That's right, my friends. It's time for more pics of my favorite, recently closed mini golf course.

 

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You know the saying, "I'm all thumbs?" Well, I'm not totally sure what it means, but on OS I think it refers to people who give a positive rating to lots of posts. Me, I'm not all thumbs. I'm hardly any thumbs. I don't know if anyone has less (fewer?) thumbs… Read full post »

Here's some more pics for all you mini golf obsessives. 

This time our magic carpet takes us to, uh, the Great Plains(?), under sea, Australia and, uh, Africa(?), land of the killer ants.

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I don't think this post is simply nostalgia. Mini golf courses like this used to be all over America, but hardly any exist any more. This one in Tucson just closed recently. It's symptomatic of something that's been going on for a long time unfortunately.

 

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Another 2 pictures from the apartment I lived in in Buenos Aires.

I welcome comments (especially personal attacks). And I like ratings...I wish there was a thumbs down rating.

Many posts on OS use personal essays to discuss and illustrate broader social and political issues, from racism to classism to sexism, etc. It seems perfectly reasonable to view issues throu… Read full post »

"And unhappiness is treason."-Stephin Merrit, Magnetic Fields

This is the exterior of a mall in Tucson. Ain't it grand? After taking this photo I was informed by a security officer that pictures aren't allowed. "Not even outside?? Why?" I asked incredulously. "You know, terrorism and stuff,"… Read full post »

I think this photo is its own witty caption, though I would love to hear what anyone else can come up with. Just pretend like it's the New Yorker, except different.

Here's the whole original picture, for the sake of art (ha).

 

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Another picture taken while wandering around Williamsburg. The boy on the bench is eating ice cream. Read full post »

When I was in Buenos Aires for a few months, I took a lot of pictures out the windows of my 12th floor apartment. I didn't crop or photoshop this photo, but my cheap digital camera did exaggerate the color a bit.

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This is a different sort of bike, one I spotted when walking along Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn. It says "Apple Krate" on the mud guard.

I imagine we're all familiar with the roadside crosses and flowers that commemorate people who have died in traffic accidents. Usually I drive past and think, "There's another one of those crosses" if I think anything at all. Here, however, is a moving, secular tribute to a cyclist killed in a… Read full post »

I was driving around Tucson, totally lost, and I happened on this sign. Look at the nice detail of the diving board. Read full post »

I guess the sign has an error, but some times mistakes can be so much more poetic, eh? The best way to begin is to post a picture that sort of sums up my modus operandi. The pictures in this blog will be from all over the place, in no particular/…

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