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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008FAMILIES AND TREES…
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I received a nice article via e-mail that shows me more families are opting to cut down their own Christmas tree.
That is just great because the American family should do more things together, like kill themselves.
It was strange fruit that once hung from trees in this country and all the families gathered to watch.
Now we are just gonna bring out the kids to kill the tree instead.
I suppose I should be grateful.
HAVE YOU KILLED A TREE FOR CHRIST TODAY?!?
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
This is my annual drop for those people that believe in celebrating a birth with a slaughter.
I suppose you could get all old school biblical on me by reminding me that a lamb was killed back in the day for a feast that would feed a family and friends.
Between the meat and the skin I think there was very little that wasn’t re-purposed from that animal. It’s not like the people shoved a candle in the animal’s ass and stood him up in the family room only to throw his ass on the sidewalk after a couple of weeks to rot further as it waited for someone else to come and pick it up.
Do any of you think about these traditions and honestly wonder what purpose, if any, they serve in our world today. Maybe a hundred years ago it was cool to kill trees just to get a few weeks of pine smell up in the crib. Nowadays you can get hat same shit in a bottle, or a fucking pill. Meanwhile the global deforestation continues.
I like to see lights shoved up the ass of a dead tree as much as anyone here and I love the fresh smell of tree blood, er, pine too. I really shouldn’t give a fuck what we do to this planet since I prA’li won’t live through more than two decades anyhoo. My problem is that I do care. And why don’t you?
Are you one of those folks that thinks by leaving the tree on the sidewalk or placing the plastic bottles in a special recycling can that you somehow did your job?
All Day I Dream About Stitching…
Monday, December 8th, 2008
The African 4-H Sewing Club a/k/a Bitches With Stitches…
I would like for some of you that aren’t particularly fond of sneakers in the same way that I am to start looking at some of the details that attract me sneakers. I don’t imagine that you will ever admire sneakers as I do, but I would like for you to appreciate some of the design details that go into their creation.
Today’s drop will focus on the stitching that secures the upper materials. I love when the manufacturer uses threads that contrast with the upper materials. That contrast can be somewhat subdued as it is with the classic adidas Toronto running shoe.
The threading that encircles the toebox is slightly off from the dye uses for the upper’s sueded panels. This gives the forefoot areas definition but the shoe still retains an overall conservative look.
Now for a more stunning look at the effect of contrast stitchinf I choose the adidas Originals ZX700 running shoe.
This is the instance where the contrast stitching dominates the shoe and really highlights the upper panels configuration. Note the double stitch line in some areas that acts as if you placed the boldface tab on a word or sentence.
Contrast stitching is one of many techniques that designers use to strengthen the looks of their footwear and one of my favorite elements. What are your favorite elements, materials and/or techniques?
Send In The Clones…
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Greeks are still the most hardbody body politic. Right behind their cousins from Palestine. There have been riots for two days in Greece behind the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by the police. This is similar to the shit that popped off in Paris when I was there several years back.
Those of us here in the United States are kind of used to the police taking a life every now and then so we don’t get too bent out of shape. Even when that shit is done from point blank range and put on video. Maybe there’ll be a march and prA’li a few television appearances from AL SHARPTON, but not too much else in the way of venting frustration.
I think the problem in Greece is that there is too much affordable food. If there were less food to eat in Greece I can bet you that those anarchist punk kids would be trading in their molotov cocktails for olives and figs.
That’s what people are doing in Compton, California. This is a place where the economy is so fucked the fuck up that the thugs are trading in their guns for food stamps since there are no more employed people left to rob.
Read this shit -> In lean times, SoCal residents trade guns for food.