archive twitter guest posts, wednesdaysTumblr (3.0; @virgotex)http://virgotex.net/Via the Flickr blog: Did you ever want one of your toys to come to life? Well a lifesize Gundam...http://virgotex.net/post/138579901http://virgotex.net/post/138579901Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:17:39 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzpn5k71bBYDJgzHKo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>WADERS!http://virgotex.net/post/137545778http://virgotex.net/post/137545778Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:26:59 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/yYVS2ZIYLpdod67dim5vxD9Po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>(via <a href="http://youlookmarvelous.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">youlookmarvelous</a>)http://virgotex.net/post/137291031http://virgotex.net/post/137291031Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:02:50 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzpmf178f1bRpsZPvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gowanus Canal Landscape (from Union Street Bridge), by <a href="http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/events/exhibitions/2009/bklynintransition.jsp" target="_blank">Jose Gaytan</a>.</p> <p>See also, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/nyregion/07muse.html?_r=1" target="_blank">NYT feature</a> on Gaytan’s exhibition.</p> <p>Brings back a lot of memories for me. I walked, drove, and rode over the bridge here countless times when I lived in the Slope.</p>http://virgotex.net/post/137174167http://virgotex.net/post/137174167Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:04:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wo-gGes6qig&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Wo-gGes6qig&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>RoboGeisha!http://virgotex.net/post/136249889http://virgotex.net/post/136249889Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:02:44 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzpjl1vd6o6OteO5co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/glastonbury_2009.html">Glastonbury 2009, via The Big Picture</a>http://virgotex.net/post/135923368http://virgotex.net/post/135923368Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:29:34 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/XwaS1eue5pjiwyflcfgUQ4Uqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://azspot.net/post/135900308/someecards-com" target="_blank">azspot</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.someecards.com/card/maybe-michael-jacksons-children-shouldnt-be-looked-after-by-the-same-people-who-looked-after-michael-jackson#" target="_blank">someecards.com</a></blockquote>http://virgotex.net/post/135916330http://virgotex.net/post/135916330Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:11:15 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzpfx3npg4yvrw52Uo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poem is by me, illustration by THE <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Pope" target="_blank">Paul Pope</a>.  We enjoy the center spread. The poem and the illustration are actually somewhat vintage, being first paired in the way back machine when I was a poet about town.</p> <p>But this collection is <a href="http://www.communitymatters.biz/2009/06/minervas-wreck.html" target="_blank">Minerva’s Wreck</a>, and it’s brand new! Featuring many of Austin’s best creative minds, edited and created by wild man <a href="http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Archive/search?Search=wayne+alan+brenner&x=0&y=0&searchType=archives" target="_blank">Wayne Alan Brenner</a>, it’s a lovely book.</p>http://virgotex.net/post/134553124http://virgotex.net/post/134553124Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:55:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/cJM1f1tUipfo7jeuvX8pZ1dDo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://reluctantbuddha.tumblr.com/post/134435767/via-vincenzoscala" target="_blank">reluctantbuddha</a>:</p> <blockquote>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/vincenzoscala" target="_blank">VincenzoScala</a>)</blockquote>http://virgotex.net/post/134507102http://virgotex.net/post/134507102Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:26:37 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClrISK6UKlU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ClrISK6UKlU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.squanderedheritage.com/" target="_blank">Squandered Heritage</a> blogger <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/nationalspecial/13activist.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" target="_blank">Karen Gadbois</a> in a MoveOn.org ad supporting a real public option for health care.  <a href="http://bestofneworleans.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A48768" target="_blank">Recently named New Orleanian of the Year by Gambit Weekly</a>, Karen is a real life superhero.</p> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <i>Karen Gadbois, armed with little more than a laptop and a digital camera, singlehandedly blew the whistle on the New Orleans Affordable Housing scandal, which she documented on her blog, </i><a href="http://www.squanderedheritage.com/" target="_blank"><i><a href="http://www.squanderedheritage.com" target="_blank">www.squanderedheritage.com</a></i></a><i>. The result? An FBI investigation, admiring writeups of her efforts in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and new respect for the power of the citizen blogger.</i> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>But in America, even superheroes can’t afford insurance.