spring league

spring league
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

where been

not been keeping up this site. still taking pictures though, and still putting em up at
http://flickr.com/photos/bobby_toe/

will graduate from law school in less than 2 months. get "hooded" on May 11. hope you can make it.

may get back to keeping this site updated. may get back to that soon.

hope you're well. do write.

nyc armory show

march 9-13
above is by james morrison
click picture for link

mondrian's birthday

he would be 134 yrs old.

best stuff in knoxville

Leslie Starritt

13 by 4.5 foot/ more

13 by 4.5 foot/ more
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

new start big canvas

chloe poizat

via http://drawn.ca/

ArtsJournal: ARTOPIA

ArtsJournal: ARTOPIA: "ARTOPIA ON THE ROAD: KNOXVILLE"

Kirstin Kindler

Kirstin Kindler
Originally uploaded by Bromirski.

http://anaba.blogspot.com/2006/02/kirsten-kindler.html

wedding

042005 3522
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

wedding

wedding
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

jiyeun hong (via artkrush)

three floors up gallery

three floors up gallery
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

Flickr: Photos from colorblok

dec 2005 ultimate knoxville

you will get a disease

you will get a disease
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

nuclear power on west wing

finally- after what seems like a year of news stories about how nuclear power is necessary- a story about how it can go wrong. good west wing so far tonight.

snoozatron

like wallace, I woke up at 3 this morning. didn't find for several hours that I could watch wallace and grommet on-line. it's terriff.

Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print � Blog Archive � Al Gore Speech Audio Podcast

Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print � Blog Archive � Al Gore Speech Audio Podcast: "The speech which you will hear in this podcast was given today, January 16, 2006 by Vice President Albert Gore."

it's a great speech. one hour and six minutes.

Internet Archive: Details: The New Negro

stream or download this TV interview:
Internet Archive: Details: The New Negro: "The New Negro (1957)
Guests: King, Martin Luther with Waring, J. Waites
Theme: Race"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_luther_king

audio recording of his speeches "Why I oppose the war in Vietnam" (23 minutes) and "I have a dream" (16 minutes) are at this page:
http://www.wrybread.com/misc/vietnam/index.shtml

2005 Democracy Now show, mostly the vietnam speech:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/17/164233&mode=thread&tid=25
this year's show:
http://www.democracynow.org/streampage.pl

via artkrush

PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer

maybe the most useful thing I've ever found on internets (click title above for link)

"1. It fits easily in your back pocket or purse.
2. It's as cheap as one piece of paper (Because that's all it is!)
3. It opens like a book. Leading to easier to find, more organized notes.
4. The first page has a pouch, big enough to carry a business card!
5. Customizable with 'Mods' tailored to your needs.
6. It's free and fun!"

via artkrush

above made me think of Matt. Matt, you're needed.

below is another exercise by the same ppl:
Early in the morning on Monday, September 19, a Seattle Police Harbor Patrol boat came across a desert island floating in Lake Washington. On the island were foam rocks, a fake palm tree, a plastic crab and starfish, real coconuts, and three men in ripped-up business suits...

Jan. 7, 2006 sunrise

Jan. 7, 2006 sunrise
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

first day of classes today. odd, odd, odd. it still, now, with five out of six semesters finished, seems strange to me that I am in law school. but today wasn't bad. just odd. added oddness that I was there at nine in the morning, which I haven't been, not since spring of last year.

Anyway at nine was "conflict of laws," which is a whole (small) class about how you pick what law applies, and which is taught by an outgoing dean (he wants to teach more.) He's very enthusiastic and made eye contact with all students including me many times. He even made me talk, which it's my policy not to do in class, but it was like he forced me to talk.

Then at about eleven was "civil rights actions," a larger class taught by the guy that taught me criminal procedure 1, which is the most useful class I ever did take in law school so far. This professor's all about the thing he says is called "legal realism," which it seems means that if you're realistic, you see that law is all about politics. So, he says we'll spend a lot of time looking at who's on the supreme court (I'll start writing it as "scotus" soon, I promise) for each case, since the ideo-logy of each justice is The Thing.

today rode to get groceries via greenway to bi-lo on kingston. was a good ride. had to scoot running law professors outtamyway. also rode to market square tonight. returning home, brought bike in elevator. fellow elevatorer said was like I heart huckabees', which is a movie I remember reading of, um, but the elevatorer said, in that movie there was a guy wearing a suit riding a bike, and the suit was just like mine. so now a dam sure can't watch that movie. good thing I didn't want to nohow no not a whole lot.

