Bob Byerley, Painter of Childhood
Social Security
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid. — Dwight Eisenhower, 11/8/1954.
Images
“Nice photos of a rotten holiday in Bulgaria” at I Like. One-Man Safari. Google Sightseeing. Composite suspect drawings from the Michigan State Police. The MonkeyView Photo Server. Tina Magazine. American Flag Burning Archive. The last forty images posted to LiveJournal pages. Images from toy cameras. LiveJournal Photographers. Japanese Ant Image Library. The Snowsuit Effort. Messy Pics. Chromasia. Daily Dose of Imagery. Photojunkie. A Walk through Durham Township, Pennsylvania. Myredself.org. NYCLondon black and white photography weblog.
Hunger
Puerto Rican recipes, including plantain balls for soups or stews. Savory Twinkies. Slice: America’s Favorite Pizza Weblog. Fruitcake recipes courtesy of Uncle Phaedrus, Finder of Lost Recipes. Chicken with walnuts. Lunch photos at Happy Cafe. Food Porn Watch. Cooking Diva (Panama). Noodle Pie (Vietnam). Delicious Days (Germany). Nordljus. Simply Recipes.
Bamboo
The American Bamboo Society: includes a page of suggested bamboo literature. Tripple Brook Farm in Massachusetts sells hardy bamboos for the northeast and has a great catalog of other plants, too. Bamboo flooring and bamboo plywood. On bamboo musical instruments, including the anklung (”Meals can be without meat, but living cannot be without bamboo”). 1,000 Things Made of Bamboo.
Movies
Thirty-seven short Fluxus films by Nam June Paik, Paul Sharits, Yoko Ono, and others. There are more artists’ films at UbuWeb. British video artists at Luxonline. The Open Video Archive: “241 hours of contributed material.”
Mexican Sweets
Candy recipes by region. How they are made at Dultimex. Calaveras de azucar: picture and recipe.
Mexgrocer.com will mail you candy. There are real fun sounds army tank pinatas at pinatas.com. Skwinkles and other choices at Dandyboy. A recipe for caramels. A page of Mexican candy cigarettes. More pictures. Finally, George W. Bush pinatas at georgewbushpinata.com, evilpinatas.com, and other places. Delicias mejicanas.
Lilies of the Valley
A slow but aggressive spreader. Some facts: “In recent years it has been largely employed in experiments relating to the forcing of plants by means of anaesthetics such as chloroform and ether. It has been found that the winter buds, placed in the vapour of chloroform for a few hours and then planted, break into leaf and flower considerably before others not tested in this manner, the resulting plants being, moreover, exceptionally fine.” A poisonous plant that may strengthen the brain and renovate a weak memory. Flowers are associated with May Day in France. Also a book by Balzac.
American Patriotism
Welcome to this section of my site honoring America the beautiful. Sheri’s Patriot Website. “This salute to President George W. Bush will remain here until the Iraq conflict is over. This reflects the promise of young conservatives across the U.S.A. to stand by our Commander in Chief!” Godd Bless America and godblessamerica.info. “America is great because of Jesus Christ, and if we lose Christ we lose our greatness.” America Triumphant, the movie, and America We Stand as One.
Certain Phenomena
“When you come across something like this, it is hard to remain clam and refrain from contemplating people’s ignorance”: Woman pregnant for forty-six years. Woman with fetus in heart forever. “Indeed, circular patterns of concentrated light have been seen to glow on buildings across the northeastern United States and beyond.” “Please Click On His Payment to visit my other pages” (like The Jesus Slide Show). “Without presenting any evidence whatsoever that what he says is correct, Volpe has informed his students that . . . evolution is a fact.”
Colored Vehicles
Blue bus. White bike. Brown car. Red auto. Black bicycle. Yellow scooter. Orange truck. Yellow bus: “Managing and Promotion Celebrities Mannequins since 1986.” Green airplane. Gray ship. Rose cart. Black helicopter. Blue motorcycle: “Focuses on integrating customized off-the-shelf solutions often using the best-of-breed technologies to create ‘hybrid’ systems, that in many cases meet and exceed the capabilities of high-end proprietary technologies for small to mid-sized businesses.”