6/1/10 Hillside

I noticed the shadow play on this hillside in late afternoon.

Reef Netters, Hauling Fish, Third Panel

5 x 5' panel, working from old photo reference here in the San Juans, reef netting. My brothers spent their summers on Stuart Island reef netting.

Whatever does it for you

I find Crocs ugly - others clearly find them sexy.

Spotted on Boing Boing

Snuggle up

Owls snuggle up to each other. Image source.

Apt toilet humour

No comment required.

'BP headquarters'. Image source

The miniskirt weathercock

Next time blokes fix their eyes on your risqué hemline, you'll know why.

'Mini skirt meteorology' used to predict weather

The length of women's mini skirts can be used to predict changes in the weather ahead of announcements from the Met Office, it has been claimed.

By Nick Collins
Published: 8:00AM BST 31 May 2010

The rises and falls in the length of skirts are said to be a good way of forecasting what the weather will be like three days in advance, based on research at eBay.

Analysts at the company said the length of skirts sold on the website becomes shorter several days before the weather changes for the better, and lengthens when colder conditions are due.

(Source: Telegraph)

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Louise Bourgeois dies aged 98

French-born artist Louise Bourgeois has died in New York aged 98. Bourgeois, who spent most of her life in the US and considered herself an American artist, embodied the Freudian semiologist's dream: her works almost invariably were references to the complexities of childhood experiences and traumas and bore titles to match. Her trademark giant spiders, which earned her the nickname 'Spiderwoman', were usually titled 'Maman' (i.e. 'mother').

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Throughout her career, Bourgeois wove into her themes both the sensual and violent aspects of sexuality; the amalgam of menace, pain and raw physicality captivated critics and spectators alike, all the more because of the tempting associations between Bourgeois's art and childhood (sources: the Guardian and Tate Modern).

 'Fillette' (i.e. ' little girl'), 1968. Image source

Louise Bourgeois in her studio, ca. 1946. Image source.