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Toast!

December 6, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

I’ve been thinking a lot about toast and how everyone takes it for granted. I mean, how many foods taste great uncooked and taste even greater after you’ve heated them up? 10? Maybe? Maybe 12? It’s not a lot.
So … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 6 Comments

An Interview with Tobie Giddio

July 21, 2025December 3, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Creativity interview with visual artist Tobie Giddio
Image created for Tiffany & Co. by Tobie Giddio, reproduced courtesy of the artist.
Tobie Giddio grew up on the New Jersey Shore where she fell in love with fashion and art from the books and magazines in her basement … Read on Macduff...

Categories Conversations about Creativity, xx-temp-files 4 Comments

My One-Word Review of My Realization Out of the Blue Yesterday That Mayor McCheese was Just an H.R. PufnStuf Rip-Off

December 2, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Devastating!
(fortunately, thanks to the power of the google machine, I found out this morning that the wicked were punished.)

Categories One-Word Reviews 1 Comment

Everybody Wants to Be a Cat

July 21, 2025December 1, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Once again it’s been a while since my last track on the virtual lp. I’ve started playing piano again of late. Not sure what’s triggered it, but it’s fun. Here’s a mimosa toast to piano, on this Saturday morn.… Read on Macduff...

Categories Virtual LP, xx-temp-files 4 Comments

Shine On Harvest Moon

November 27, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

The bliss starts about 45 seconds in.

(As an aside, I first discovered this video about 13 years ago, and for a stretch I must have played it 15 times a day. Good times. Good times.)… Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 5 Comments

Four more things we learned writing “Mankind’s Last Hope”

July 21, 2025November 23, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

A week or two ago I took a crack at jotting down a few lessons learned from the MLH experience. Here are four more before it all fades into sandy dream fragments……
1. There are life-enhancing creative outcomes short … Read on Macduff...

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Here’s something messed up

November 21, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

It’s the year 2007. 2000. 7.
I’m calling bull-ass* on that one.
* “bull-ass” was my 7-year-old’s best-guess attempt when we asked him if he knew the curse word that started with bull. “Bull-ass?” he said. And oh, how we … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 1 Comment

My One-Word Review for Tom Shadyac’s “Evan Almighty”

November 18, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

“HoneyGodMadeMeNoah”
(runner up: “OhGod!YouMorganFreeman”)

Categories One-Word Reviews 1 Comment

The days of experimenting with my eggs

November 14, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

have fallen away.
No fennel. No onions any more. No rosemary, no cheese.
All these, pulled beneath the surf
like Godzilla, turning her scaly back on us, taking our
early egg experiments down with her
in a foamy splash.
It’s … Read on Macduff...

Categories This; And also that 4 Comments

Five things we learned writing “Mankind’s Last Hope”

November 10, 2007 by Cecil Vortex

Well, it was a pretty great experience watching the live version of Mankind’s Last Hope come together under the expert direction of Bob Lundy-Paine. Long journey too. I thought, before things fade too much, I’d take a few minutes to … Read on Macduff...

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