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Museum of Hoaxes Curator in a Box
I've been out of town recently. My wife and I drove up to Santa Barbara last weekend, where she had a work-related event to go to. While she was busy at that, I decided to check out Santa Barbara's used bookstores. I was browsing at The Book Den, when a student photographer approached me and asked if I would be willing to participate in a project she was working on. She was taking pictures of people in the bookstore, posed in various ways, and then digitally inserting them into a box. She had me climb a ladder. She just sent me the resulting image, and I think it looks pretty cool. It seems like something that's crying out for a good caption, but I can't think of one. Any ideas?
After Santa Barbara we spent a couple of days in Merced, in central California. We're thinking of moving there -- because the University of California, where my wife works, just opened a new campus there, and because the cost of living is so much cheaper there. (Though there's not a whole lot there.) Any move would be at least a year away.
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Categories: Miscellaneous Posted by Alex on Mon Apr 30, 2007 |
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"Damn! Someone put a 200 watt bulb in here and I only wanted a 40."
Posted by Captain Al in Vancouver Island, Canada on Mon Apr 30, 2007 at 11:46 PM
"I thought the light was supposed to be at the end of a tunnel?"
Posted by Tah in Idaho (Yes, Idaho) on Tue May 01, 2007 at 12:32 AM
I'm crap at captions so I won't even both trying, but I will say it's a cool photo!
Glad you're back babe.
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Tue May 01, 2007 at 05:08 AM
Glad you're back babe.
ICE CUBE KILLER STRIKES AGAIN!
Museum curator is psycho's third victim/
Posted by David B. on Tue May 01, 2007 at 05:54 AM
Museum curator is psycho's third victim/
"Almost...got...the...Woofen-poof"
Posted by Malfunctioned in London on Tue May 01, 2007 at 05:55 AM
I'll just echo Nettie's sentiments. 
Posted by Smerk in to mischief on Tue May 01, 2007 at 06:20 AM
Ooh, I like David's caption!
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Tue May 01, 2007 at 07:27 AM
Q: How many curators does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Sod you! That's the electrician's job.
*or*
A: As many as are happy screwing in light bulbs.
*or*
A: Two. One to hold it and one prankster to kick the ladder out from under him.
*or*
A: Two, but they have to be *really tiny*
Posted by oppiejoe in Michigan - USA on Tue May 01, 2007 at 10:51 AM
A: Sod you! That's the electrician's job.
*or*
A: As many as are happy screwing in light bulbs.
*or*
A: Two. One to hold it and one prankster to kick the ladder out from under him.
*or*
A: Two, but they have to be *really tiny*
gah...
"Q:" shoulda been "...screw in a light bulb"
Posted by oppiejoe in Michigan - USA on Tue May 01, 2007 at 11:02 AM
"Q:" shoulda been "...screw in a light bulb"
'Ikea's new novelty desk lamp wasn't selling as well as expected...'
Posted by Madmouse in Edinburgh on Tue May 01, 2007 at 01:36 PM
"And here you can see that when stuffed and mounted properly, the Curator makes a lovely centerpiece to any modern living room."
Posted by Charybdis in Hell on Tue May 01, 2007 at 02:18 PM
You look like a monkey!
A cute monkey though.
Not like those bragging monkeys that keep
showing up at my house. "Hey look at me I can ride
a unicycle and wear a diaper" Well, so can I, wear
a diaper I mean. I'd kill myself on a unicycle.
jonny x
Posted by jonny x in rhinelander, wi on Wed May 02, 2007 at 03:43 AM
A cute monkey though.
Not like those bragging monkeys that keep
showing up at my house. "Hey look at me I can ride
a unicycle and wear a diaper" Well, so can I, wear
a diaper I mean. I'd kill myself on a unicycle.
jonny x
So, whatever happened to Flora?
Posted by coit on Wed May 02, 2007 at 10:11 AM
Alex put the Boobot back at the keyboard in the chat forum 
Posted by oppiejoe in Michigan - USA on Wed May 02, 2007 at 10:27 AM
The relentless pursuit of the extraordinary.
Posted by N E O in Everywhere and nowhere on Wed May 02, 2007 at 04:35 PM
Flora was on another continent at the time Coit...
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Wed May 02, 2007 at 06:48 PM
Please do not move to Merced. You will become absorbed by the black hole of screaming boredom. Check out the meth addiction statistics; they are available online. Check out the crime statistics. Merced is no place for a thinking, humorous, loving human being.
Posted by John in Formerly a resident of California's Central Valley on Thu May 03, 2007 at 02:00 AM
New album by Alex in Chains - "Man in a Box"
Posted by Chadds Ford Prefect in Philadelphia on Fri May 04, 2007 at 08:32 AM
Seconded John's response, DO NOT MOVE TO MERCED. The entire central valley is just crap. Very few redeeming aspects. It's similar in many ways to small towns in the midwest and south, but with way more gang wars and meth. Within a year or two you'll be pulling your hair out, desperate to leave, but by then it will have clenched its icy fingers around your soul and you will be trapped. Trust me, I got stuck there for 20 years before I was finally able to leave.
Just my two cents.
Posted by Kat in A central-valley-refugee now living in Portland, O on Sat May 05, 2007 at 04:21 PM
Just my two cents.
"Several months after his disasterous Boxing Day celebration idea, Alex has yet to find a way out. . ."
Of course, this could just be the next Alex replicant, sitting in storage waiting for when the current version wears out or is eaten by Nessie or whatever.
Posted by Accipiter on Sun May 06, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Of course, this could just be the next Alex replicant, sitting in storage waiting for when the current version wears out or is eaten by Nessie or whatever.
Like David B., I thought the box looked more like an ice cube. Made me think 'Ice Cold Alex'. (If you don't get it - and I never said it was funny - look here).
Posted by outeast on Mon May 07, 2007 at 02:12 AM
Actually, your apartment does look a lot like that, doesn't it, Alex?
Posted by Big Gary in Bee Cave, Texas on Mon May 07, 2007 at 02:38 PM
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