Creative Psychosis

Yeah, it took me three weeks to get our Lollapalooza and Chicago photos online. So be it. Here they are, presented in chronological order (click for larger view, photo will open in new window):
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With S.Rod being a R.E.M. fan of a high degree, we traveled into the city today to visit an independent bookstore that was holding a book signing for the new R.E.M. photo book, Hello.
Signing the book was the photographer David Belisle and lead singer Michael Stipe.
It was a good decision to head in, as [...]

As many people know who have crossed my path over the last year, my labor of love has been the ongoing renovation of the basement in the Somrod Townhouse. We finally crossed one of the major hurdles in the project today: we have built all of the soffits and chases. You have no idea what [...]

As you may recall from this April entry, we were on a mission to upgrade and integrate the desks for our new home office.
Originally, I had envisioned two L-Shaped desks to go in the corners of the room opposite the closet and entranceway. S. Rod had foreseen a great disturbance in the Force with that, [...]

A photo of the first complete room in the townhouse… just like I promised four months ago. Hey, it may be easy to put big furniture in a room, but the smaller pieces—which accent the room, and bring together the theme—are always harder to assemble. Unless you buy everything in one store… how boring!
As it [...]

Are you ready for pain? Are you ready for suffering? If the answer is yes, then you’re ready to purchase your first home!

. . . That’s the ticket: no pain, no gain.
Sure, go ahead, make jokes. In all seriousness, we went into the situation of buying a home with the most [...]

Moving is like a jeopardized trans-Atlantic voyage where the crew has to cast the non-vital items into the sea to survive the journey. With the prospect of moving in our distant horizon, S. Rod and I know the non-vital items that won’t be making the trip with us.
The primary upgrade in our move will be [...]

Back in June 2005, I wrote a post titled An Orange of Destiny that chronicled the hope and despair of a little orange tree that was brought from Florida to New York. While the post itself sought a happy ending, reality did not and the tree was dead three months later.
In the post, the giver [...]

Here is a little lesson to be learned by all who dare to make pancakes.
When S.Rod and I were visiting my parents this weekend, we learned that an item lived in their kitchen pantry that had not been purged in quite some time. Sure, all of the front line items were replaced every month. But [...]

It figures. When you want nothing more than a snow day from work, the worst snowstorm in New York City history happens on a Sunday. Then you spend a good portion of your free day digging out, and the rest of it aching.
The official reported snow amount for my town in Westchester (20 miles north [...]

I was digging through some art files on my hard drive and discovered this one from about four years ago. It was a scan of a painting that was detailed enough that you can read the year on the paint covered penny.
As it turned out, I ended up trading that painting that year for a [...]

Just as the marriage-honeymoon high was beginning to wear off, we received some good news regarding our miniature art project, Acyrliture: Bite Size. Since its launch back in late March, the creative fusion by Rodriguez and Sahm has made its way into Art-O-Mat vending machines in 12 states.
But none was more desired than [...]

I walked out of my basement this weekend to find a praying mantis standing at the top of the stairs. The insect was kind enough to wait while I grabbed a camera, and even kinder to not attack me while I zoomed in to get this close-up.

Click here for the large hi-resolution version.

This image is best viewed with a pair of 3-D Glasses.
Or if you happen to stumble down 5th Avenue in a drunken haze.

This image is best viewed with a pair of 3-D Glasses. Yes, nostalgia is everywhere, my friend.

I cannot help how my imagination runs. I was reading someone’s post on Blogcritics about the new Burger King sandwich, the Ultimate Double Whopper. Along the way, he used the adjective “man-sized”, and I just felt compelled to create a true composite image of what such a sandwich would be like.
Throw in a little [...]

Yes oh yes, the pop culture crackle, come drop a cartoon anvil on my chest. I want to make the same artificial crunch sound produced by a guy with a slide whistle in a backroom studio. I’d love to cave in just like the cleverly placed leaves over the empty grave trap. That’s the pop [...]