Recent Blog Posts
Consomm
post a comment | posted 5 days ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Michael Pardus, instructor at the Culinary Institute of America, shows how straightforward it can be to make as classic a dish as consomm
RedScale Film
post a comment | posted 5 days ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Wikipedia tells us that redscale "...is the name given to a technique of shooting photographic film where the film is exposed from the wrong side..." This process results in a red/orange cast to the developed photographs. Check out this sweet exa...
For a Totalled Combine
post a comment | posted 5 days ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
I think it would be totally worth the trip to Michigan just to see the Hillsdale Fair Combine Demolition Derby.
Well at least the photos from the American Festivals Project make it seem awesome.
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
A Change Could Do You Good
post a comment | posted 1 week ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Crazy, trippy, fantastic:
Metamorphosis from Bryant on Vimeo.
Stub
post a comment | posted 1 week ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Check out this tasty image of 40 old ticket stubs (with Spanish writing, maybe?). There's some pleasant type, a few interesting stamps, and some bright colors - the collected lot of them making a pretty mosaic of what would otherwise be thrown awa...
Crossing
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
It's fun to sit on the corner in Carytown and watch the world go by. Through my viewfinder.
Congarbulations
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
I couldn't let the day pass without seriously congratulating (for the whole world to see...okay, for about five people to see) my brother, Mugs, on landing a full time position with his employer, leaving the uncertain world of "IT Contractor" in th...
Palin Comparison
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Look, I have to qualify my political views every time I post something of this nature, so here's my usual pre-amble (or some such paraphrasing):
I don't support either of the two major parties, so don't think my writing about one candidate or anoth...
No Country For Old Men
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
When I first watched Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men I was filled with both a little confusion and a lot of disappointment. Confusion because I couldn't tell what the point was supposed to be, and disappointment because I felt as if t...
A Heroic Attempt To Keep Watching
post a comment | posted 2 weeks ago
Originally posted at Ploafmaster General
Okay, so here's a slightly more fleshed-out reaction to the 3rd season premier of Heroes than I provided in an earlier comment.
It's been a while since I watched the show, and in that long intermediate period I've since seen a number of fantastic f...