The 18th-Century Nip-Slip

We keep getting booklets and postcards in the mail from The Portland Art Museum. They all feature, very prominently, Les Confidences Pastorales on the front: The only thing I can think of when I see this image is “18th Century Nip Slip.” Like a paparazzi painter snuck in and quickly painted an image of the … Continue reading The 18th-Century Nip-Slip

Week in Review

Everyone is writing “year in review” posts, but it has been a long enough time since I blogged anything of substance that I need to make a week-in-review post. Yesterday, I spent a half-day at work to tie up some year-end loose ends. We’re trying to ship a single unit of a newly released device … Continue reading Week in Review

“slicing up eyeballs / I want you to know”

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2005/03/Yesterday, we went to a lecture at the museum about the Pre-Raphaelite movement. It was quite good and I now question … Continue reading “slicing up eyeballs / I want you to know”

“Separation of Coven and State”

Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal.  To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2004/08/Random notes from the past week or so… I got a yearly pass for the Portland Art Museum. Much like OMSI, … Continue reading “Separation of Coven and State”