Another one of Molly. Her mommy, Erica, is holding her.

Arrakokkam (AJJ) WAP1 22022, a palindrome, pulls Jaipur Chennai Express.

I'm finally on the P-Rade route!

Ok so that is definitely a powerdrill the fellow is carrying. In regards to the almost naked geriatric wrestler in the print, I have much less to say. This was taken at the Newspace Print Auction a couple weeks ago. A fairly successful event considering as I was standing in the crowd taking shots, I realized I had stopped right behind Gus Van Sant, who had a print of his own in the auction. Newspace, sadly, is one of the few remaining bastions where it is ok to spend a few rainy (or sunny) hours on a sunday in the dark and leave smelling like fixer. Too few of these places left in Portland, but if you have a hankering to make pictures the old fashioned way, they can certainly see to it that you scratch that itch, and you may even see a geriatric wrestler or two, but no guarantees.

I would like to thank each and every one of you that has stopped by my photostream. With all your support I have now reached a whopping 80,008 views!

Since I managed to catch the view counter at this rather unique number, I decided to grab a screen shot and share with you my love of palindromes and They Might Be Giants.

pal·in·drome (păl'ĭn-drōm') n.

1.) A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!

2.) A segment of double-stranded DNA in which the nucleotide sequence of one strand reads in reverse order to that of the complementary strand.

[From Greek palindromos, running back again, recurring : palin, again + dromos, a running.]

Of course I have a soft spot for palindromes as my name is featured in one of the cheesiest ones ever. How did Adam introduce himself to Eve?

"Madam in Eden, I'm Adam"

But beyond being some silly linguistic tricks, palidromes are also featured quite heavily in one of my favorite They Might Be Giants songs:

I Palindrome I

Something just fell on my head"

221122 (unaccountably not named “Michael Palindrome”) at Nuneaton on 08/09/02

Palindromically numbered 47474 working 1M45, the 10:25 Leeds to Nottingham service at Moorthorpe on 25th April 1988.

Damn! I found out I had a color space-mismatch when processing my raw images to jpeg and suddenly I understood why everything was quite color- and contrast-less lately.

Geht's noch?

Danke, jetzt geht's wieder.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

700 007 Thameslink train passes Alexandria Palace towards the inner heart of the capital.

BGKT EMD WDP4 20102 "Palindrome" In SHF Mode /m\ Arrives At Platform No.3 of Delhi Cantt Railway Station With The Right On Time Running My All Time Favourite Train aka Ahmedabad Kalupur Junction - Old Delhi Ashram Superfast Express on its 16th BirthDay.It Was On 1st August 1997 when this awesome train made its first run on BG.

The earliest attestation of this magic square is a grafitto in the ruins of Pompeii. From its origins as a Roman Pagan charm, it made its way into medieval culture as a magical and protective amulet.

And the project has finally started.

I met Scott at Wolf Productions: A Gallery of the Arts in downtown Claremore during the yearly downtown festival, Dickens on the Boulevard. Scott's wife had been doing pottery and was taking a break while Scott got some things set up for her. It had something to do with sanding down the wooden disks that go between the clay and the wheel.

Scott is from Illinois originally. He and his father, who lives in Florida, create Medieval-style weapons for collectors, fairs, and reenactments. He met his wife at the Renaissance Festival at the Castle in Muskogee. She is from SW OK. The 2 travel all around the country together.

I sure hope my portrait skills get better throughout this project. I was tickled to capture his reflection, but he looks a tad out of focus to me.

"This picture is #1 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com"

Check out the Wolf Gallery on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/pages/Claremore-OK/Wolf-Productions-A-Ga...

An idea shared by the members of the Marches Book Arts Group.

We have each been given a pack of collage materials, and i have been using my allocation to add to some pages which will concentrate on edges

This is the page I created on the palindromic date of 22.02.2022

Mixed media

At the 25th Reunion Sunday morning.

A palindromic ritual involving a wizard, two myrmidons and 12 visitors. Made for a Lowlug contest that had to be on a 32x48 surface with two 16x16 corners cut out.

