Author: Mark Alexander

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Update

So, against my better judgment, I ordered this poster…but not through Instagram, where I’d originally seen it.

I tracked it down online and it turns out it was being sold by several different sellers—all of whom seemed sketchy. They were all described as “limited edition” with the runs “ending soon.” So I went with the site (Kybershop) that had a price halfway between the extremes I’d seen. Order went through, and about ten minutes later I get an email from a totally different site (Moteefe – which I’d checked out that had gotten horrible reviews) telling me my order was in process.

Unlike ordering through Instagram where things just disappeared into nowhere without ever arriving, the order was processed, printed, and arrived today.

And as I’d suspected, the quality of the 36×24-inch poster is crap.



These photos were all taken from a distance of about 8″ from the poster and they are all in focus.

So to sum up, some yahoo took a photo (probably in a gallery or a museum because there’s no artist signature on the piece or maybe even just a screen grab off a computer) at a resolution that was way too small to blow up to poster size.

I mean, I could have just taken the screen grab I got and had done the same thing.

Needless to say, I’ve put in for a refund, but I never expect to see my money because It’s a seller going through a third party going through a third party.

So all I can say is “Caveat Emptor,” Let the Buyer beware.

(I may still blow up the screen grab I got and print it out on an 8-1/2×11 and get that mounted and framed. It’s bound to look better than this piece of crap.

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Ask a Question…

…about this picture.

I’ll go first. Why is she stirring her tea with a knife?

HINT: There are supposedly twelve things wrong in this picture. (And yes, I know this is image is probably older than I am, so if you’ve seen it already I’m sorry.)

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I Could Live There










Okay, I know this one is a little bit more pedestrian than my other “I Could Live There” posts, but it popped up on my Insta this morning and I really like it. I mean, it’s a house I could easily see Ben and I living in. It’s got a very low-maintenance yard, and—always appreciated in Phoenix—a swimming pool.

And in the interest of full disclosure, yes, this is one of my Dad’s designs for Hallcraft back in the 70s. I like how they’ve preserved much of what initially appealed to me about this plan but also brought it into the 21st century with new finishes and the removal of the very dated sunken living room and decorative screens.

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Quote of the Day

In WW2, Londoners were asked to black out their homes at night so the enemy bombers wouldn’t see the lights and know ehre to target. No Londoner said, “It’s my right to have lights on,” because others would say, “Your light endangers the rest of us.” Substitute “light” for “mask.” Now argue.” ~ Jason Alexander

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A Thought for Today

Those who have stayed inside, worn masks in public, and have socially distanced themselves during this pandemic are the same people who are used to doing the whole group project by themselves.

Listen, I’m tired of being quarantined too (I’m climbing the fuckin’ walls, truth be told), but that doesn’t mean my needs are above of the well-being of our community. The virus is relentless and doesn’t take a break because we are tired. I still want to pass the test and stay alive!

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The Shopping Cart Theory

(I must admit I’d never heard of this before now, but the source material is dated 2002 so it’s not exactly new—and with the current pandemic of Karens and Donalds refusing to wear masks, seems more timely than ever.)

The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing.

To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being foRced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart. No one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart. You gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct.

A person who is unable to do this is no better then an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it.

The shopping cart is what determines whether or not a person is a good or a bad member of society.

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Quote of the Day

In the end, Trump did what he said. He built a wall around America and made the world pay for it. He just never told Americans they’d be stuck inside.” ~ @indica on Twitter

American passports are—for the moment—absolutely worthless.

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Prophetic

Chernobyl came out on HBO just over a year ago, and a popular center-right talking point was that it showed how communist misgovernance inevitably led to preventable mass casualties (up to 16,000 deaths across Europe have been traced to that disaster).

Anyway, just thinking out loud.

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