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My Dark Night in Williamsburg

hugh — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:55 +0000

I lost my second set of keys on this very night before christmas. If you have them, please drop them in the mail because I had a bunch of barcoded coupon things that all have my address and phone number. Don’t worry, I’ll have another set made up if you threw them in the dumpster.

Iconic Photos With People Removed

hugh — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:00:43 +0000

Why didn’t I think of this?

Update: Here’s a blog where the proprietors photoshop out the the dead people from album covers. via Dangerous Minds.

Angry Dude

hugh — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:34:22 +0000

Sorry, can’t get past it. Happy holidays.

Mediaeval Babes

hugh — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:22:24 +0000

My hard drive fell apart last night. I am sad. Anyway, this is about as close as I’ll get to Christmas music on the blog.

Getting Straight on Hitchens

hugh — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:29:34 +0000

Christopher Hitchens left this mortal coil late last week before he could say goodbye to Vaclav Havel and Kim Jong Il. I was disturbed by all the eulogies that praised him effusively for having nought but wit, a profuse pen, and a big personality that worked well on cable news. So here are two essays that set the record straight on this propped-up imperialist apologist for the biggest mistake of the previous decade.

Glenn Greenwald compares his canonization with that of Ronald Reagan’s. Greenwald wrote a similar essay when Tim Russert died as a journalist celebrated for softballing any and all propaganda the White House dished out.

Katha Pollitt talks about his drinking and sexism.

Stories of Hitchens’ drinking bouts sometimes landed on the gossip pages and other anecdotes occasionally reached my ears. In the 2000s, he had written enough for me to disagree with him on most points so I accepted his essential schtick — the smart, drunk, party guy from the left who flipped out after 9/11 — but I was surprised anyone of the left or libertarian bent took him seriously anymore, especially his pity party at Vanity Fair. As Pollitt says, he will be missed because he was larger than life. After that, it’s the booze talking.

Photo Dump for the Holidays

hugh — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:22:36 +0000

Here are various pics from the last few months. Captions are included.

Two From Weeks Ago

hugh — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:24:25 +0000

These are just okay but so what.

Con Ed, still on it pretty much

14 Street sunset

Union Square Life

hugh — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:30:53 +0000

Here are some crappy shots I took from the same spot one night in Union Square. September.

This Thing Is On?

hugh — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:15:02 +0000

I suppose. I let it slag like a mattress in the back of the backyard. Here’s an old photo… More soon of course… a photo gallery at the least.

Hot August Night Gallery

hugh — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:24:54 +0000

Here are some miscellaneous night photos I took over the summer, all similar in subject matter to what I’ve shot before. The difference here is that I started doing some color correction for the pervasive outdoor tungsten lighting that is now in most urban cities. Enjoy!