Author Archives: Brian D. Butler

Vintage Italy

Posted on August 18, 2019
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Caturdays

Posted on August 17, 2019

 

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Camping 101

Posted on August 16, 2019
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Don’t Get Lost

Posted on August 15, 2019

  Google Maps: Live View If you still managed to get lost despite using Google Maps, augmented reality directions are here. On August 8th, Google launched a beta version of its Live View mode in Google Maps, which uses your … Continue reading →

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August, you’re just an erotic hallucination

Posted on August 14, 2019

“Here in the electric dusk your naked lover tips the glass high and the ice cubes fall against her teeth. It’s beautiful Susan, her hair sticky with gin, Our Lady of Wet Glass-Rings on the Album Cover, streaming with hatred … Continue reading →

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Joy of Books

Posted on August 13, 2019

A big h/t to the clever folks at Type Books in Toronto, Canada for this marvelous little video.

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Dog Days of Summer

Posted on August 12, 2019

July 12th to August 20th are the official “Dog Days of Summer,” the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which in astrology is connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck.Here … Continue reading →

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Feed Your Head

Posted on August 11, 2019
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Peepshow

Posted on August 10, 2019

Icelanders have learned to cope with the scourge of overtourism with humor and aplomb. In the far northwestern town of Ísafjörður resident and museum curator Björg Elínar Sveinbjörnsdóttir recently capitalized on the nosiness of tourists who constantly peeked into the … Continue reading →

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RIP Toni Morrison

Posted on August 9, 2019

You think dark is just one color, but it ain’t. There’re five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly. Some just empty. Some like fingers. And it don’t stay still, it moves and changes from one kind of … Continue reading →

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