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  • Izzy 23:15 on 07/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Medici University: Alternative MFA Programs 

    logo for Medici University

    Hello Mr. Donnie,
    Please allow me to ask you a serious question if I may. Do you plan to spend the rest of your life waking up in yet another dank, urine reeking alley with no idea how you got there? Or would you like to seize this 2nd chance at life and do something more with it?

    I have decided to open Medici University and offer Alternative MFA programs. Would you consider being a faculty member? We will support the publication of your 1st book Ventriloquism for Dummies. I believe that on the success of this volume, you could write an entire series of books under the clever heading “For Dummies.”

    Here is the university prospectus, let me know of your interest.
    mediciprincess.com/medici-university-alternative-mfa-programs/

    Regards,

    Isabella Medici

     

    • Donnie 10:27 on 08/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Geez, Princess, I’d be honored, I guess. Every hallowed institution of learning needs at least one odd-ball professor, eh, Princess?
      (The book’s been written, though, kid. Redit).

      • Isabella Medici 15:45 on 08/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Already written? Redit? Please to explain kind sir. Apparently there are certain disadvantages to taking 438 year naps!

  • Vanessa 15:43 on 07/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Blueberry Hangout Agenda – Monday 9a EZT 

    Hangout-Katrina

    Katrina is our scheduled facilitator for Monday. I haven’t heard if she’s available yet, so here’s a tentative agenda if Katina is not facilitating. (If she is, then our agenda will be whatever she’d like to set.)

    Blueberry Hangout, 10 Feb 2014

    9-10am EZT on Monday 10 Feb (EZT = EZTV Time = PST or California Time)

    Agenda

    1. Hello, chitchat, catching up
    2. Info, Questions, Feedback on Katrina’s O Lover! O Death! currently a part of Laurie Beth Clark (Spatula)’s Ossuary exhibition, and whose heroine, Edison Marshall (1950, 1850, 2500 BCE) we hope will be participating in Christa’s #1850charla
    3. Info, Questions, Feedback on Christa’s 28 Feb Event #1850charla
    4. Info, Questions, Feedback on Michael’s 12 Apr Event Fly-By & parent project In (The Dark)
    5. For our “PBR Discussion” I thought we might take a look at the interview Rhizome published in Dec between Italian critic/curator Domenico Quaranta and German experimental video artist Matthias Fritsch of Technoviking fame/infamy.
     

    • Molly Ross 08:18 on 08/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      sounds great! I have another video chat scheduled right before so I may be a minute late logging into Blueberries. It’s a lot on the agenda but I look forward to hearing updates about everyone’s projects. Talk to you monday!

      • Vanessa Blaylock 06:19 on 09/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Hi Molly, Michael & Christa… I’ve not heard from Katrina or Rebecca yet… so we may be short of our “6 Blueberries” this month… what do you think of inviting someone else to sit in with us? Like Ciara? Or Kate? Or?

        That might be diluting the Blueberry “team.” Or it might be maintaining the team across natural evolution. Any thoughts or preferences?

  • Vanessa 08:11 on 07/02/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Cortana, your personal assistant 

    photo of Cortana on the screen of a phone running Windows Phone 8.1

    Cortana

    In case there’s any doubt that virtual culture is driving “real” culture, in your new Windows Phone 8.1 update, your “personal assistant” will by Cortana from Halo.

    * The Verge.com

     

  • Meg O'Ryan 05:06 on 06/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Donnie’s World Tour! 

    Meg O'Ryan and Donnie join Snoop and Tupac on stage at Coachella

    Snoop, Meg, Donnie, Tupac

    I kind of thought Donnie would be more of a U2 kinda guy… but he totally blew me away when he took me to see Tupac!

    Donnie kicks ass!!!

     

  • Donnie Archer 01:40 on 06/02/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Get the “New” 19th Century Look 

    Get the "New" 19th Century Look

    Hey, Meggie. I appear to be sourcing components elsewhere.

     

    • Ciara Finnegan 01:48 on 06/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      “Sourcing components”, Donnie? That’s a very 21st Century turn of phrase…

  • Meg O'Ryan 15:18 on 05/02/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Where’s My Donnie!? 

    photo of a human doll

    Head + Body + Hair = Meg

    megoryan.me/post/75736836010/doll-factory

     

  • Vanessa 11:04 on 05/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    ## Your Age & Your Media Preference Of… 

    Your Age & Your Media Preference

    Of course what platform peeps prefer will vary by many factors, age not being the only one. But I do think age is pretty significant. So here’s my “beta 0.1” draft of platforms and ages. Do you think I’ve made mistakes? Are there other platforms you want to add? LMK!

