Russ McClintock - the blog

Why do I feel that a song lyric from Dinosaur Jr. can change my life?

I’m bored
I’m the chairman of the bored,
I’m a lengthy monologue
I’m livin’ like a dog
I’m bored - Iggy Pop, lyrics to ‘I’m Bored’

Asked recently by Fortune magazine to name the most pressing economic threat to the country, McCain responded: “I would think that the absolute gravest threat is the struggle that we’re in against radical Islamic extremism, which can affect, if they prevail, our very existence.” - Washington Post, June 26, 2008

Still life with lime, dried tuna casserole, fork and cherry pits.

As a guide, you should include the following:
Your original birth certificate.
Your original marriage certificate.
If you have been married or in a civil partnership before, one of the following original documents: a divorce certificate.
Recent bank statements or savings books for your sponsor.
Evidence of your accommodation.
Letters from you and your sponsor that are relevant to your application.

Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

The extent of Americans’ ignorance is underestimated. Only two in five know we have three branches of government and can name them. Only one in five know there are 100 US senators. And five years into the war in Iraq only one in seven can find Iraq on a map. - Rick Shenkman, the author […]

Coney Island is disgusting.

The ‘Mermaid’ parade at Coney Island was the the worst parade I’ve ever witnessed.

“The people of a house know best what is in the house.” - an Arabic proverb

This is a fairly typical view of Soho.

This would make a nice location for a fashion shoot about accessories.

“Half price escorts,” “escorts naughty night life,” “knife in neck kill” and “quick suicide methods” were all computer searches made from Neil Entwistle’s laptop just days before his young wife and baby girl were murdered, according to testimony heard Wednesday in a Woburn, Mass., courtroom. - ABC News, June 19, 2008

Blurry pictures of flowers.
A close up of a girls neck.

Installation with roof rubbish, sunset and midtown Manhattan skyline. Dimensions vary.