Monthly Archives: January 2012

To make up for, to atone, to make amends for, to expiate…

Other words that appear on this piece: ungainly intelligent shocking fortunate awkward employment empoison Emporia emporium empoverish empower empress emprise Empson empowerment mammoth bier sniveler malediction execration imprecation anathema ban employ-ability farcical absurd prejudicial shrewd common “Opportunities multiply as they … Continue reading

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What I do with extra paint…

Within any series of work I create are a couple of pieces on which I run out of ideas as to what put on them.  Some pieces are the result of the leftover paint on my palette.  Rather than leaving … Continue reading

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It’s always downhill from here.

The small card on the lower right corner is playing card from a game called Word Power.  I bought the game back in the 1980’s, but I found it to be more complicated to play than Trivial Pursuit. vin·dic·tive adjective … Continue reading

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what I do when I’m not doing this…

I caught this tweet from @lorimcneeartist one morning: “If you think your boss is stupid remember; you wouldn’t have a job if he was smarter” ~Unkown #quote RT @Flipbooks: This made me think for a moment… or two… My job, … Continue reading

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…full of variety and disorder…

Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. -Plato, The Repuplic  

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  When declaring Matthew Thornton III, Sr. VP for U.S. operations at FedEx the “worst person in the world” for defending the company after a video of a FedEx deliveryman tossing a computer monitor over a fence went viral, Keith … Continue reading

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