fifi’s grafitti

scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects

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Category: what horrors has civilization wrought

fear & self-loathing in fairview

24 September, 2008 (08:41) | what horrors has civilization wrought | 1 comment

yeah, baby, this SUV owner knows the score.
maybe he/she is a sub-prime lender?
maybe a CEO at Morgan Stanley?
Need I ask the question begging to be answered; ie, “why would you be so stupid as to advertise this fact?”

how not to have a heart attack

13 September, 2008 (10:39) | what horrors has civilization wrought | No comments

Who knew working for a large corporation could be a matter of life and death? Who knew the bureaucracy and fear of liability might stand in the way of someone getting help in a medical emergency?
My co-workers and I found out the hard way this week when one of our own began having severe chest […]

unhappy anniversary

31 August, 2008 (10:52) | Seasons, what horrors has civilization wrought | No comments

It’s a holiday weekend, but it doesn’t feel like it. It feels like disaster waiting to happen. It’s hurricane season, and New Orleans residents are evacuating as Category 4 “Gustav” bears unswervingly toward them. Emergency services in North Texas are in 24 hour operating mode. Thirty thousand individually packaged meals are stacked in readiness, shelters […]

the modern illusionist

22 July, 2008 (08:26) | what horrors has civilization wrought, photoshop, collage | 2 comments

When you work for a big corporation and the national economy is in a downturn you don’t want to hear the word “consultant”. You know it’s a euphemism for a headhunter, and I don’t mean they’re looking to hire someone to oversee production, but rather some heads are going to be served up on a […]

sometimes the cure is worse than the disease

19 July, 2008 (10:26) | what horrors has civilization wrought, collage | No comments

I take medication to lower my cholesterol, and I’m nauseated.
I take medication to help me sleep, and I get a hangover.
I take medication to alleviate severe depression, and I lose my creativity.
It’s a tough choice sometimes, especially that last one. I felt miserable from my teenagehood until well into my thirties when I was diagnosed […]

our wild sunflower

7 July, 2008 (09:54) | what horrors has civilization wrought, Books | No comments

The tallest sunflower we’ve ever had in our garden: it grew from seeds dropped by the birds at the feeder. It’s taller than the six-foot high wooden fence in the background. You can also see where our thoughtless neighbors poisoned the lovely honeysuckle along the back fence, forcing us to look at their yard full […]

textured rubbings and smoke in your eyes

21 June, 2008 (11:11) | what horrors has civilization wrought, collage | 2 comments

I’ve been practicing drawing a bit. These characters are about the best I can do when trying to draw human heads. I’ve been copying some faces from the daily comic strips hoping to come up with something with more dimension. It’s been nice to finally find my art pens and some of my journals to […]