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	<title>clusterflock &#187; aesthetics</title>
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	<description>thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join.</description>
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		<title>from the comments</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/from-the-comments-164.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cindy S.:
This year, instead of making my traditional stigmata cookies for Easter, my cookies will depict a cross section of a rabbit’s ovaries, complete with chocolate egg fetuses.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/something-has-been-bothering-me.html#comment-758898">Cindy S.</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>This year, instead of making my traditional stigmata cookies for Easter, my cookies will depict a cross section of a rabbit’s ovaries, complete with chocolate egg fetuses.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>For the Newbies</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/for-the-newbies.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Neece</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I approach my third anniversary with y&#8217;all (still a little more than a month away), I thought I might offer the newer members a trip down my memory lane.  Deron  has many times queried Sheila for helps and hints on  fashion.  I&#8217;m not sure, but my comment, buried here, may [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I approach my third anniversary with y&#8217;all (still a little more than a month away), I thought I might offer the newer members a trip down my memory lane. <a href=" http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/sheila-2.html#comments "> Deron </a> has many times queried Sheila for helps and hints on <a href=" http://www.clusterflock.org/2007/05/for-sheila.html "> fashion. </a> I&#8217;m not sure, but my comment, buried here, may have been my first appearance.</p>
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		<title>I Should Kick Myself</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/i-should-kick-myself.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Neece</dc:creator>
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The entry into the garage. We had new siding put on the house three&#8230;four? years ago. At the time, they also put in new garage doors with openers, new windows in the media room (a 10&#8242;x25&#8242; room on the south side of the house). Why I didn&#8217;t include this door in the deal is a [...]]]></description>
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<p>The entry into the garage. We had new siding put on the house three&#8230;four? years ago. At the time, they also put in new garage doors with openers, new windows in the media room (a 10&#8242;x25&#8242; room on the south side of the house). Why I didn&#8217;t include this door in the deal is a mystery to me. I remember thinking, &#8220;Ooo, this is too much money.&#8221; But, honestly, what would another three or four hundred dollars have done to the loan, lien on the house over the course of fifteen years? </p>
<p>Nevermind the decaying concrete ruined by ten years of throwing &#8220;snow-melt&#8221; on top of it, that now needs to be ripped out and replaced. &#8220;All in good time,&#8221; I keep thinking. &#8220;All in good time.&#8221; And then there&#8217;s the landscaping. Oh, fuck it. <I>The shoemaker&#8217;s kids go without shoes.</I></p>
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		<title>it&#8217;s all over now, baby blue</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/its-all-over-now-baby-blue.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This feels transformational: Imagine the Paul Bunyan story calibrated to human creativity. Now imagine a programmer has come up with an algorithm that creates beautiful, organic music, stuff that would have taken years to compose, effortlessly. 
Cope thinks the old cliché of beauty in the eye of the beholder explains the situation well: “The dots [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This feels transformational: Imagine the Paul Bunyan story calibrated to human creativity. Now imagine <a href="http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/triumph-of-the-cyborg-composer-8507/">a programmer has come up with an algorithm that creates beautiful, organic music</a>, stuff that would have taken years to compose, effortlessly. </p>
<blockquote><p>Cope thinks the old cliché of beauty in the eye of the beholder explains the situation well: “The dots and lines on paper are merely triggers that set things off in our mind, do all the wonderful things that give us excitement and love of the music, and we falsely believe that somewhere in that music is the thing we’re feeling,” he says. “I don’t know what the hell &#8217;soul&#8217; is. I don’t know that we have any of it. I’m looking to get off on life. And music gets me off a lot of the time. I really, really, really am moved by it. I don’t care who wrote it.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Good luck on that novel.</p>
<p>(via <a href="http://www.kottke.org/">kottke</a>)</p>
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		<title>from the comments</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/39411.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daryl Scroggins:
I once saw a Japanese archer shoot three arrows at a target that was about 70 yards away. All three arrows were in the air before the first one hit.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/dear-clusterflock-356.html#comment-750619">Daryl Scroggins</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>I once saw a Japanese archer shoot three arrows at a target that was about 70 yards away. All three arrows were in the air before the first one hit.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Charming Lands at Fotofest</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/charming-lands-at-fotofest.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Stone</dc:creator>
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A group of 11 photographers I am involved with called Charming Lands is participating in Fotofest in Houston.
We created a group exhibition at Box 13 entitled Panta Rei.
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 13, 7-9:30pm. I hope you can stop by.
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<p>A group of 11 photographers I am involved with called <a href="http://charminglands.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Charming Lands</a> is participating in <a href="http://www.fotofest.org/biennial2010/" target="_blank">Fotofest in Houston</a>.</p>
<p>We created a group exhibition at <a href="http://www.box13artspace.com/" target="_blank">Box 13</a> entitled Panta Rei.</p>
<p>Opening Reception: Saturday, March 13, 7-9:30pm. I hope you can stop by.</p>
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		<title>Daryl&#8217;s Waking Words</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/03/daryls-waking-words.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Scroggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t like the font Home Depot uses on their prices.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t like the font Home Depot uses on their prices.</p>
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		<title>Allow myself to introduce . . . myself!</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/02/allow-myself-to-introduce-myself.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/02/allow-myself-to-introduce-myself.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Dallas Maverick Marquis Daniels commissioned this homage to himself.
Forged in the fires of Mordor from 1,300 grams (or 2.9 pounds) of 14-karat gold, this head is an exact replica of Daniels or possibly Whoopi Goldberg. Either way, it&#8217;s both amazing and terrifying.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Phenomenal-Swag-Marquis-Daniels-jeweled-head-p?urn=nba,220898"><img src="http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ept_sports_nba_experts-102821575-1266608960.jpg" alt="" title="ept_sports_nba_experts-102821575-1266608960" width="320" height="471" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-38791" /></a><br />
Former Dallas Maverick <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Phenomenal-Swag-Marquis-Daniels-jeweled-head-p?urn=nba,220898">Marquis Daniels</a> commissioned this homage to himself.</p>
<blockquote><p>Forged in the fires of Mordor from 1,300 grams (or 2.9 pounds) of 14-karat gold, this head is an exact replica of Daniels or possibly Whoopi Goldberg. Either way, it&#8217;s both amazing and terrifying.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>photo out of context</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/02/photo-out-of-context-10.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Jeff-Pain-challenges-Ryan-Miller-for-best-helmet?urn=oly,220908"><img src="http://www.clusterflock.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ept_sports_oly_experts-748213157-1266610814-580x348.jpg" alt="" title="ept_sports_oly_experts-748213157-1266610814" width="580" height="348" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-38709" /></a></p>
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		<title>from the comments</title>
		<link>http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/02/from-the-comments-154.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deron Bauman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheila Ryan:
It is written in my will that if I am shot and eaten, I may not be served with either apple or mint jelly.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2010/02/dear-clusterflock-347.html#comment-733347">Sheila Ryan</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>It is written in my will that if I am shot and eaten, I may not be served with either apple or mint jelly.</p></blockquote>
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