Dreamy Guggenheim

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A shot from the hip, full auto mode and heavily processed. Didn’t even stop to chimp my screen to see if I got anything useful. About the only thing I wanted was to capture the afternoon light as I walked quickly by the Guggenheim. I was playing around with split toning and landed here.

I’ve never been in, but my modern architecture professor used to say on a near daily basis that Frank Lloyd Wright contended the building would outshine any art that was displayed inside. He may have been right. I think that others feel the same way, but not because the architecture is awesome. They feel that way because you can’t hang art on the walls; it’s a crap space for hanging art.

I’ve been by the museum a bunch of times, but never on foot and never in full daylight. Gorgeous building. Not sure about the addition.

Gift Ideas. For Me.

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I was thinking about doing a Guide of Gift Guides, because there are a lot of them out there:

Esquire (slideshow), GQ (slideshow), Men’s Health Tech (slideshow… grrrr), Put This On, Uncrate”s The Outdoorsman Guide, Pop Deluxe, Cool Material, Cool Hunting and Daily Candy (with another god damn slideshow!)

I decided to forego reviewing all of those guides and make a list of things I want. Not even for Christmas. Just things I want. Aside from world peace, food for the hungry, better health, more frank public discussions about family planning (particularly from religious quarters), shorter Presidential election cycles in the US, the GOP to stop being clowns and Democrats to more steadily stand up for the middle class. So those are a given. If you are disgusted by rampant consumerism, read no further and thanks for stopping by. Before you leave, would you consider donating to a charity of your choice this season? Have some good charities that need help? Post them in the comments. Here we go…
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