New work online at my assemblagist.org site. I kinda’ like it, but it’s just a peek into Dr. Eckart Finial’s work…
Let’s get the ball rolling here, guys. It’s time for a website… and what a year for Dave Eggers! He writes the screenplay for “Away We Go” AND, get this, AND “Where the Wild Things Are”. He is truly a staggering genius.
Away We Go
Release Date: June 5, 2009 (NY, LA)
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Sam Mendes
Screenwriter: Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida
Starring: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Catherine O’Hara, Paul Schneider, Carmen Ejogo, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Hamilton, Melanie Lynskey
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexual content)
Official Website: Not Available
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that by 2005, MRSA was killing more than 18,000 Americans a year, more than AIDS.
Yup, it’s all true. And you thought condoms would protect you.
Nicholas D. Kristof writes in the New York Times Op-Ed section about another way we’s all gonna’ die. “MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) sometimes arouses terrifying headlines as a “superbug” or “flesh-eating bacteria.””
This reminded me of the incredible and horrific poison ivy reaction I had a few summers ago. The rash on my arms was so virulent, it spread rapidly and the blisters popped up and burst before my very eyes. Freaky … the young doctor thought MRSA but the elder one, the more experienced doc, said poison ivy. I took more steroids than J Rod, could’ve moved up to the show.
Here and now, the PETA folks are screaming about pigs and eating pork and getting a big ol’ flesh eating virus – MRSA. If their conclusions are exact, we in eastern North Carolina best be careful. Hog farming in NC is a big deal. Since everyone quit smoking tobacco, “cracklins” and pork skins are climbing up the popularity chain and moving toward acceptability.
At Carolina Country Snacks we cook our pork rinds and pork skins daily. We use only the best pork skins cut according to our product specifications. Traditional pork rinds are light and puffy but our pork rind strips and popcorn cracklins are processed to make the texture very crunchy.
Ahhhhhhhh geewhiz. If we can’t have cracklins, what can we have? Vegetables? Nah. Not that.
More swine info:
One of the first clues that pigs could infect people with MRSA came in the Netherlands in 2004, when a young woman tested positive for a new strain of MRSA, called ST398. The family lived on a farm, so public health authorities swept in — and found that three family members, three co-workers and 8 of 10 pigs tested all carried MRSA.
Since then, that strain of MRSA has spread rapidly through the Netherlands — especially in swine-producing areas. A small Dutch study found pig farmers there were 760 times more likely than the general population to carry MRSA (without necessarily showing symptoms), and Scientific American reports that this strain of MRSA has turned up in 12 percent of Dutch retail pork samples.
(printed in the public interest)
Harvey Boyd – President
Kenny L. Ashley – Vice-President
Bud Hans – Scribe
Gerald Glover – Treasurer
1. No smoking in hammock.
2. No burning of or lighting matches or candles.
3. 20 cents a month dues
4. Not more than 1 man sleeping in the hammock.
5. Ever member own his own hammock.
6. Every new member must demonstrate correctly how to pitch his hammock.
7. Vote on every new member to come in. 2/3 vote.
8. On camping trips, dig a latrine.
9. On Patrol hikes, camp stove can be used.
10. Cook with groups or not if you want to.
11. Patrol meetings once a week.
12.
Supper Wednesday -
Steak
Boiled Potatoes
Cookies
Cocoa
Breakfast -
Pancakes
Bacon
Cocoa
Momma fell yesterday. They did a swell job of packing her into transport and getting a CAT scan at the local ER, about 2 blocks away from her “protected living” arrangement. Seems she thought her walker was too far to reach so she used her hospital table as a support. Not real smart – as she readily admits. She’s fine complete with a big bump on the back of her head…
The Frail Elderly strike again. She gets this week’s early bird prize — creating a maelstrom of concern before noon on a Monday. The ER waiting room was a sea of squalor with people eating Bill’s Hot Dogs, yes siree, smothered in onions. There is hell on earth and his name is Odor.
As for this assemblagist – few things are worth artistic scrutiny in the ER. I’m not into plastics… or germs, for that matter. Oh, and new website coming soon for my Aesthetic Assemblage Art. The Triple-A’s of Quality Altered Images, that’s me. Look for me soon on assemblagist.org or maybe even assemblagist.net.
Meanwhile, real world internet dealings still take precedence here. Rob’s working hard, he finally posted this morning on Ideal Absolutes about our many sites in progress. Wow… over 150 so far and more to come. Hire a hacker. I like that.
[Feist or Jack Russell? local joke, sorry]
It’s true. People keep track of blogs and are alerted. I shoulda’ known better since I’ve been registering domain names since 1996. Goddammn you stress and lack of sleep. You affect my mental cognitive abilities once again!
Working on a review of a new camera – bought with money from first prize blue ribbon win at Beaufort 
County Arts Council’s Fine Arts Show this month. I want to see if the camera will handle scanner-level photography of ephemera. It would make my artistic life much simpler if it did. It’s a pain scanning photos and old documents.
This camera is amazing thus far. More detail tomorrow after Rob tells me how to maximize my earning potential with the proper review placement and such…
oooooooh. I do love this MacBook Air.
instant verse:
She applauds the remembrance
of daily routines
and body maintenance
while I watch for the shadow
of my father’s face.
[*online at Norwich University... the thought appeals to me greatly. Oddly enough, I have the pre-requisites for admission acceptance.]
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Thursday art: use decoupage glue, a pile of 1960s McCall’s dress pattern tissue paper, an 18′x20′ canvas. Crumple the tissue to create texture, paint glue over it, affix to canvas, let dry, the apply gesso. The pattern is of a Marlo Thomas pant suit. The purpose of ephemera art is to create layers of history underneath a modern facade.
Of course, I just made that one up out of the whole cloth. Sold you a bolt of goods.
Oh, wait, isn’t it up to the artist to provide the context in which to balance the determinate substance of their own work? As R knows, we redefine ourselves daily. Word warriors all… in between toddler-size portions of 100% juice, organic carrots, and diaper goo.