And then there is

The Collected Work of Jane Austen
Ultra-Condensed by Christina Carlson and Peter da Silva

Female Lead:
I secretly love Male Lead. He must never know.
Male Lead:
I secretly love Female Lead. She must never know.
(They find out.)

The end.

Note - It took two people to condense these books.

Two Ultra-condensed classics:

To Build a Fire
By Jack London
Ultra-Condensed by Samuel Stoddard

Sometimes you need to build a fire to keep warm, but you can't, and you freeze to death.

The end.

The Confessions of St. Augustine
By St. Augustine
Ultra-Condensed by Annie Berke

I was a bad boy. Damn, was I a bad boy. Not anymore, though.

The end.

Citroen Update
They moved it off the rack and put some bodywork on it for some pictures. It is just temporary so don't quibble over the fit and finish. The wheels and steering wheel are not mine either.

Amazing creations from one continuous cut of a sheet of paper. Via thingsmagazine.

A West-end London Street Scene by Grace Golden, 1945

A Holiday Travel Idea

Shanghai

Fascinating window into living in Shanghai. It's a little slow to load but worth the wait.

I'm not a Bush hater but I just had to laugh at This. (via Things Magazine).

Citroen Update
This is the current state of the dashboard. I can't live without those cupholders.

Interesting Place but I wouldn't like this: "Finnish authorities know how much everyone earns, and they pro-rate traffic fines depending on the wealth of the malefactor. Last year the 27-year-old heir to a local sausage fortune was fined 170,000 euros, about $204,000 at the time of the fine, for driving at 50 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone in downtown Helsinki."

Deluge
There is a nice online exhibit at la mer inconnueby Rene Quillivic
by Katsushika Hokusai
by Francois-Jacques-Marie Destappe.

Blind Contour
This drawing was done by looking at a camera but not looking at the drawing. Try it. It is not very easy. This image is actually quite good. (I didn't draw it).
Here are a couple more. The color was added while looking at the drawing.
These seem to fit with my Vertigo series of distorted artwork.

MetropolisAn assortment of signature buildings from various cities by architectural model maker Pipers.

Photo by Alex MacLean

Herbie! Herbie, Herbie, Herbie, Herbie, Herbie, Herbie...Nice colors.A Mexico City traffic jam.Photos by Oscar Ruiz.

I have a nice vacation rental for you. It's the third one down on the back left.You can pick up a key (and bird flu) from the doorman.

Drizzle
Yesterday was black and white picture day and today seems to be dark humor day. Maybe it is because the winter rains have started.

Do you need some Therapy? Let me know if it works for you. These girls will need some (or maybe this is the therapy). These links are courtesy of Cruel Site of the Day which I am somewhat embarrassed to admit I looked at. The November 6, 2005 item features a guy telling us how his television career as a talk show host ended.

A bittersweet victory.

That is alot of flights

I'm having a black and white day. Eyes of a Fly from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in 1665.

No reason really. I just like it. It's on the Marshall Field store in Chicago.

Check out Strassburg. The guy in the brown coat wonders why this guy keeps taking pictures of him. Be sure to pan right. And how about Gardasee, from Mount Baldo while you're at it.

Something to Ponder
Hyde Park Corner, if London were like Venice.

Do you need a new suit? Here is all you need to know.

Piranesi's image of a Roman construction site. (Double click on any image to enlarge it).

Meet the 2005 Girls Intramural Flagball ChampionsRio, mostly former Rio Lindo Academy girls, defeated the Vixens, mostly Modesto girls, 12 - 6 in overtime. Our hero, third from right, scored the winning touchdown. And the other one too.

Uh Oh. The Index is rising.