    Old People
    No Internet At All
    Email
    Facebook
    A “P2” site, like .Re/act
    Instagram
    Snapchat
    Young People

     

  • Donnie Archer 01:20 on 04/02/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Make Over 

    Dapper Donnie

    Dapper Donnie

    Geez, Oscar…

     

    • Oscar 01:30 on 04/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      No, no, Donnie. Nothing to do with me!

    • Meg O'Ryan 05:10 on 04/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      OMG Oscar pranked Donnie!! ROTFL!!!

      Maybe we could have a “Draw Donnie a Body” coloring contest!!!

      You guys crack me up!!!

  • Meg O'Ryan 14:49 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Maybe they’ll like me better now? 

    photo of Meg O'Ryan as a ventriloquists' dummy.

    Hi, I’m Meg! Maybe they’ll like me better now!

     

  • Aunt Renie 13:14 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Hello! 

    headshot of Renie Schollerer, aka "Aunt Renie"

    Hello children! I’m little Meggie’s Aunt Renie! I’m not sure if I qualify for #1850charla since, so far, I’m still alive! But believe you me, sometimes I feel like I was born in 1850! Have a wonderful week kids!

     

    • Meg O'Ryan 14:35 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      OMG Auntie! I’m so glad you’re here! I need your advice! My love life sucks! (again!)

      Why do I keep falling for Dummy’s auntie!? What’s wrong with me??

      So, first, I meet this guy Oscar. He’s SO cute! And then he tells me I’m not “Meg” anymore, that from now on I will be known as “Ellie.” kk, maybe that was a little “I-will-remake-you-into-my-ex-wife”-ish, but he was a really cute guy and I thought he really liked me and so I was cool with it.

      Then around Christmas I sent him a love letter. (scented, even!) And then he’s all cold and like “Well I’m sorry Ellie, but I just don’t like you that way.”

      WTF!?

      So then I meet this other Dummy, Donnie. He’s really hot. Like hot-hot-bad-boy! I think he’s actually Oscar’s cousin or uncle or I’m not sure what. Anyway, Donnie’s WAY less uptight than Oscar. I’m pretty sure Oscar must be a member of the conservative party, and Donnie, well, I think the only thing he’d do in a voting booth is urinate in it! Crazy times with Donnie!

      So I thought Donnie was gonna come visit me and I waited all day at the SYD arrival gates (same place where I picked you up when you came to visit, remember Auntie?) and anyway I just stood there all afternoon holding this stupid sign that said “Donnie.” And he never showed up! Now he’s just, like missing. Where the hell are these guys? What’s wrong with them?

      What’s wrong with me?

      Am I coming on too strong auntie?

      Am I making poor choices?

      Am I seeking out destructive relationships?

      Am I afraid to be happy?

      Help me Aunt Renie!!!

      • Aunt Renie 16:06 on 05/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Oh my poor, dear Meggie! I’m so sorry to hear that those Dummies don’t appreciate your beauty. If they have eyes at all they must see your outer beauty, but perhaps their souls are on other journeys and this is not the time for them to consider the depth of your inner beauty.

        I hate to seem opportunistic about your bad fortune, but you’ve inspired me to finally do something I’ve been saying I’d do for the whole 2 years since I retired.

        It’s true! I’ve finally opened my advice column, Dear Aunt Renie so if you, or any of your friends would like to come by, I’d be pleased to consider all questions and offer the best wisdom my years can provide.

        http://dear.auntrenie.com/

  • Vanessa 13:02 on 02/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    ## Affecting Speech Am I the only one… 

    Affecting Speech?

    Am I the only one who, when trying to talk like 1850 takes all the contractions out? As if people in history didn’t use… my apologies… as though they did not use contractions?

     

    • Christa Forster 17:51 on 02/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Dearest, perhaps you are. Donnie slurs a lot, but I’m not sure that counts as contracting speech.

    • Ciara 01:53 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Oh, I’d figured the style was rather more a consequence of Izzy’s breeding. You know, the language of the Italian Court – as in the “Queen’s English”, the (King’s Italian). As we know, the Queen has limited access to apostrophes and avoids truncations in her palace 😉

      • Vanessa 08:56 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

        IKR! Contractions are a small move toward vernacular speech and away from formal speech. Although I’m not sure if I avoid contractions for ancient “royalty” as just a simplification of any “ancient” speaker.