Palindromic MLY ''baldie'' WDM - 3A 14041 leading the twin charge for 17058 Secunderabad - Chatrapathi Shivaji Terminus Mumbai Devagiri express overtaking a BCNA rake lead by KZJ WDG-3A 14701....

And the world's most famous palindrome too.

Panama Canal, Panama.

Model: Jacs Fishburne

www.flickr.com/photos/jacs_fishburne/

Film: Double Exposed Fuji FP-3000B

15 cards available

clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats

⬛ Minolta Hi-Matic E

⬛ Neopan 100 Acros II

and she's got red lipstick and a bright pair of shoes

and she's got knee high socks, what to cover a bruise

she's got an old death kit she's been meaning to use

she's got blood in her eyes for you

so you bite on a towel

hope it won't hurt too bad

and she says i like long walks and sci-fi movies

if you're six foot tall and east coast bred

some lonely night we can get together

and i'm gonna tie your wrists with leather

and drill tiny holes into your head.

a.bird

i've always found a certain resonance with the last couple of lines of this song...

A palindrome for the All New Scavenger Hunt.

A palindromic ritual involving a wizard, two myrmidons and 12 visitors. Made for a Lowlug contest that had to be on a 32x48 surface with two 16x16 corners cut out.

Palindromic numbered, GY WDM-3D 11411 chugging out of Alwal with 57474 Bodhan - Mahbubnagar Passenger...

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward. Allowances may be made for adjustments to capital letters, punctuation, and word dividers.

Tulsa night life: filth, gin, a slut.

Palindrome WAG-9 races past Asaoti with BCNAHL rake it's tow

A palindromic ritual involving a wizard, two myrmidons and 12 visitors. Made for a Lowlug contest that had to be on a 32x48 surface with two 16x16 corners cut out.

If "Chevrolet" were a palindrome, this would be perfectly symmetric (minus the plate).

Palindrome #3!

A little slice of pi. Mmmmm...

Here's an FYI: I haven't taken a single math class throughout my entire college career (thanks to the AP exam and quite possibly my major...) and I loved it. Screw you, Asian stereotypes!

And unrelated, but here's a great song I just remembered i had:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=29af47Zwe-k

Strobist: 430EX II into reflective umbrella @ camera high left

IMG_1356

Penrose Tiling

Roger Penrose explains Penrose Tiling

Day 202 of the 365 days challenge. (Yay palindromes!)

www.flickr.com/groups/365days

I have a friend who hates being talked about; if he happens to read this he will be angry at me. Oh well. :D

Last week I mentioned that I have this habit of writing letters that I never send, and also that it's time to change some of my habits. As Chas told me, I have to stop doing the same things and expecting different results. So I'm doing this thing where I'm writing people letters.. and then SENDING them. It's weird and scary and heartbreaking and the best thing I've ever done. My goal is to jettison all of this emotional garbage before the time of year aggravates my PTSD, so I can still be functional and awesome-- and so that, when I move, it will be with a clear heart and clean slate.

The thing I never considered is that, with these letters, when you send them-- people write back! I sent a really scary one last night.. detailing how I'd been hurt and confused by some stuff. My friend wrote back. We ended up having a long talk tonight; he was more honest than I knew him to be capable of being, and at some point when we were talking about scars, I slipped and told him the truth. The real truth, the truth that I kind of use all of my honesty-espousing to hide in plain sight, the painful stuff. And the world didn't end. And I think we're better friends! I've never had that kind of crazy platonic bonding experience with a guy before, and I've had a lot of male friends.

I have some other letters still to write, some hard ("Dear person who has defined all of my interpersonal relationships and been the catalyst for all of my personal growth") and some crazy ("Dear brother who has been deceased for almost 15 years now"), but all will be worth it.

On the other side of awakening is deliverance, right? Right.

Yay! This made Explore!

#92, 9/15

A palindromic ritual involving a wizard, two myrmidons and 12 visitors. Made for a Lowlug contest that had to be on a 32x48 surface with two 16x16 corners cut out.