</p>http://virgotex.net/post/134299649http://virgotex.net/post/134299649Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:54:00 -0500“I remember how, as the night went on and the crowd grew, we were surrounded; as cops on...http://virgotex.net/post/131557402http://virgotex.net/post/131557402Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:58:33 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzp85wdioWDEZSIPTo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kerry Eleveld, The Advocate: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid93934.asp"><i>View from the Hill-A Presidential Invitation</i></a> </p> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><i>What we need Washington to realize is something I heard John Berry, the highest ranking gay official in the Obama administration, proclaim at the Velvet Foundation event: “Our story is the American story!” he exclaimed, sweeping his clenched fist through the air. Seems so simple and yet it washed over me like a revelation. I guess that’s because until very recently, America has swept our history under the rug. LGBT concerns weren’t worthy of being reported on, they were only relevant to the national political framework insofar as they could whip up money or votes, and it was OK to meet with gays behind closed doors but standing up for them publicly was lunacy.</i></blockquote> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"> <i></i><br/><i>This coming Monday, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans from the across the country will attend a White House reception to celebrate the birth of our equality movement 40 years ago. In front of LGBT advocates, the White House press corps, and a national audience, President Barack Obama – among the most eloquent of national leaders in our history – will have an opportunity to make our story the American story. And if he takes the invitation to help orient America on the path toward our equality, the arc of the nation’s moral universe would further its bend in the just direction. </i> </blockquote>http://virgotex.net/post/131270126http://virgotex.net/post/131270126Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:39:56 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzp85ie4os6i2CjLno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/paulapoundstone">via Twitter</a>http://virgotex.net/post/131265424http://virgotex.net/post/131265424Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:29:03 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzp85a6e6CdG4TzPio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/" target="_blank">http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/</a></a>http://virgotex.net/post/131262491http://virgotex.net/post/131262491Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:22:40 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzp6vpxk6fW3l1Vu1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>From Michael Jackson’s <a target="_blank" href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5255452.PN.&OS=PN/5255452&RS=PN/5255452">patent application for the shoes</a> used to create the <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HJbGSHtFYQ">Smooth Criminal </a></i>anti-gravity leanhttp://virgotex.net/post/130797328http://virgotex.net/post/130797328Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:12 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/DoGrxc1qzp6kwsjtrhghfUZuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h5>New York 1964 World’s Fair, “Peace Through Understanding,” New York State Pavilion, 2007</h5> <p>via TMN Galleries, <i><a href="http://themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/once_the_worlds_fair/" target="_blank">Once the World’s Fair</a></i></p>http://virgotex.net/post/130654134http://virgotex.net/post/130654134Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:04:37 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/oW5E9lxRrp5lhmc58d0SlnyNo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://avocadosalad.tumblr.com/post/130305331/natmelfrankmoby-via-lickystickypickyme-betty" target="_blank">avocadosalad</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://natmelfrankmoby.tumblr.com/post/130303673" target="_blank">natmelfrankmoby</a>:</p> <blockquote>(via <a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">lickystickypickyme</a>)</blockquote> <p>Betty White 4eva!</p> </blockquote>http://virgotex.net/post/130645675http://virgotex.net/post/130645675Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:46:29 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/haxEJS3HXp6gxqu75AagtLTNo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ayse.tumblr.com/post/130610589/minorjive-michael-jackson-ha-muerto-geek-the" target="_blank">ayse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://minorjive.net/post/130608154/michael-jackson-ha-muerto-geek-the-planet-if" target="_blank">minorjive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://geektheplanet.net/3341/michael-jackson-ha-muerto.xhtml" target="_blank">Michael Jackson ha muerto | gEEK tHE pLANET</a></p> <p>If you were on Twitter yesterday, as the news was breaking this image will make sense to you.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://virgotex.net/post/130644972http://virgotex.net/post/130644972Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:44:37 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYx3BR2aJA4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYx3BR2aJA4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>R I Phttp://virgotex.net/post/130248428http://virgotex.net/post/130248428Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:57:14 -0500listening to "Head Full of Steam - The Go-Betweens": 104* degrees….(I’ll use any excuse...http://virgotex.net/post/129021964http://virgotex.net/post/129021964Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:16:59 -0500