Un río que se va

Get ready for a besotted weekend with Colectivo Panamera and Georgina.

 

A one-man screw factory

Asai Seisakusho (Nejiya) Ltd. is a small factory, ran by one man, in Japan. It produces 400,000 screws per day. The work it takes to maintain the machines, manage orders, perform quality control, order the supplies he needs, and do the books is amazing to consider. When done with his workday he says he goes home and drinks beer. That sounds well deserved to me.

 

Leon Wyczółkowski

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Leon Wyczółkowski (1852-1936) was a Polish artist. He started out as a realist, but as he traveled and matured, he was to be exposed to many other artistic styles which he folded into his work. The strongest influence was impressionism which informed the play of light in his works.  

Leon Wyczółkowski self-portrait

A very special TGIF post!

May Day, that most wonderful day of the year, falls on a Friday! And so, we have some uplifting music as you prepare for your festive struggle sessions, traditional bread line occupying, and lording it over the wreckers and hoarders! And always remember, you need to break an egg to make an omelet, and you may need to break millions of Kulak's heads to make a Socialist utopia! Your future as a useful idiot beckons! 

Have a Happy May Day comrades and enjoy your tree bark snacks as you listen to some melodious and inspiring tunes!

  

Grilling shrimp in Borneo

This video takes place in Borneo. It is shrimp season, so they travel down a river to get some shrimp and then return to their home, which is in a long building divided into apartments. They grill and pan fry the shrimp and enjoy their dinner. After eating they relax on the patio area in front of their apartment and then take a walk through the village.

If you want to get some sense of what they are talking about you'll need to turn on Captions>Auto-translate>English. Much of what you'll get will be gibberish, but you can follow along here and there.

 

Mail-centric paintings

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Email has largely replaced written mail, but back in the day it was as feature of life. Now it is little but bills and advertising flyers. These are pictures from the time when the letter was king: postmen, postal workers, mail delivery, reading letters, and mailboxes. 

Cry Me A River

Get ready for a waterlogged weekend with Von Smith backed by

Jacob Scesney, Lemar Guillary, Adam Kubota, Todd Schroeder, and Otis Hayes III.