John Griogair Bell's Blog

Category: Omnium Gatherum

  • More prepared than most but not fully

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in , , , ,

    I feel like I have always been more prepared than most but not fully for growing older and facing a face increasingly full and fluffy with hair in my nose, ears, and eyebrows. At some young age, I noticed a mechanical ear and nose hair clipper in my grandparents’ medicine cabinet and demanded to know…

  • The Astronaut and the Quarter

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    At some point in the 80s, I was somewhere in Florida, and a dude gave me a quarter to play a Lunar Lander arcade game … I was in Florida to watch a space shuttle launch. We’d stopped at some gas station and in the mini shop there was an actual Lunar Lander arcade cabinet.…

  • The Big Embrace

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    The Big Embrace is a new release by Amy Denio The Big Embrace by Amy Denio / Spoot Music

  • SOLO live at The Chapel

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    SOLO live at The Chapel is a new release by Skerik. SOLO live at The Chapel by SKERIK

  • information…information…information!

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in ,

    Oh, wow, information…information…information! just released by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is the The Complete Prisoner Recordings so far in one go, and at name your own price prices! Great way for people to pick up everything in the sequence of tracks inspired by The Prisoner all at once. information…information…information! (The Complete Prisoner…

  • Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling at The Prisoner Con 2017, 30 Sept, in Seattle

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in ,

    Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling will be performing at The Prisoner Con 2017, 30 Sept, in Seattle at the Broadway Performance Hall. DO NOT FORSAKE ME OH MY DARLING Sophia Cacciola & Michael Epstein Musicians and Movie Makers–to name only a fraction of their creative catalog–Sophia and Michael have given fans a parallax…

  • whose side are you on?

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in ,

    whose side are you on? by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a new release in the sequence of track inspired by The Prisoner. whose side are you on? by Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling

  • “You can make the argument that we are living in Peak Asshole”

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    This Stanford Professor Has a Theory on Why 2017 Is Filled With Jerks—Jessica Pressler; talking with Robert I Sutton about his books The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide. “You can make the argument that we are living in Peak Asshole,” says Robert Sutton, a Stanford professor who, as the author of the…

  • “Have a dagger, find a Caesar!”

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    Have a dagger, find a Caesar! A special perennial message from me to you for the Ides of March.

  • Tweets for 2012-10-10

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    Nicholas Roerich's art inspired Lovecraft http://t.co/K2Lq193K and inspires 13-moon people http://t.co/8CRenNCo and http://t.co/YTEUFXtP #

  • Tweets for 2012-10-09

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    Choi Xooang’s Miniature Vegetative-State Figures http://t.co/pI9jFhVi # Both at the same time qualitative hyperbolic metaphor and solid simple quantifiable fact: I have an Olympian disgust for English Ivy. #

  • Tweets for 2012-10-08

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    "The poem … a 29 by 29 character grid, and can be read forward or backwards, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally." http://t.co/cKehxqDx # "love itself might have to be re-envisioned as non-selfish and non-self-serving acts of making room for alterity" http://t.co/5djNoBZ6 # "Happiness as work, the work we undertake together to leave knowledge permanently unsettled" http://t.co/5djNoBZ6…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-07

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    "Truth and falsity properly considered are properties of language, not of images." http://t.co/MrdFtAq1 # "I don't usually drink beer. It messes with my depth perception, especially when I skinny dip." # How to Make Glazed Mojito Donuts http://t.co/qv7Y3hnv # The Donut Burger, A Burger & A Sunny Side Up Egg Between Donuts http://t.co/gcuSgsP1 # Krispy…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-06

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    @DanaDanger I, for one, heartily support not heinously carving pumpkins http://t.co/aMsJhLkr in reply to DanaDanger # @Demon_Writer I suspect Page vs File is HTML vs other (like PDF), Hits vs Visitors is overall # of requests vs unique first site requests in reply to Demon_Writer # My iPhone appears to have forgotten how to conserve…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-05

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    Wow! Brave New Voices Finals: Asheville Offering http://t.co/AM1FyKYt # "But those rabid to look rich are locked in a symbiotic S&M death-grip with the vultures" http://t.co/n6QuXbE8 # "using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments" http://t.co/p7f4ohuM # @davidbmetcalfe "Under the Welcome sign, Under the Rotary emblem, On the highway…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-04

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    "No, my only books are Sade's diaries and the Bible, and I haven't read the Bible." # Adventure Time Fans Produce Real ‘Card Wars’ Game http://t.co/FT6YsW1v # "Don't be scared, my pretty Ninon. It's Bastille Day and no one's beheading you." # @netflix Hey, wish your "continue playing?" dialog popped up between shows instead of…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-03

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    "I noticed them earlier. Didn't notice them. I specifically remember not noticing them." "You walk among fire pits, Centurion." # "I'll just consult the Ustinov … Rugby???" # "it's the documentation of life that makes me care" http://t.co/kMPstYGC # @ThePlaylist Interesting. I was primarily struck by how, without knowing it was him, I so strongly…

  • Tweets for 2012-10-01

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    How to be an Explorer of the World http://t.co/5dPStGg3 # "Resistance must take place at any opportunity. We are insurgents, and this is anti-matter. You're smart. You do the math." # "self-denial is apparently assumed to result in some completely unrelated benefit manifesting in a paranormal manner" http://t.co/LHDv0hBF #

  • Tweets for 2012-09-30

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    "A Parisian apartment left untouched for over 70 years" http://t.co/0k981rxg # "When he evaded and rationalized, his admirers were frustrated and mystified" HT @BoingBoing http://t.co/IayrSOE3 # "a pathetic attempt to remember that I had a hat" http://t.co/aQIRZSwT # @chickgonebad I hear sex is one path toward enlightenment. So, congratulations on becoming awake! in reply to…

  • Tweets for 2012-09-29

    —

    by

    John Bell
    in

    @chickgonebad Wow. I only just got that and it was there the whole time. in reply to chickgonebad # @openbuddha Oh, if only there were, you know, some technology which made it possible to walk and carry weight at the same time! in reply to openbuddha # @openbuddha It's un-American to eschew efficiency! Also, I…