Six O’Clock Vintage

Seek those images that constitute the wild, the lion and the virgin, the harlot and the child. Find in middle air an eagle on the wing, recognize the five that make the Muses sing. | W.B Yeats, Those Images

Fragments

I will be leaving for Kansas City on Saturday, which means post volume will inevitably drop. You may want to check back while I'm gone, but I can't promise that there will be tons of new posts. We just got some really cool components for Garageband that will allow me to ...

Perfect Light

..I gave Britt a digital camera for Christmas (I gave it to her early so we could use it for the rest of the holiday season), so Infinite Regression undoubtedly will have more imagery in the future.I richly enjoy certain Christmas carols. Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel is one of ...

Drunk on Text

Books have a powerful sway over me. For one thing I generally believe and am influenced by the well-written good ones, so you may say that they exercise some control over my mind. Secondly, I also compulsively purchase used books. I have to have more books. You could say that ...

Cabernet and Tempranillo

Last night was a good night. Warm pasta and spicy red wine followed by Christmas carols and more wine. I even got to read some Tolstoy; a better holiday evening may actually be impossible to be had!I must say that I am in good spirits. I’ve learned ...

From Russia with Love

"Is this good or bad?" Pierre asked himself. "It is good for me, bad for another traveler, and for himself it's unavoidable, because he needs money for food; the man said an officer had once given him a thrashing for letting a private traveler have the courier horses. ...

Vinegar and Baking Soda

I’ve been trying to expand my blog-reading list; I’m not tired of the blogs that I frequent, but I feel that the circles I read in are too small. In my search for superb blogs, that have the added quality of being the sort of text that I like to ...

Wall Street

I remember visiting my Grandpa in his office when I was a kid. My dad guided me to the elevator and we shot up a bunch of floors until we reached Grandpa's level. I really don't remember much; just sensations of brightness and business and importance. Lots of sun shone ...

Yesterday

“29 years old, and I have an 18 month old kid, a good husband and 3rd stage breast cancer”“I found out on Thursday and had surgery on Saturday, and then chemo and radiation for months on end.”“Why me? Was what I demanded of God, will I die, will I see ...

Green

I had a revelation today on my way back from the bathroom. Perhaps it was the new dull white floor tiles that pricked my mind into action, perhaps it was my mind trying to squeeze in a few more thoughts before it lapsed into repressed silence at my desk. ...

Everything in its right place

Infinite Regression underwent a small change this morning. When I first began customizing templates I had rudimentary knowledge of HTML and complete ignorance of CSS. The code on this page has gotten progressively sloppier and I felt it was time to clean house; not only that but I ...

September 17th 2008
Tags: Literature, Poetry

Phantastes - a brief review

After reading George MacDonald’s "Phantastes" it is clear to me why CS Lewis chose MacDonald to be his Virgil in "The Great Divorce."  "Phantastes" is truly one of the most remarkable works I have ever read.  Overflowing with rich imagery and lyrical finely measured prose (along with some superb longer ...
August 27th 2008
Tags: Photography, Politic
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Live at the DNC

Since Monday I've been hanging out downtown Denver and covering the DNC.  I've met some really cool people; in addition to bloggers and writers from Momocrats, JackandJill, Green Mountain Daily, Huffington Post and other places, I've had a chance to meet and talk briefly with Katie Couric, Senator Ken Salazar, ...
August 13th 2008
Tags: Asides

“You’re a Phony, a Big Fat Phony! Hey Everybody, He’s a Phony!”

I know that China is the home of iPhone rip-offs and lead-filled Colgate, but it appears that their duplicity and fakery  don't end with electronics and domestic household products. China admitted faking the opening fireworks of the Olympic Opening Ceremony as well as faking the voice of the cute little singer ...
August 6th 2008
Tags: Asides

Mountain Lion Drags Dog out of Owner’s Bedroom

Crazy story, this is a small front range town just southwest of the Denver area.  I go mountain biking in this area all the time. A mountain lion slunk into the master bedroom of an Idledale home early Monday, snatched a yellow Labrador retriever and vanished. Officers are hunting the mountain lion ...
July 14th 2008
Tags: Tech

iPhone Apps

I spent the weekend at a cabin in the mountains and so didn't get a chance to download the the latest iPhone software update until late Sunday evening.  After a frustrating flurrey of "restore, verify, restore" proceedings I finally was forced to delete by back up and do a full ...