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  • An Archeologist’s Dream

    An Archeologist’s Dream

    Acting on a tip from intrepid explorers Jack and Tres, I have located a mother lode of fossil artifacts. According to legend, a tornado spawned by the Great Blow of 2015 vacuumed up several feet of the desert surface, uncovering magnificently preserved fossils from the distant past. This vast trove will keep fossilologists gainfully employed for a period of time. Read more.

    A large steel sculpture of a scorpion behind a white pickup truck of the same size.
    Fossil of a prehistoric scorpion of Tacoma size.

    Steel sculpture of a man tending a grapevine.
    One of our early ancestors engaged in hunter/gatherer behavior. Death caught him in mid-task, suggesting that an immediate catastrophe struck without warning.
    Massive steel sculpture of a prehistoric camel and her suckling young.
    In prehistoric times, offspring would gain nourishment by forcefully taking glandular secretions from its parent, rather than foraging for its own food.
  • Downtown Oakland after the protest

    Downtown Oakland after the protest

    I wandered through downtown Oakland after last night’s protest. After hearing about it on the morning news, I had to go check it out for myself. The reports of devastation seemed overwrought to my eyes. A bunch of graffiti, a few overturned trash cans and one upended mobile street sign. The most interesting thing to me was the protest art. See for yourself…