        Ysidora my BFF!? RU out there? How do you use language??

  • Vanessa 09:49 on 02/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Studio West 

    OMG, that website that we thought was Studio West was only the staging area! The real Studio West is up now and everybody gets their own gallery to show work in!

    Video:

    Visit:
    http://t.co/2RJp8dWyzH

     

    • Christa Forster 17:50 on 02/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Amazing! How long did it take you to hang all that art?

    • Scott Lord 15:40 on 01/06/2014 Permalink | Reply

      The only syllogism seems to be if the classes are offerred in 135 countries, how many remaining countries are there and what prevents freedom in those countries. Is it that there are more than 135 languages in the world? Are there not enough computers and why? Are there restrictions that the U.N. should be more involved with.
      Therefore, does the U.N lack an international educational and press function or provisions. “Filmed for the U.N.” or “Filmed for the U.N. by N.B.C United States”?
      Are there schools in Space? No, not grown up ones, but everday that was spent in reducing nuclear weapons added technologies that would not have gotten past, and one day spy and or communication sattellites with return on their investment.
      Does China spend to much on its military- irrelevant question.

  • Christa Forster 18:18 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Here is an interesting project an episode of… 

    Here is an interesting project, an episode of Downtown Abbey (I don’t watch it, so I don’t really “get” the story in this guise) as it might appear on FB.

    http://happyplace.someecards.com/28889/downton-abbey-facebook-recap-season-4-episode-4

     

  • Meg O'Ryan 12:04 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    ## Antonio Diavolo 1847 OMG Donnie Oscar do… 

    Antonio Diavolo, 1847

    OMG Donnie, Oscar, do you know this guy? What une mécanisme!

     

    • Donnie 04:21 on 03/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Geez Tony, I was wonderin’ where you were hangin’ out! Great to see you turnin’ your tricks, kid. Trapeze, eh? I can still hear the applause for your tight-rope act in Niblo’s Garden…or was that some other guy?…

  • Vanessa 08:48 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    ## Jay Simmons Map of the Internet If… 

    Jay Simmons Map of the Internet

    If you’ve got any dweeb blood in you, you won’t be able to resist it. Just zoom in and marvel at the “New World”
    http://jaysimons.deviantart.com/art/Map-of-the-Internet-1-0-427143215

     

  • Vanessa 08:24 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    ## Does the web scare artists I followed… 

    Does the web scare artists?

    I followed Katrina’s link to the Ossuary project by Mary Beth Clark (of Spatula & Barcode) It’s a powerful work, but that’s not my question just now. The project has about 300 participating artists:

    Participating Artists

    Yet I was the 1st & so far only person to bother clicking the “Like” button. (comments, sadly, are turned off!?)

    Why is it so “easy” to get 300 artists to contribute a piece that will show in a gallery for some weeks, and so hard to get them to participate on the Open Web where all the people of the (wired) world can experience the work for as long as it’s relevant?

     

  • Izzy 16:13 on 31/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Hello Charla tans I have been thinking about… 

    Hello Charla-tans. I have been thinking about the idea of myself being in your time. Am I presenting a 1564 mind in 2014? Am I contemporary? Where if anywhere do I exist? I’ve made a few notes:
    http://mediciprincess.com/medici-feminists-medici-misogynists/

     

    • Christa Forster 17:51 on 02/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Charla tans! You are so money genius.

  • Vanessa 09:32 on 31/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    ## Markdown Added Hi guys we’ve added … 

    Markdown Added

    Hi guys, we’ve added “Markdown” to .Re/act. It’s a simple way to format what you say. One asterisk on either side of a word or phrase makes it italic, 2 makes it bold, 3 makes it bold-italic.

    So:
    italic
    bold
    bold-italic ooh ahh

    gives you:
    italic
    bold
    bold-italic ooh ahh

     

    • Vanessa 09:34 on 31/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      And it works the same way in comments too! 🙂

    • Christa Forster 10:49 on 31/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      RAD

      • Vanessa 11:09 on 31/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

        if you think that’s RAD try putting 1 or 2 or 3 # signs in front of your “headings”, like:

        This

        Or This

        Or This, even!

