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2010; Least Self Referencing Decade of The Century

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Elmer Pikop

Welcome to the 2010s, the teens or whatever the hell we’re calling this collection of ten years. And that’s the whole thing, it’s not about what we call it; it’s that we won’t call it and we won’t talk about it. We couldn’t shut up about the me-me 80s or the go-go 90s. “Well it is the 90s”, “with the coming of a new millennium”, “turn of the century” and all that.

Who talked about the aughts? Nobody, that’s who. We didn’t even call those years the aughts. We may start doing so though. It’s easier to refer… Read the rest

Mistake on the Lake

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Madison Convention Center

Here’s a picture of the Madison Convention Center, taken a year or so ago. Madison is a nice little town. It thinks it’s Portland. It is not.

Photo Friday, White Dreads

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White Dreadlocks

White Dreads

These are, by far, my two most popular flickr photos. I enjoy taking pictures of white people with dreadlocks. Luckily for me I live just off Alberta Street so there’s no shortage of hippies with dreads.