Cogs and Sprockets

That's what everyone here looks like to me. Places to go, people to see. Everyone has an agenda. This place is a huge machine. The first thing you see when you get here is nothing but a tunnel shooting a train to nowhere. There are a million of those things. Moving,...

Water is for Plants, Wine is for People

Or so says Patrick Blanc in Vertical is the way to go, an interview with Margaret Kemp (FT). Living in the city can deprive us of greenery. Patrick Blanc is known for his Vertical Gardens, using buildings as his canvas.

Frozen Grand Central

One of the latest missions from http://www.ImprovEverywhere.com where over 200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station in New York."Frozen Grand Central"

A 'Sliced Porosity Block' for Chengdu, China

"A 'Sliced Porosity Block' for Chengdu, China"

City on the Gulf: A Grand Urban Experiment in Dubai

" "It has been 12 years since the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas unleashed his concept of “the generic city,” a sprawling metropolis of repetitive buildings centered on an airport and inhabited by a tribe of...

Homeless, but without loosing dignity

Phone cameras really come in handy when finding 'reality splashes' on the street.Here's a little story about a tidy bed found on the streets of Madrid:"Walking around a 'high class' neighbourhood, full of busy...

Modern enlightenment

Central station Stockholm a cold february day. Rush hour. 5 minutes later he was gone...I had a thousand questions in my head. And a big, warm smile in my face.

Waraku, japanese fashion in Venice

"If you are looking for the latest fashion trends from Japan, look no further, Waraku on Abbot Kinney is there for you. Located right next to the popular bar The Other Room, Waraku is a small store offering a very large selection of sneakers, t-shirts and other fashion...

History 1-A

"It was the fall of ’72. I was living in a ’51 Chevy pick-up truck, on the bed of which I had built a wooden, cab-over camper with an A-frame roof to which a crooked, faux stovepipe was attached. My roommate, Atom, was a dog. Literally, a sixty pound, two-year-old...

“Tomorrow is election day…”

"“Must get out and vote if you…” “Patriotic Duty…” “Get the government we deserve…” As my favorite radio commentator, Larry Elder, would say, “Yadda, blah, etc.”. Yes, tomorrow is Election Day and I have said all I plan to about the election. I...

Who Do I Blow?

"The new reality TV show, “Who Do I Blow?” is inspiring and touching young viewers across America. Swept up in game show hysteria, combined with viewers’ paradigmatic shift from sitcoms to reality TV, “Blow” embraces the challenge of finding a job in Los Angeles....

Hapiness is not a state you want to be in all the time... An interview with J...

"Once in a while someone will burst into your life like that, kick down the door, say BAM, cut your boredom in half with a Samurai sword and a goatee. Like John Belushi or Dave Chappelle. I watch tyrell and white crack lips, Rick James Bitch, & there's my 15 year old kid...

The Lonely Atheist

"“Dear Diary, God doesn’t exist, so I’m hoping I can share my thoughts with you instead…” Oh the folly of man, to take God’s gift of a mind and use it to deny His existence. To ponder the concept of infinity and stoop himself in chronology, turning his back on...

The Top Five Reasons to Elect a Democrat Tomorrow

"First and foremost, I am not trying to be a shill. I consider myself Independent with Libertarian and Green tendencies, which many times are at odds with the Democrats as well as the Republicans. Above all else, I love personal freedom, but I am a bit troubled by the...

Private Heroes

"Game 5 of the 1997 and Game 3 of the 2006 Clippers regular season have almost nothing in common. Well, actually they have nothing in common for everyone, save me. And truth be told, the connection is tenuous and mostly born of my delusions of granduer, so if that sort of...

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