    • Christa Forster 17:25 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      #I
      ##will
      ###try
      #it

      • Christa Forster 17:26 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

        #ha ha#
        ##ha ha ha##
        ###HA###

        • Christa Forster 17:26 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

          🙂 really, hahah

  • Molly Ross 08:36 on 30/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    TEDification versus Edification 

    TEDification versus Edification Interesting essay on the climate of presentation– By Simon Sadler

    “We are living through the era of the TED Talk, much like an earlier generation lived through the era of the World’s Fair, wondrous about our new world in the making,” writes Simon Sadler. “TEDification endows capitalism and globalization with a credible spiritual and ethical mission, just as the art of the Renaissance lent to the ruthless bankers of the Italian city states an enduring moral sheen.” Sadler explores the magical thinking and many contradictions of the TED juggernaut — and the implicit threats to design and educatio

    http://places.designobserver.com/feature/the-magical-thinking-and-many-contradictions-of-the-ted-talks/38293/

     

  • Molly Ross 08:34 on 30/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    History of the Selfie by Jerry Salz 

        Interesting article about selfie’s by Jerry Saltz– Interesting to consider how we craft identity.

    http://www.vulture.com/2014/01/history-of-the-selfie.html

     

  • Izzy 20:02 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    NOW CASTING Hey #1850charla is coming Anybody want… 

    NOW CASTING!
    Hey, #1850charla is coming! Anybody want to play:
    • Troilo Orsini – my hot boyfriend
    • Paolo Orsini – my overweight, in debt, violent husband
    • Lenora Toledo – my friend, cousin, sister-in-law & fellow uxoricide victim

     

  • Izzy 19:11 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Medici Family Tree 

    Diagram of Medici family tree

    Hello #1850charla‘ers! I found a nice tool for diagramming your (homicidal or otherwise) family. It’s called “PeoplePlotr.” They have various pay versions, but the free version seemed to do everything I wanted. It seems like a good way to organize the sprawl of humanity.
    • peopleplotr.com/plot/entry/13099/Medici-Family

    Fascinating Family Trivia:
    My lovely brother Francesco sanctioned the murder of not one, but two Medici princesses by their husbands. On 11 July 1576 my friend, cousin, and sister-in-law Lenora was murdered by her husband Pietro, and 5 days later on 16 July 1576 I was murdered by my husband Paolo. Good times.

     

  • Meg O'Ryan 07:31 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Waiting for Donnie 

    Meg O'Ryan, with voluminous red hair and a green dress, stands in an airport arrival area holding a sign that reads "Donnie"

    Waiting for Donnie to arrive at SYD

    I sure hope Donnie arrives on this flight! You don’t think that tiny crack in the fuselage matters, do you? Travel as a disembodied head must be precarious. I sure hope Donnie’s ok and that my Tree Surgeon friend can help him!

    Meg O'Ryan waits at SYD airport arrivals with a sign that reads "Donie"

    Where’s Donnie?

     

    • Donnie 07:47 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Sweet Meggie, you’re breakin’ my heart, kid. I ain’t on that plane. I just dunno how to reach you, sweetheart. Geez, Meggie, it looks like you live in some kinda perfect, magical world: all those clean lines and…how’d y say it – rendered? – yeah, glossy rendered surfaces…and I just dunno how to get my…er…well…my head around it…Aw, Meggie, I’ve got tears in my eyes. I feel like I’m really disappointin’ you kid. I’m real sorry I’m not there, kid. Real sorry.

  • Vanessa 05:31 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Embodied Knowledge in Public Space Is it possible… 

    Embodied Knowledge in Public Space.

    Is it possible?
    How do you facilitate it?
    Thoughts?

     

    • Christa Forster 18:12 on 01/02/2014 Permalink | Reply

      I want to answer this question, but I’m not exactly sure what you mean by “embodied knowledge” in this case. Would you state the question in another way?

  • Molly Ross 18:43 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    History of Howdy Doody in Comic Book Form 

    For Ciara, Donnie and Oscar (and the other anthropormorphic forms interested).

     

    http://boingboing.net/2014/01/27/big-mouth-heavy-doody.html

     

     

    • Ciara Finnegan 08:26 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Fantastic! It’s excellent. Thank you, Molly!

      • Donnie 09:10 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Whaddya mean: “Fantastic! Excellent!” It’s tragic! Woeful! THEY BURNED THE PUPPETS DAMMIT!! Was there a Medici patron of NBC?

  • Donnie Archer 00:33 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    I’m back! 

    Yep. I’m back. PTL, Meggie. PPPPPTL! (Geez, that Timmy guy wouldn’t give over on the subject!)

    Toggle Trap

    Toggle Trap

     

    • Oscar 00:35 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Oh Donnie! I’m so relieved to see you! Or…well…part of you, at least…. What happened to your new body, Donnie?

