Category Archives: Mostly Soap Box

Caminando en Barcelona

February 13, 2009 – 3:39 PM

Always striving to bring the world to my readers, I hit the streets of Barcelona today with the intrepid KTray, and I must say, it is one cool town. In order to help you all fully appreciate this super mod metropolis, I will be posting photos over the next few days, starting today. Click on [...]

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Marketing Strikes Again

February 9, 2009 – 4:37 PM

I recently took this photo of cans of glass cleaner that have been sitting by my desk at work for about a thousand years. For some reason or another, I found it interesting, and while looking at it I noticed that the cans say, “for the graphic arts industry” on the front. I’m sure that [...]

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No One Is Going To Help Us But Us

February 3, 2009 – 11:55 AM

Long time Jose el Retardo reader Miriam Climenhaga is a dedicated human and painter (check out her work above, and more by clicking here) from the American Breadbasket, and she recently posted an item on her blog art and art like substances about the difficulties one has finding the time and energy to do the [...]

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Death To Bankers

January 29, 2009 – 3:36 PM

I was once of the opinion that the gargantuan bailout to wall street was a necessary evil in order to save the jobs of so many innocent slobs slugging it out in the trenches of middle management; not to mention all the folks out there shining shoes, spraying tans, waxing BMWs, and cobbling high-heels. And [...]

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