Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Born this day in 1912|Jackson Pollack

Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)
Number 13A: Arabesque, 1948
Oil on canvas, 37 x 117 in. (94 x 297.2 cm)
Gift of Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935
1995.32.1
©2004 Pollock-Krasner Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Pollock was a pivotal member of the New York avant-garde during the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and early 1950s. While most painters prior to Pollock applied paint with a brush to a stretched, upright canvas, Pollock worked during this period on unstretched canvases laid out on the ground. Each mark he made was the result and record of the physical gesture that formed it, inspiring the famous description of Pollock's work as "action painting." This automatic method appealed to Pollock because it enabled him to explore physical and subconscious expression rather than approaching painting from an intellectual source or premeditated design. In this painting drips and splatters form an intricate network of curving lines whose interaction creates a rich tonal structure in which the bright white lines guide the viewer through an experience of lively movement and space.
Labels: Jackson Pollock
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
eHarmony settles lawsuit over same-sex matching
Reuters
Tuesday, January 26, 2010; 9:27 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - eHarmony Inc, which operates a website to help singles find relationships, said on Tuesday that it settled a class action lawsuit over same-sex matching.
All claims against the company will be dismissed and a $2 million settlement fund will be established, eHarmony said, with $500,000 designated as a fund for claims by the class.
eHarmony, based in Pasadena, California, did not admit any wrongdoing or liability by settling the case, which was filed in 2007 on behalf of a class of gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals in California who alleged they were unable to use the website to be matched with same-sex partners.
(Reporting by Martinne Geller; Editing by Bernard Orr)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010; 9:27 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - eHarmony Inc, which operates a website to help singles find relationships, said on Tuesday that it settled a class action lawsuit over same-sex matching.
All claims against the company will be dismissed and a $2 million settlement fund will be established, eHarmony said, with $500,000 designated as a fund for claims by the class.
eHarmony, based in Pasadena, California, did not admit any wrongdoing or liability by settling the case, which was filed in 2007 on behalf of a class of gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals in California who alleged they were unable to use the website to be matched with same-sex partners.
(Reporting by Martinne Geller; Editing by Bernard Orr)
Labels: eharmony, same-sex date matching service
This Day in History
Michael Jackson's Hair Catches Fire
Boycott Pepsi!
Labels: Michael Jackson's Hair on Fire
Versus.
News Media Whores Run Amok
Haiti v iPad v State of the Union
I'm betting by day's end?
iPad is first.
State of the Union is second.
And Haiti?
Those poor bastards are going to recognize what happens to them when the spotlight shifts
just.
a.
little.
bit.
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Vault|Miami Shores
1990_Cats

Ouija, Morte, and Woodlawn, watching Goldie eat dinner; 1990
dedicated to PJH
Labels: 1990s, cats, PJH, Queen: The Vaults
The Vault|Hartford CT
February 1988, Polaroid Self-Portraits

Self-Portrait in the style of Post-Mortem Portraiture; Polaroid Original

Self-Portrait instead of suicide; Polaroid Original
Labels: Hartford CT, self-portraits, The Lost Polaroids, The Vault|1988
In Front of the Lens
The Vault|1981
Portrait By Rayburne Beale

Labels: photos of me, Rayburne Beale, The Vaule|1981
Sunday, January 24, 2010
This Day in History|1984
Apple Revealed Its First Macintosh Computer
Labels: 1984 Macintosh Commercial, Apple Computer

