      • Donnie 00:37 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Well, kid, you were right. I got stuck. I was trying to – how d’ya say it? toggle? – yeah, toggle, between one thing and another and that darn cadaver got trapped between the pages. I spent the whole goddamn weekend trying to wrench myself outta there and, in the end, my only chance of escape was to leave the thing behind…

    • Christa Forster 10:48 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Donnie, drink makes all of us philosophers! Good to have you back; although without a body, you’re brain’s in danger of getting wet even faster. You need filtration for the fire water!

      • Donnie 04:17 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

        Christa, I missed ya!
        Ossssar says he’s gonna get me ‘nother body. Dunno where he got the last pile o’ bones from but I sure hope he’s shoppin’ somewhere else this time!

    • Isabella Medici 05:33 on 29/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Get off the sauce Mr. Donnie. You are not a child anymore. You are a grown man. Well, a grown head anyway. Get off the sauce. It will be the end of you even swifter than my father’s furnace. Consider yourself warned.

  • Ciara Finnegan 09:26 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Past selves living everywhere! 

    Linda Liukas’ blog  references a project, “Imagine Finding Me” by Japanese artist, Chino Otsuka who creates imaginary meetings between her past and present self.

    According to Otsuka:

    “The digital process becomes a tool, almost like a time machine, as I’m embarking on the journey to where I once belonged and at the same time becoming a tourist in my own history.”

     

     

    • Christa Forster 09:54 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks so much for this post, Claire! I’m excited to follow Otsuka’s work.

  • Meg O'Ryan 01:11 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    Could Donnie be in the Witness Protection Program!? 

    photo of a husband & wife & ventriloquist dummy

    Just came across this image on the wire… draw your own conclusions!

     

    • Oscar 01:41 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Oh, dearest Meg, given Donnie’s unfortunate penchant for the drink, it is more likely that he would be cast as the criminal rather than the witness in need of protection!
      However, thank you for this image – it may, in fact, provide a good lead. That Timmy chap might know something. Indeed, he may be hiding something…

      • Meg O'Ryan 12:59 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

        I hear you Oscar my friend. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about that pinstriped suit that I just don’t trust…

        I hope you find Donnie very soon! (or that he turns up in Sydney! 🙂

        Hmm… maybe I should write “DONNIE” on a piece of paper and go stand at the SYD Arrival Gates?

  • Oscar 23:32 on 26/01/2014 Permalink | Reply  

    Donnie is Missing I’m sorry I’ve been so… 

    Donnie is Missing…

    I’m sorry I’ve been so inattentive to the postings over the weekend. The truth is…I’VE LOST DONNIE!! I’ve checked what have become his usual haunts: here (http://practicebased.re), Twitter (@DonnieArcher19C) and email (19thcdonnie@gmail) but I can’t find any recent traces of him around any of these…I’m worried that, encumbered by his new body (and, yes, I’m partly responsible for that gift), unfamiliar with his new weight and proportions, he’s somehow managed to get himself stuck somewhere…

    Meg, dear, have you encountered him on your travels? Izzy, you haven’t tried to…er…pull him in into line have you? Ysidora, is it possible you may have accidentally frightened him off?

    If anyone has seen or heard from him over the past couple of days I’d really appreciate any information that may give me some clue as to his present whereabouts. With thanks and concern, Oscar.

     

    • Meg O'Ryan 00:53 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      I did wire him a Cathay Pacific flight coupon for a trip to Sydney… could Donnie really be on his way??

    • Isabella Medici 01:06 on 27/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Please Oscar, I’m not that cruel! I didn’t incinerate your ancestor! (though my father would have! 😛

    • Christa Forster 10:45 on 28/01/2014 Permalink | Reply

      Maybe he is stuck somewhere in the Southeast US. People here are going bananas because we are dealing with ice (something we rarely deal with). Schools have closed, parents are going nuts because their kids are home all day, accidents are piling up as naifs try and navigate icy highways — many for the first time ever! It’s — as my daughter might say — “cray cray” down here. Donnie might be taking advantage of the mayhem to get lost in the wintry mix! (I love getting lost in strange places; maybe he’s like me that way?)

  • Vanessa 13:46 on 26/01/2014 Permalink | Reply
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    I Want a Dead One – photos 

    mixed reality performance still

    Hi “Band”! Owen’s still waiting on the video, but he put up some stills of our Mixed Reality performance:
    http://owengparry.com/#/mirage/4582238942

     

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