theorem to remember: "young people hate professionals".

rage hard, don't give up, don't give in.

i might be the last person who noticed it, but obviously the spammers are taking over the referrers.

cloudscapes – what a very beautiful weblog!

she surely will make it to the top of the starmania selection, betcha!?

(which is to proove that making the measurement affects the result and that the starmania jury have their point&click interfaces between their legs.)

whimsies of nature: the lioness kamuniak has 'adopted' a baby oryx in kenya for the fifth time.

related: ananova, march 2002.

listening to brenda laurel again after two years i suddenly asked myself if her voice is one of the macintalk voices (i think there is one called "brenda", isn't it?)... her talking activated some aural memories in my head but a google search just led me to a text by howard rheingold.