Dam it we missed his birthday again!

Gaston Bachelard b. June 27, 1884

And Debord by the drop 21
As long as necessity is socially dreamed, dreaming will remain a social necessity. The spectacle is the bad dream of a modern society in chains and ultimately expresses nothing more than its wish for sleep. The spectacle is the guardian of that sleep.

Olec and Peggy

Taking a nap,
After our long walk.

If you have a spare minute --

http://www.pnhp.org/
Good facts on single payer.

Happy Father's Day Pa!!
Thanks for a lovely summer so far.

Debord and Ron meets the Potato Gun

20
Philosophy — the power of separate thought and the thought of separate power — was never by itself able to supersede theology. The spectacle is the material reconstruction of the religious illusion. Spectacular technology has not dispersed the religious mists into which human beings had projected their own alienated powers, it has merely brought those mists down to earth, to the point that even the most mundane aspects of life have become impenetrable and unbreathable. The illusory paradise that represented a total denial of earthly life is no longer projected into the heavens, it is embedded in earthly life itself. The spectacle is the technological version of the exiling of human powers into a “world beyond”; the culmination of humanity’s internal separation.

Sue is teaching a class at the Sidney Art School!

http://www.sydneyartschool.com.au/adult-art-classes/oil-painting.html

Lucky them, I wish I could take it.

Happy Birthday Snotface!

Ruthy Suzanna Mc Farland

Born June 11, 1982 at 7:43 AM inWaterville, Maine.

We Love You

Sydney Orange Harvest

Overcome with greed, Martin strips the trees, only to be overwhemled by by the problem of what to do with 60 lbs of oranges and 60 lbs of tangerines. There is a great thing here, anything you don't want you place near the road, and its fine to help yourself. I got a pair of ski-boots yesterday.
I wonder why.

Happy Birthday to Ruth!

It was great seeing you!

Truax, Beth and Conor

Colin Gradgamaficates, Oliver gets Baptised

Portland most livable city!

So sayeth Forbes:

Tasty microbrews aren't the only reason to like Portland. Thanks to high marks in five key quality of life metrics, Portland tops this year's list of America's Most Livable Cities.

"It's a very easy place to live," says Leon Perrin, 31, a manager at Gritty's. "It's small, so getting around isn't too much of a hassle. And it's a beautiful place throughout all four seasons."

Perrin, who has lived in Maine for 20 years, is one of 513,000 residents living the good life in the Portland metropolitan area. The region earned high marks for income growth and culture; it also has low levels of crime and unemployment. Residents can afford the relatively high cost of living because of a 6.3% income growth rate over the past five years.

Debord by the drop

19
The spectacle inherits the weakness of the Western philosophical project, which attempted to understand activity by means of the categories of vision, and it is based on the relentless development of the particular technical rationality that grew out of that form of thought. The spectacle does not realize philosophy, it philosophizes reality, reducing everyone’s concrete life to a universe of speculation.