http://outtacontext.com/life/ Farm Fresh Writing at a Fraction of the Cost! en-us 2008-06-22T07:23:48-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000499.shtml Unearthing High Quality Threads One of my father's early buying sprees: two sport coats for under $40, size 44L. Click image for a larger view. Happy Father's Day! Wait, you didn't get the memo? I was out of town last... Fairly Odd Parents-Past jgates 2008-06-22T07:23:48-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000498.shtml Him: Are those flowers real? Me: When's the last time you brought flowers to your wife? Him: I'm not married. Him 2: Did he say those flowers were real? Her: They're real. I can smell 'em. Subway Conversation, Thursday... Fairly Odd Parents-Present jgates 2008-05-31T11:55:49-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000497.shtml Reminiscent of another photograph. Click photo for larger image. Recently, a friend from out of town came to visit. She wanted to go to Arlington Cemetery to visit her father's grave and she invited us to go with her.... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-05-11T12:02:19-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000496.shtml My Root Canal on Twitter It's all Melanie's fault. In March I received an email from her extolling the virtues of twitter, that micro-blogging, naval-gazing, Web 2.0 service. I knew about twitter but was totally uninterested in subscribing to... Medicinal Properties jgates 2008-05-03T11:10:37-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000495.shtml A series of "still" images from Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (Quicktime, 26 MB). Click to play. Earlier this month flickr announced that short video clips could now be uploaded to the popular photo site. Some photo purists were skeptical, even... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-04-21T06:40:49-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000494.shtml Let My People Go (or you'll get the biggest headache)! When we were invited to a Passover Sedar this year my children needed to be reminded what it was all about (we don't get invited to a sedar too... Idiosyncratic Celebrations jgates 2008-04-19T16:33:57-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000493.shtml Gotta get off, gonna get, hafta to get off from this ride Gotta get hold, gonna get, need to get hold of my pride When did I get, where did I, how was I caught in this game When... Commuting with Nature jgates 2008-04-14T07:21:13-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000492.shtml Jukebox Photo Gallery Slide Show at In Our Path If you are familiar with iTunes' Jukebox Cover Flow (the ability to scroll through your playlist album covers) you might get a kick out of the "cover flow" slide show... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-04-06T11:30:45-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000491.shtml The new and improved In Our Path In the 1980s and 1990s I photographed a swath of Southern California real estate that was to become the Century Freeway, or as it's more commonly called by commuters, I-105. Running east... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-03-23T12:57:54-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000490.shtml Jeff Gates, From a Series of One Acts... #7, 1987. Click on image for larger view. I've been digitizing many of my film-based photographs from the last century. And using Photoshop to place text on an image is soooo... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-03-16T11:30:14-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000489.shtml Jeff Gates, From a Series of One Acts... #2, 1986. Click on image for larger view. One of my photographs is part of an exhibition opening this week at the Baltimore Museum of Art entitled Notes on Monumentality. The... Artistic Tendencies jgates 2008-02-24T15:28:22-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000476.shtml Women have a right to expect that showers and locker rooms are not occupied by persons who retain their equipment. From the Good Folks at NotMyShower.com Dinnertime at our house is a family affair. And evening meal is the... Fairly Odd Parents-Present jgates 2008-02-18T14:42:02-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000426.shtml Get a better look at our bathroom vision! Six months ago we renovated our bathrooms. That fifty year old retro look we loved when we bought the house was really getting old. Our green tub, along with its matching... Fairly Odd Parents-Present jgates 2008-02-09T11:49:08-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000424.shtml The brain is an incredible organ. Our ability to express complex and meaningful ideas sets us above the rest of the animal kingdom --if you can harness and master it. Without cognitive control humor can turn into fits of hysteria,... Worker's Comp jgates 2008-01-19T11:24:31-05:00 http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000423.shtml When DC's Metro unveiled a new concept car last week this logo identity mysteriously appeared. Local officials first billed DC's proposed transit system as "America's" subway when it went to Congress for financial backing. Last week the Washington Metropolitan... Professional Auteurism jgates 2008-01-13T12:08:53-05:00