Beaded fish fly

Beaded fish-fly. These (smaller size) have been surprisingly popular at the farmer's market. I know, I know... crappy picture. My old digital camera finally died. I'll buy a nice, new, sharp one when I can afford it. :-) 




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Happy, shiny beadwork. Repulsively cute, actually. 




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I had never heard of "Brocket 99";

until today. It's a series of "parody" radio broadcasts, purportedly from a rez radio station in Alberta. The one clip I heard convinced me that it's a blatantly racist piece of crap. Other skins said that it was funny; even so.
hmmmm


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Some news from the red side of the tracks.

I'm listening to the inaugural CBC broadcast of THE RED EDGE, a "new half-hour of 'totally aboriginal' radio from Winnipeg." Sounding good, so far. Funny.


I was listening to a comedy routine by an Ahnishnahbeh comic, Don Kelly, and laughed so hard that I did a quick search and pulled up this page, about a film exploring Canadian Native Humour, by Drew Hayden Taylor.


I was happy to read the name of Thomas King associated with the project. I am a fan of his novel Green Grass, Running Water, which was a runner-up for CBC's "Canada Reads" - 2004 . I was privileged to meet him in St. Paul, MN, while he was still a prof. there. He took my pic for his "lone ranger project". (mentioned here) If I find out the status of the project, I shall report.

* Some of these links go to Wiki info. and are subject to change.



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"100 greatest events of Canadian History"

Presented in timeline fashion.
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The US vice-prezident's company bilking; now over a billion dollars;

generally treating employees -and the soldiers it has been hired to serve- like crap.

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"...managers ordered workers to pick bullets and shrapnel out of food shipments that had been damaged by gunfire or bombings and serve it to troops."

Nice.

No real surprises, but you gotta wonder how much the vic-prez's company can skim, before he starts to blush.

Plus; declassified memo re: guantanamo coverup



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I've read Naked Lunch several times. Great book.

Here's a series of essays and discussions about the book. Good reading. Makes me wish that I spent more time on my 'book reports' in grade school. :)

The sad, but interesting truth about Naked Lunch and William S. Buroughs.
Part 2: nausea and irony
Part 3: social criticism
Part 4: drugs and addicts
Part 5: Naked Lunch and Sex and Relationships



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Papier mache Sculpture

Why? -closer up; all photos click for enlargement.



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Anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn coming up:

New revelations providing insight into why Lt. Col. Custer fell and Maj. Reno survived. Other than the fact that he was a damned asshat.

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papier mache sculpture

Why? - papier-mache, enamel, acrylic, lumber. A human/bird transformation piece based on pictograph motifs of northwestern ontario.



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Did you find the Cruise-Holmes hookup just a little creepy? Read this...

When scientologists go into mating mode.

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Large beaded fish fly

Beaded "fish-fly"; about 17 cm long. Glass beads, 'Tigereye' agate, leather, yarn and 'sturgeon'-hook.



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Papier Mache sculpture

Here I Come! - (current incarnation) Papier mache, enamel, acrylic, buttons.

NB:Annoying alternating bands of light/dark in this and other photos result of digital camera and flourescent lighting interaction. Will make further efforts to avoid; grin and bear it for now :-)



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Mooseguts Theatre blog

Link



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Less than two weeks for Toby

This dork has already extortioned some 28 grand from the internet in order to stop him from killing and eating his rabbit.
Nice.


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North Dakota readying to launch bioterror attack on Manitoba.

The level of Devil's Lake (ND) has been steadily rising over the last half century. The local County, State and Federal (US) agencies involved have had to move hundreds of houses and buildings; several roads and other infrastructure have been damaged. The unilateral solution of the local ggovernment is to pump water from Devil's Lake into the Sheyenne River. The problem with this? Devil's Lake is in a different water basin and the drainage into the Sheyenne River, another drainage basin that leads to the Red River and Lake Winnipeg.

This will lead to the introduction of exotic species of bacteria, fish parasites and agricultural pollution to the continent's biggest walleye fishery.

Naturally people in Manitoba are pissed and demanding that the issue go to the IJC - International Joint Commission (on boundary waters; USA/Canada)for some other resolution. The North Dakotans point out that they tried that route in the nineties, but Canada wouldn't come to the table, so tough luck. (In a similiar dispute, Montana is claiming that BC mining actions will pollute their water, but Canada is unwilling to come to the IJC; a little hypocritical? link

Of course, North Dakota claims that there will be no impact on the water quality of their new downstream dump, but that just means that they'll apologize later.

Satellite map of Devil's Lake.

Where is Devil's Lake?

Aboriginal group in Northern Manitoba calls for stop to diversion.




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Little papier mache masks

Cupid and Imp; bare




imp; enameled



Cupid; enameled


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I WAS JUST TOURING A SITE CALLED

CAP'N WACKY'S DEATH STAR OF FUN. The section entitled "unfortunate star wars costumes" was pretty funny. Here's a link to a particularly amusing pic.



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Miss Loontrout (etcetera); first showing

Miss Loontrout got a crappy boobjob. Mr. and Mrs. Crack-Penguin pull their tired, old William Tell routine. Nanabush is still in the world. June, 2005.


Update march 27/06: This painting has under gone many changes, check the march 2006 archives for recent appearance.




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detail of Mr. Crack-Penguin (2005)



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A hint of where this piece is going. It will be on display (in it's current incarnation) at the Fort Frances museum through June 2005 and the first week of July, I think. I'll firm up the closing date and a date for wrap-up party/gathering.



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