Life Outtacontext http://outtacontext.com/life/ Farm Fresh Writing at a Fraction of the Cost! en-us jgates@outtacontext.com 2012-02-05T12:29:04-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago? http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000569.shtml The latest poster from the Chamomile Tea Party. Click on image for larger view. (Not only is this a remix of a World War II-era poster this is a remix of my first Chamomile Tea Party poster. And aside... 569@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2012-02-05T12:29:04-05:00 New Posters from the Chamomile Tea Party: Polarization is Destroying America http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000568.shtml Don't pigeonhole the American public. We've got a lot of opinions that aren't so easy to categorize. Click on images for a larger view. Polarization of Congress, the electorate, and, most importantly, the issues that are important to Americans... 568@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2012-01-29T09:38:26-05:00 Sold to the Highest Contributor! http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000567.shtml A new poster from the Chamomile Tea Party. In today's Washington Post, Jonathan Turley, Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University, discusses 10 reasons why the U.S. is no longer the land of the free. It's... 567@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2012-01-15T09:45:16-05:00 The Story of a Photograph That Changed Over Time http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000566.shtml 566@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2011-12-10T11:49:02-05:00 The Attack of the Wasps! http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000565.shtml It wasn't this bad but it felt like it was. Last Sunday at 11 a.m. I was attacked by a swarm of wasps. More on that in a minute. But first, what good is a trauma like this if... 565@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Commuting with Nature 2011-07-31T08:44:58-05:00 Two New Posters from the Chamomile Tea Party http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000564.shtml Two new posters from the Chamomile Tea Party. Click on each of them for a close-up view. It's been pretty steamy here in Washington. But I'm not talking about the weather. Here in DC, we seem to live and... 564@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2011-07-17T08:38:34-05:00 My Encounter with Wally http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000563.shtml Wally Shawn photographed for Time magazine. This has got to be the worst photograph of Wallace Shawn I have ever seen. What were the editors of Time magazine thinking when they decided to use Peter Hapak's image for their... 563@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Professional Auteurism 2011-07-09T14:52:40-05:00 The Birth of an Idea: the Chamomile Tea Party's 1st Birthday http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000562.shtml Today marks the first anniversary of an idea. One year ago today, as I was walking home from work, my brain gave birth to the Chamomile Tea Party. More specifically, I decided to take World War II-era propaganda posters... 562@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Artistic Tendencies 2011-07-02T11:18:50-05:00 To the Moon, Alice! I mean Susie! http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000561.shtml My reservations for the moon were set and this card proved it. Click image for larger view. For all the dystopian commentary on mankind's distant future the 1968 film 2001 projected, it also allowed us to place ourselves in... 561@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2011-05-30T16:18:01-05:00 Anatomy of an Encounter: I Could Be Wrong http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000560.shtml I thought the facts made me right. Image by spelio As I stood in a long line at the ATM outside my bank I smelled smoke. It came and went and, after a while I started to look around... 560@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Barely Socially Acceptable 2011-05-15T08:55:10-05:00 Father Knows Best When He's Got It Good http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000559.shtml Jim Anderson surrounded by his adoring family. Umm, not quite me. I walked down the hall as I'd done thousands of times before. As always I'm on a mission. Most of them are trivial: take the trash to the... 559@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2011-02-21T10:02:54-05:00 On Becoming the New Old Fogey http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000558.shtml As we get ready to ring in the new year, I'm reminded that I'm not getting any younger. And, I'm quite comfortable with that. Late night New Year's Eve parties have given way to quiet evenings at home with my... 558@http://outtacontext.com/life/ Fairly Odd Parents-Present 2010-12-29T11:50:11-05:00 The Two Faces of John Boehner http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000557.shtml John Boehner on the cover of Time. Click image for detail. When the mailman handed me this week's Time magazine I was immediately drawn to the cover photograph of John Boehner, the presumptive Speaker of the House. But I... 557@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2010-11-08T07:06:38-05:00 The Rally for Sanity? It Was Insane! http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000556.shtml I positioned us at the Rally for a good photo op of the Capitol. At the last minute I decided to bring one of my Chamomile Tea Party posters to the Rally for Sanity here on the National Mall... 556@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2010-10-31T11:04:06-05:00 The Genesis of a Message http://outtacontext.com/life/archive/000555.shtml The latest poster by the Chamomile Tea Party (click image for larger view). Posters distill the essence of ideas or messages to their most economical form. You glance at a poster as you walk by the wood barricades of... 555@http://outtacontext.com/life/ News Outta My Control 2010-09-26T10:24:42-05:00