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In my continuation of top 100 books I read Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. What’s funny is a few of the sites repeating the list (such as one that has all the covers of the books) seem to be getting it mixed up with H.G. Wells’s The Invisible Man. And while both books were a good read, you can definitely tell why Ellison’s work is considered a masterpiece of 20th century literature dealing with identity and philosophy and Wells’s is just a fun Sci-Fi romp dealing with a big jerk of a title character.

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So, the great Japanese techno band Polysics graced the Mile-High City on Tuesday. It was in a little venue that could only hold about 300 people, but I think that was just about the right size to feel all the energy. Unfortunately Sony music didn’t allow photographs to be taken of the concert and I complied (though there were more than a few rogue shooters in the crowd), so here’s a picture of part of one of the autographs we got instead.

PS. Their latest albums are available at places like Best Buy or Amazon MP3s, so try them on for size if you like techno!

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Using the instructions here, I  made a light tent out of a box and some fabric.  Note that the top wasn’t quite finished there. If you’re wondering what a light tent is it allows you to take photographs of small objects in diffused light and with a consistent background.  As, mostly, in this photograph below.

I say “mostly” because my lighting wasn’t very good so I had to do some adjustments with the brightness in photoshop and even then the left is a bit murky. I need to get a second lamp to fix things up, but as soon as I get that and the camera angle down then I’ll be all set. You can change the background color by putting in a different color of posterboard/cloth as the background and change where the lighting hits, and so forth. It’s really helpful if you want to take lots of photos of small things.

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read the Handmaid’s Tale. Also read Brave New World the other day. Hooray for dystopia stories. I’m planning on getting some books downtown tomorrow that aren’t available at the local library (going in for celebratory champagne- yes I’m confident this will happen- no jinxes). It’s nice having two library systems to borrow from since it ends up covering most books. I’d mention the books but I’m afraid I could jinx those being in. Ah, superstition is so much more important when you’re tired.

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