Nostalgia in the Time of Machines

A lot of "40 years Ago" the past few months ...

... in addition to Woodstock and the Moon Walk (and the cancellation of Star Trek, which paved the way to modern fandom), you also had the epic meeting of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson at GenCon II, that paved the way for modern gaming. Oh yeah, and I started kindergarten.

UPDATE: Wow, also the beginning of Monty Pyhton's Flying Circus AND Sesame Street.

So essentially, my entire conscious life started 40 years ago. Woot.

Clearly this is not working

Fall is the season of change

More to come

Soon I hope

Bank of America can suck my dictation

Bank of America will never, ever get my money. Not after what they pulled on this guy:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/how_theresa_hatt_caused_the_financial_crisis.php

Last month, Theresa Hatt died at 52, after a brief struggle with cancer. [S]hortly after her death, Hatt's son, Paul Kelleher, began the sad task of calling his mother's creditors, to inform them of her passing. The calls were uneventful, if depressing, until Kelleher got to Bank of America. Here is how he says his conversation with a representative of the company's estates unit went:

Paul Kelleher: Yes, I'm calling to inform you that my mom died on the 24th of January.

Bank of America Estates representative: I'm sorry. Oh, it looks like she never even missed a payment. That's too bad. Well, how are you planning to take care of her balance?

PK: I'm not going to. She has no estate to speak of, but you should feel free to just go through the standard probate procedure. I'm certainly not legally obligated to pay for her.

BOA: You mean you're not going to help her out?

PK: I wouldn't be helping her out -- she's dead. I'd be helping you out.

BOA: Oh, that's really not the way to look at it. I know that if it were my mother, I'd pay it. That's why we're in the banking crisis we're in: banks having to write off defaulted loans.

"I lost it there," Kelleher, ... told TPMMuckraker. When pressed, he said, the estates rep backed off that last claim, but only a little, continuing to suggest that cases like his mothers had played a role in the financial crisis.

HOW much did B of A lose on their bone-headed purchase of Countrywide Financial, when everyone knew real estate was about to tank?? HOW many hundreds of millions of dollars (if not billions) did these suits piss away on greedy, shortsighted or just plain incompetent spending? And they have the fucking gall to pull shit like this?

I'll stick my money in a rabid squirrel's nest before handing over to these morally-bankrupt twits. The squirrel's nest pays a higher return.

Filed under "damn, I wished I'd thought of that"...

"Snowbama"

Bush's "Legacy" now complete

Here is the finale of the Legacy installation:

Legacy installation finale

Bush's "Legacy" now up

My 24-hour installation marking Bush's last day in office is now up

Legacy installation

 

Legacy closeup

Update: Wow, the smell from the port-a-john really helps put the whole piece in context

C-ya, W!

My farewell Bush cartoon is now up. Let the shoes fly

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/65498/

Announcing a one-day art exhibit

To mark the final day of George W. Bush in the White House, I'm premiering a unique work of art on Monday, January 19.

"Legacy" is a black and silver monoprint of Bush which will be installed on a construction dumpster outside the Venable Center in Durham. When Bush leaves office the next day, the print will be stripped off and tossed in with the rest of the debris.

This piece will only exist for 24 hours (if that), so come on down to the corner of Roxboro and Pettigrew Streets -- and bring extra shoes in case you get the urge throw something at Bush's "Legacy."  

JP Trostle: "Legacy", 2009
Black toner on adhesive foil, 11" x 5"
on the south end of a metal dumpster, 7' x 20'

(The construction bin is located in between the two buildings that make up the Venable Center, and just outside of the offices of The Independent Weekly. Parking is available at a a small lot off of Roxboro or a larger lot off of Pettigrew.)

Bush promise to create jobs finally comes true!

Well, for Turkish shoe manufacturers that is...

Turns out sales for the brand that was thrown at Bush are going through the roof and the company has hired a hundred people to help make more:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=auI050ptHyPg

Finally, a reporter with balls...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/14/bush-visits-iraq-for-fina_n_150832.html

Not exactly the flowers Bush was expecting to be strewn with during his victory parade ...