The Out Basket

A Wish for All of Us

Douglas Michael Massing — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:18:41 +0000

New Year post card, early 20th century(?), courtesy of forgottenbookmarks.com

Posted in hope, mind games, mind wars, my life Tagged: hope, New Year, wish

Joy Ends in My Neighborhood

Douglas Michael Massing — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:55:51 +0000

Photo “end joy” by pbo31.

Posted in my life

Captain Hook in the Jaws of Time

Douglas Michael Massing — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:55:28 +0000

Posted in mind games, mind wars, my life Tagged: Captain Hook, illustration, jaws of time, maw of time, Peter Pan, space-time continuum, Teeth of Time

Upsetting Your Spacetime

Douglas Michael Massing — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:38:45 +0000

Not generally a big fan of the lolcats, but this one tickled me. Thanks, Scott!

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: lolcats, space-time continuum

A Gambler’s Wife

Douglas Michael Massing — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:54:22 +0000

Photogravure after the painting by Marcus Stone. When I unfurled the scroll I’d been handed at the awarding of my BA, a copy of this was inside instead of my diploma. That was my cue to go to the admin office to see what hoop I had failed to jump through: in the event, it was a billing error.

Posted in my life, women and the world Tagged: compulsion, Gambler's Wife, gambling, risk, women

Social Media

Douglas Michael Massing — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:52:01 +0000

Posted in my life Tagged: culture, dysfunction, facebook, social media, Twitter, Venn diagram

Home

Douglas Michael Massing — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:12:38 +0000

This was my first home in San Francisco, in 1979, and through an extraordinary chain of circumstance and kindness, I live here again.

Posted in my life Tagged: home, house, San Francisco

Virtual Reality

Douglas Michael Massing — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:57:27 +0000

Please note: The title of this post is not the title of the photograph.

God and Man

Douglas Michael Massing — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:47:10 +0000