tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28913912009-11-08T22:52:00.775-06:00Fly By Nightcorvid flights of fancyRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.comBlogger726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-10943281718170673462009-11-08T22:31:00.003-06:002009-11-08T22:52:00.785-06:00An Equal MusicI just finished reading this novel by Vikram Seth. I can't even remember what prompted me to buy it. The novel's central character is a musician, Michael Holme, who plays second violin in a classical quartet. He has loved and lost and attempts to retrieve the lost love of another musician, Julia McNicholl.First, I must admit that the main character was totally unlikable to me. Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-60835365006733569322009-11-02T07:53:00.000-06:002009-11-02T07:55:04.274-06:00So True!Cartoon by Caldwell TannerSource: http://loldwell.com/?p=104Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-78231012758300829872009-11-01T22:48:00.001-06:002009-11-01T22:49:57.118-06:00Cleaning UpThe girls and the grandchildren came by today to help us clean up the household. Found lots of fun items we'd lost in the process. Pretty pictures of daughters on Halloween. This is good.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-38477450139419207132009-10-31T23:19:00.004-05:002009-11-01T22:50:29.375-06:00Spent two hours today at the Casket Arts book sale, picking up classics of the leftist variety. What a weird sensation to be staring down rows of Sydney Sheldon and Dominic Dunne and finding, amidst the dross, the occasional Chomsky or Lenin.I plowed on through for two solid hours. Picking the gems from the frauds.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-79568661965612008222009-10-11T14:58:00.003-05:002009-10-11T15:21:09.963-05:00The Lace ReaderJust finished reading this book by Brunonia Barry. It starts with a great premise, the unreliable narrator. The narrator begins by saying she lies all the time and that she's a crazy woman.Okay. Let's see how a crazy woman thinks.Except we then go into a fairly logical narrative of which we are expected to believe most of what we read, but be prepared to toss out some of the more Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-27947373744219709722009-10-07T22:02:00.002-05:002009-10-07T22:08:33.304-05:00Updated 10/17 flyersRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-59604416743921294402009-10-06T06:40:00.002-05:002009-10-06T06:41:43.365-05:00Don't mess with French farmers!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-54056047094781918272009-10-05T22:48:00.003-05:002009-10-05T22:52:48.198-05:00Another flyer for MaydayRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-11246956697172316642009-09-26T09:09:00.000-05:002009-09-26T09:10:43.507-05:00First DraftFlyer for the anniversary of the war in AfghanistanRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-46042365182114584872009-09-23T13:39:00.003-05:002009-09-23T13:42:40.577-05:00Great ResourceLook for the Union Label: A Celebration of Union Logos and EmblemsHat tip to John at Social Design NotesRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-17996752081906953012009-09-22T17:10:00.000-05:002009-09-22T17:11:21.679-05:00Protect Insurance Company ExecutivesProtect Insurance Companies PSA from Will FerrellRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-42570808217226570602009-09-11T07:56:00.001-05:002009-09-11T07:56:58.587-05:00The worker's flag is deepest red....Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-5139217658077973482009-09-10T19:03:00.000-05:002009-09-10T19:04:24.294-05:00Fastest Mammal on Earth is an old lady!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-38363716204857972902009-08-31T22:39:00.002-05:002009-08-31T22:41:11.189-05:00Monkey MommaFrom The Daily Mail we learn about a Monkey who adopts kittens of an amazing variety.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-51964656560448550782009-08-26T18:29:00.004-05:002009-08-26T18:35:06.187-05:00Tawny Frogmouth Chick!Cute little Aussie friends. Found on the Zooborn website. Awwwww!Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-86939545122480346952009-08-21T20:26:00.002-05:002009-08-21T20:33:36.869-05:008 Ways to Prepare Your Pets for WarsBunnies are surprisingly warlikeRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-91351881113093536392009-08-21T19:29:00.003-05:002009-08-21T19:31:52.063-05:00Jamail's new book is great!Here's a flyer I made for an upcoming event with Dahr Jamail.Dahr Jamail in MinneapolisRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-71221105619694922352009-07-30T22:29:00.001-05:002009-07-30T22:31:01.212-05:00Detroit, R.I.P.Amazing photography documenting the death of Detroit.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-1123742433548260582009-07-27T09:47:00.001-05:002009-07-27T09:49:07.254-05:00Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American LaborNext time you have 20 minutes, listen to a man who has spent two years with working people and learned a lesson or two about it.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-89876375039946234312009-07-18T22:02:00.002-05:002009-07-18T22:10:01.015-05:00Zaineb AlaniLast Friday night, I heard Zaineb Alani give this speech at the National Assembly conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Amazing!Highlights:"When the late Robert McNamara paid a visit to the Independent country of Vietnam that he had previously 'sought to conquer' and failed, he said to their foreign minister, "We wanted to give you Democracy." The reply was, "We wanted our Independence first.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-10896169603095033882009-07-05T15:51:00.002-05:002009-07-05T15:54:03.988-05:00Half sheet flyer with all the bands in placeRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-24573618525018468262009-07-05T15:30:00.002-05:002009-07-05T15:32:43.122-05:00Just for FunRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-587561162853421282009-07-05T15:04:00.007-05:002009-07-05T15:10:16.972-05:00New PosterThis one took a lot of work, in part because I'm not a good artist. I'm a good assembler. Making the truck image was not an easy task. It started out looking like a really bad cartoon. I think I managed to avoid that and to make it a big more abstract. You'll let me know if I failed, I'm sure.Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-13504577455313560862009-06-30T22:04:00.003-05:002009-06-30T22:22:50.652-05:00The Way the Crow FliesJust finished reading this book by Ann Marie MacDonald. I picked this book out of the stacks at the Book House in Dinkytown having heard nothing about it. It packs a wallop.I felt as if the author was almost cruel in her persistence of portraying an abuser who suffered no consequences. And then I looked up the book on the internets, and discovered this was based on a true Ravenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891391.post-45959206569931636182009-06-15T21:20:00.002-05:002009-06-15T21:28:23.007-05:00Crazy KittyCrazy KittyFor the second time and two weeks, Jinx the Cat has fallen through the screens on our front porch and plopped herself into the dreaded "Outside". Tonight, we didn't realize this until around 6 pm and went wandering through the neighborhood looking for the misplaced feline. She was eventually found, cowering among the lillies of the field that grow behind our garage. I pulledRavenmnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.com1