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Oh, man! The Xerox Art Show is really well done. I love the scroll to the right presentation to the thing as well. I really sort of felt like I was in a gallery. Excellent. A must see. Via

The California Science Center (which I didn’t even know existed until a few days ago) was having an exhibition about risk. They sold it as this exciting participatory kind of thing where you could risk your life walking on an iron beam 17 stories above the ground like a construction worker or laying on a bed of nails.

It was pretty sanitized risk though. The iron beam wasn’t even 17 inches much less 17 stories. They ran it over a photo looking down into the street. I did get to lay on a bed of nails. I already knew the physics of the thing though, so that wasn’t much of an adventure.

I also spent a few hours wandering around some of the other exhibits taking photos.

It’s a pretty cool place, but you really need to be a kid (or be there with a kid) to get the most out of those types of exploratorium type places. If you are in LA, and you have kids, it’s certainly worth checking out.

Why did nobody tell me that TV Land was running episodes of Shazam!? I mean I told you all about my interest back in April of 2002. I tell you sometimes I think nobody but comment spammers really reads these pages.

Truthfully, I didn’t remember mentioning it myself. I knew I’d done an entry about yesterdayland, but I didn’t remember what the yesterdayland URL was, and I wanted to link to their entry for Shazam!. Unfortunately, it seems that yesterdayland has folded up shop. I find that very sad. That web site was awesome. I guess the good ones never last.

Marcelino Gonçalves’ art as described on the cherrydelosreyes site sounds like it’d be right up my alley:

Marcelino Gonçalves has created exquisitely subtle paintings of poignant moments and places seen through the lens of solitary male figures.

But, judging from the few images displayed on the site, the frame may be too tight for me to comfortably approach. I feel like there’s no room for me there. I like my solitude at a removed distance.

Still, I very much want to see this show.

I think that the Movie Alphabet Game may be even more difficult (and so more frustrating) than the Retail Alphabet game(s).

Curse you MeFi!

Tonight, storm clouds were threatening in this sort of cool ominous way, but it was still pretty light out, so I decided to go for quick a walk. After about one lap around the block, everything was lit with this moody, kind of interesting light. I thought about grabbing my camera and shooting a few things, but I figured I needed the exercise more than I needed the photos.

Also, it was starting to rain a little with these big heavy drops. I briefly considered giving up on the walk — particularly since the rain started right when I was at the gate that I would have gone in through. It was sort of a sparse kind of sprinkle though, so I figured what the heck. I kept walking.

About 3/4 of the way through lap two, the sky was unbelievable. I’m completely serious. It was absolutely surreal with these dark purple storm clouds picking up red and orange highlights along the clouds’ under-edges from the sunset. Despite the heavy, dark clouds over head, the sky to the west was perfectly clear with this crystal blue color. This sky was the most alien thing I think I’ve ever seen, and as I was rounding a corner, I saw these over-turned shopping carts that seemed to be glowing with light. It would have made one of the greatest photos I’ve ever taken. So, I hurried up to finish the remaining 1/4 of lap two. I got my camera, and I hurried back to snap off a few shots.

All of that couldn’t have taken more than five, maybe six minutes tops. By the time I got there though, the character of the light had completely changed. It had become just a sort of boring, overly dark sunset. I snapped a couple of shots anyway, but they aren’t even worth posting.

I was so disappointed, I didn’t even consider taking my fourth, customary lap around the block. Light and time just move too fast. They slip away when you aren’t even looking. I hate losing them like that.

A recent study indicates that eating half a grapefruit with each meal helps to facilitate weight loss and reduces insulin levels. It’s too bad I find the stuff so vile. I wonder if other large fruits would have a similar effect. Does the grapefruit really do something or is it just that people tend to eat less of food that’s bad for them if they fill up on food that’s good for them?