wiseacre | paul armstrong
Cincinnati, OH
Albums
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The Everyday Occurences of an Aging Superhero
2 photos
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A Birth story
13 photos
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Else
9 photos
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Real Fake Portraits
13 photos
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Weddings
16 photos
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Captain America(n't)
8 photos
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Redneck
10 photos
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Experiments
26 photos
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Portraits
12 photos
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10 hours ago
When it comes down to it, I just want to be distracted
I've wrote and rewrote, deleted, started and stopped and tried every which way to write a new blog entry. All in all I'm feeling tapped, drained, empty. I have nothing to say. Nothing meaningful, nothing poignant, nothing mildly amusing. All I can think is that …
2 weeks ago
Somewhere along the line, I grew up
Aging is inevitable. Maturing is not. Some people are older than their age, others sadly younger. As I near 40 I'm starting to realize that I've actually grown up, matured, without being old.The problem with aging is that your experiences fill you to the point of …
Oct 22, 2009
Every stone upon your back will slide onto the ground
There it rests heavily on my shoulder, growing ever more burdensome by the day. The inevitable reality of the future — even though I don't know the exact outcomes, I know the exact realities and I don't want to fall over the edge. To be lost and left behind; to …
About
Designer of things. Developer of stuff. Programmer of bits. Prognosticator of distractions. Unloader of wisdom. Father of spawn. Husband to hotness.
Wiseacre Design
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Other works:
web.without.words
Dear Photographer
Oops You Failed
Unsubstantiated Rumors
Great conversation with Cormac McCarthy about The Road, and his other novels becoming movies at WSJ: http://bit.ly/3OyCmR
updated 16 hours ago
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Recent plays (12,597)
- ♫ Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine (w/Strings)
- ♫ Boards Of Canada - A Moment Of Clarity
- ♫ Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
- ♫ Band Of Horses - The Funeral
- ♫ Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
- ♫ Angels & Airwaves - The War
- ♫ Santogold - Lights Out
- ♫ Sound Team - No More Birthdays
- ♫ Phoenix - 1901
- ♫ The Innocence Mission - The Lakes Of Canada
Screen
Shawshank Redemption, Fight Club, Raising Arizona, Saving Private Ryan, The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tennenbaums, Seven, Bottle Rocket, Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King, Dumb and Dumber, Anchorman, You've Got Mail, Rebel Without a Cause, Insomnia, L.A. Story, L.A. Confidential, Gladiator, Unbreakable, Signs, Band of Brothers (not a movie, not a Television show; so -- it goes here), Beautiful Girls, Squid and the Whale, You Can Count on Me, Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Garden State, Finding Nemo, Cars, The Incredibles, Toy Story, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Three Kings, American Beauty, Oceans Eleven, Snatch, Shawn of the Dead, Army of Darkness, X-Men, Catch Me If You Can, Castaway, The Burbs, The Terminator II
Sound
The Stills, Belle & Sebastian, Innocence Mission, Elliott Smith, Over the Rhine, Coldplay, elbow, The Arcade Fire, Radiohead, The Walkmen, Sleeping at Last, Copeland, Jimmy Eat World, Shins, Tom Waits, Flaming Lips, Eels, Morrissey, The Smiths, Travis, Bjork, Death Cab for Cutie, slowdive, Trembling Blue Stars, Beck, adorable, Ride, Arvo Pärt, REM, Tom Petty, John Mayer, Led Zeppelin, Neutral Milk Hotel, My Bloody Valentine, Wilco, Clem Snide, Nick Drake, The Wrens, Yo La Tengo, Weezer, U2, Grandaddy, Foo Fighters, The Cure, Catherine Wheel, Bloc Party, Blur, Interpol, Snowden, The Ocean Blue, Dead Can Dance, Doves, The Sundays, Mojave 3, Mute Math, Circa Survive, Iron & Wine, Editors, Mae, Keane, Doves, Low, Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters, Magnetic Fields, the 6ths, Wolf Parade, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, Animal Collective, Alison Krause, White Stripes, Modest Mouse, Starlight Mints, Mercury Rev, Placebo, Muse, Lemonheads, Amusement Parks on Fire, Fire Theft, Sunny Day Real Estate, Death from Above 1979, We Are Scientists, James, They Might Be Giants
DIVIT, Sep 4, 2009:
You have a unique talent with photography.. But then, great perception will not only keep you from walking into walls! haha, Well done!
Demetri Parides, Sep 2, 2009:
your work is great. def an inspiration!
Joel C Waller, Jul 13, 2009:
This is a good site.
eigenvoid, Apr 2, 2008:
Holy crap, you've got a great eye and an even greater imagination.
Club Fools, Nov 1, 2007:
hope you're fool. we do. CF
John Sherman, Sep 9, 2007:
Ohio is really hot today.
wiseacre | paul armstrong, May 28, 2007:
I don't shave everyday, no. I have the luxury or good fortune, of owning my own business, so looking "stellar" isn't a must. I often look "stubbly", I guess is what it'd be called -- but the beard growing is an every other year thing for an international contest "Whiskerino"
UBEROWNED, May 28, 2007:
i was looking through your flicker photos and i noticed that you grow out your beard.........my question is do you shave alot i know this sounds weird, but it is just a OCD of mine... do shave every day.....just woundering... i know i know i am wierd
Pray 4 Change, May 27, 2007:
Your work is AMAZING!
Jerrett, May 19, 2007:
Hey man. :)