The second ride was after I had to leave my apartment. The fire alarm went off, and when it goes off, you just can not be here. Loud noises, a mixture of a high-pitch, a siren, strobe lights. Six fire engines showed up for five minutes and then left. Then the evacuated crowd could get in line for the elevator to get back to dinner-time.

Ultimate Frisbee Strategy/Coaching

Ultimate Frisbee Strategy/Coaching: "A progression of reads is simply setting the order in which a player should look at a particular cut. For instance, in the Evil Plan Offense, upon receiving the disc a player should (1) look to hit the deep cutter, if that’s not there (2)look to hit the underneath continuation, if that’s not there (3) look to hit the break, if that’s not there (4) dump the frisbee."

Grades for fall 2005

Grades got published today. I'd been waiting to worry until I checked them, so, I was (good grief) shaking as I clicked the link for each class and scrolled through to find the grade given next to my anonymous number.

I passed everything. I am so happy.

Ended up doing about as well as I've done all along, if even closer to my average (nothing too close to failing). Good news.

lightning storms tonight

042005 109 001_0001
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

mitch hedberg

link click title above for video of (comedian) mitch hedberg on conan. hadn't heard of hedberg before learning of his death- via culturebully, which has many more links

Leah Hayes

ball point pen

via drawn

four by twelve

four by twelve
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

done.

walking to the city

didn't even think to ask about it, but T in NY had to walk across the bridge during the transit strike; above is a picture he took while walking

tonight's storm

042005 089_0005
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

christmas

042005 065
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

aerial_image_15

aerial_image_15
Originally uploaded by 3ric07.

need not add to this, except to point out that he's Barefoot.

the power and the glory/graham greene

"He couldn't see her in the darkness, but there were plenty of faces he could remember from the old days which fitted the voice. When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity- that was a quality God's image carried with it. When you saw the lines at the corners of the eyes, the shape of the mouth, how the hair grew, it was impossible to hate. Hate was just a failure of imagination."

finished the book today.

sam gibbons

click title above for nyc gallery images

padronagens & afins

designs brazilian- click title above

Visual Arts in Atlanta : Road Trip!!

"For the new year, make the quick 200 mile trip to the Knoxville Museum of Art where work by new media artist Jim Campbell will be on display. We can all stay at my sister's house! Campbell uses new technology to transmit imagery with its basis in photography and video. Exciting and accessible, this show will likely prove to be a great introduction to new methods of image making and will challenge viewers notions of representation. I had dinner with KMA executive director Todd Smith last month who has some exiting plans for this ambitious museum."

Boston Legal

so, I stopped studying to watch boston legal. never seen a big show tell such stories about legal defense- much less, go on at length about the evils of the credit card bizness, and all of it done with humor. good stuff.

exams.

be done friday.

to bite the bill

to bite the bill
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

get-together for ultimate last night: game was, get the dollar in your mouth, but be touching the floor with only one foot.

maryville tn ultimate tournament

042005 0561
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

played ultimate all weekend. worn completely, happily, Out. Knoxville finished second to Berry College alums. Then we played in Knoxville.

Hillbilly Fever, Thursday nights on WDVX fm

Posted about it before, but gotta do it again now, because the show's on now, and It Is Great. Click post title for link to station.

While at it, will also plug last.fm. Maybe the best non-radio thing I've come across for online music.

Now must get back to writing the take-home exam that's due tomorrow.

On the Road manuscript on tour

Jack Kerouac typed On the Road on one 120-foot-long sheet of paper, which is now at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill. It leaves for California on December 17. I was a great big fan of the book when I was in high school.

An Object

This thing, that hath a code and not a core,
Hath set acquaintance where might be affections,
And nothing now
Disturbeth his reflections.

-Ezra Pound

BibliOdyssey (art from books)

via Drawn

chattanooga fire department

042005 028-11
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

my first visit to my little brother's work. he drove that truck that morning. they were putting out a brush fire. the truck holds 10,000 gallons of water.

