Day: January 9, 2007

Crankypantsing, Doodles, Music

The news of the day

Shelly

Staff Meeting Doodle
Staff Meeting Doodle

We had another meeting-slash-training-session today. This one was, thankfully, only an hour long, but that’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. Damn! So, I did a little more doodling at the bottom of the previous doodle’s page, which explains the swirlies along the top border.

This may be as close to arting as I get today. I just don’t think I’m in the mood to mess with it. We found out this morning that one of our coworkers was in a coma, and was not going to come out of it. She died at 1:00 this afternoon. I didn’t know her well, but it’s still kind of weird and sobering to think that someone I saw on Friday is gone today. Poof! Just like that.

And that, such as it is, is the news of the day.

A man in my shoes runs a light and
All the papers lied tonight
But falling over you
Is the news of the day
Angels fall like rain
And love (love, love)
Is all of heaven away

(I always did love that Psychedelic Furs song, so it seems sort of fitting that it’s stuck in my head tonight.)

Photography

Deutz Ship Bridge

Shelly

Deutz Ship Bridge, Cologne, Germany

I did a little investigating, and found that the above image, which is inscribed on the verso with the ever so helpful “Cologne — General view with Bridges of Boats — 3328,” is actually a photograph of the Deutz Ship Bridge. The Deutz Ship Bridge spanned the Rhine at Cologne. The Library of congress images are dated c. 1890-1900, but I’m going to assume that “my” photo is contemporary with the Katz Castle photo, which would make it at the earlier end of the range.

Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany
Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany
Title: [Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany]
Date Created/Published: [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-00804 (digital file from original)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Call Number: LOT 13411, no. 0804 [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002714080/

Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany
Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany
Title: [Pontoon bridge from Deutz, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany]
Date Created/Published: [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900].
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-00805 (digital file from original)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.
Call Number: LOT 13411, no. 0805 [item] [P&P]
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002714081/

Meta

Blogiversary

Shelly

I forget my birthday half the time, so I guess it’s no surprise that I totally and completely missed my two-year blogiversary. Two whole years! So, as my little gift to y’all, before I go park my ass in front of the television (where has this day gone?!), I thought I’d share a little glimpse of summer far away and past.

Postcard: Cannes La Playa
Postcard: Cannes, La Playa