BLDGBLOG

"The point is that tidal power kicks wind power's a**."
Antonio Sant'Elia, via BLDGBLOG

pictures of hong kong via polar inertia

nov 18 2005/ wall ave knoxville tn

nov 18 2005/ wall ave knoxville tn
Originally uploaded by bobby toe.

thanks to all yall that came over last night

nov 17 2005/ knoxville tn, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

I had much fun.

gorgeous. via flickr.

, originally uploaded by soulsister.

Paula Scher's Atlas of the World | Metropolis Magazine

(detail)
"'Paula Scher: The Maps'--on view at New York's Maya Stendhal Gallery until December 17 .... The exhibition presents twelve painstakingly detailed map paintings--of the United States, South America, Africa, Japan, and the world--spanning five to twelve feet in width and teeming with the neatly lettered names of countries, cities, and landmarks."

making creme brulee

making creme brulee, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

Creme Brulee

I used to make creme brulees when I worked at the Back Inn Cafe, which I stopped doing more than two years ago. Since then, I've made em once, about a year ago, and did it from memory, which led to disaster, though in the end was successful. I'm trying again tonight, since I'm having people over on Thursday night.

I've advertised halibut and sushi, which aren't hard, especially regarding the halibut, since I have a lot I caught while in Alaska. Creme brulee, though, even when I was making em regularly, would go wrong for no reason at all.

rec.sport.disc

good thread re: defense

dave baldwin ultimate tournament today in knoxville, tennessee

042005 15801, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

first game, lost to davidson. second game, beat UT.

dave baldwin ultimate tournament today in knoxville, tennessee

042005 1221, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

dave baldwin ultimate tournament today in knoxville, tennessee

042005 0971, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

finished recently

042005 00911, originally uploaded by bobby toe.

Knoxville Museum of Art

The KMA is a five minute walk from my apartment, and admission is free on Tuesdays between five and eight p.m. So, I went on Tuesday.

There are a few things there now that I like, like: paintings by Clare Rojas. An example:



















Another:

















Also now at the KMA is a roomful of dresses by Liz Collins. Her stuff there is I guess mostly, um, fuller than what's at her site, but, here's an example from her site:

Mr. Kaine's Victory (Washington Post article)

"LT. GOV. TIMOTHY M. Kaine's triumph in Virginia's gubernatorial race is a watershed -- the victory of a Southern Democrat who prevailed despite his principled opposition to the death penalty and his refusal to rule out new taxes." ...

UT downtown gallery

After taking the MPRE (ethics test, mandatory, like the bar exam) on Saturday, I walked downtown. Found the University's gallery on Gay Street was open. It's a small place, appropriately (I guess) spare, and well-lit. Didn't know it then, but was the last day for an exhibition by Eleanor Dickson. Some good drawings and a great photo of a snake-handler. Would post pictures but there don't seem to be any on-line. At least, a brief search didn't turn up anything, and I don't have an hour to look around.

The post title links to the gallery's somewhat frustrating site. Their hours are:
Wednesday-Friday 11:00am-6:00pm
Saturday 10:00am-3:00pm

and their address is buried in their site, but it is:
106 South Gay Street
Knoxville, TN

Artse

-Katie Rumble

Yesterday, went for a walk through Market Square, on my way to study somewhere other than my apartment. Stopped by this store, "bliss," and got, uh, snapped, so to speak. No pics at their site of what I saw at their store. Lots of gorgeous paintings.

What I saw reminded me of the "obsessive drawing" show going on now at the folk art museum in NYC, regarding which I posted earlier at here and here. But with the NYC show, I thought, when I saw that, OK, that's much more precise than what I do (for example), so I can aspire to that, and that's good because it's good to aspire to things.

But when I walked into this bliss store, I saw some stuff, made me think, like, whoa, someone's way ahead of me, being really good without being so precise about this um stuff. So I asked the people running the store, what's up with this. They said the people painted these things, they're from Australia, and they used to make these drawings in sand, but some do-gooder gave them some canvas and acrylic paint. Anyway- (and these images are from the Mbantua Gallery, which has many more pictures)-




















-Katie Kemarre

The O.C.

gives me language I can use!: "I'm not destitute, I'm discerning."

Versus

Today's forecast for Knoxville, Tennessee: low of 40, high of 72.
Today's forecast for Palmer, Alaska: low of 9, high of 19.
Knoxville wins.