A sloth, in motion

These are 2 short video clips from the Art Center Sloth Drawing Class I took with Ian on sunday.

A month later, some wedding pics

Sunday with Omar

a special edition fargo snowglobe

found this at the ann arbor pto store, packaged with a letterbox vhs copy of the movie, which i unwrapped and gave back to the pto to sell. i only wanted this.

A political Posting

McCain originally voted against the establishment of a federal holiday for MLK.

Huh.

Sounds like a guy I want to ru(i)n my country.

The Pinata Fun

A political break

Some Seafood Stew I made Tonight.
first time. turned out great.

tilapia, shrimp, white wine, heirloom tomatoes.

mmmm ...

Ask if you want the recipe.

Letterman Transcript

From Foxnews.com

Dave Letterman: " ... And I’m wondering, if he had picked Sarah Palin before you picked Joe Biden, is there a chance that maybe you would have selected somebody else? Would that have affected your choice?”

Obama: “You know, the way I thought about it was, ‘Who’s going to help me govern? Who’s the person I want in the room if we’ve got a big decision to make? Who’s going to be able to give me good counsel, good advice, who’s able to maybe have some ideas that I don’thave or give me a perspective that I haven’t seen, and I think that nobody can do that better than Joe Biden.” (audience applauds) “And I know what he cares about and what he stands for - I think he’s going to be a great choice.”

Palin the Fashionista

"At first they had me in a bunch of furs," she said of the photo shoot. "Yeah, I have furs on my wall, but I don't wear furs. I had to show them my bunny boots and my North Face clothing."

Sarah Palin, describing her Vogue photo shoot.

i'm sorry ... do "bunny boots" not qualify as wearing fur?

Palin the Economist

From the Huffington Post:

"Speaking before voters in Colorado Springs, the Republican vice presidential nominee claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had "gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers." The companies, as McClatchy reported, "aren't taxpayer funded but operate as private companies. The takeover may result in a taxpayer bailout during reorganization."

...

"You would like to think that someone who is going to be vice president and conceivable president would know what Fannie and Freddie do," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "These are huge institutions and they are absolutely central to our country's mortgage debt. To not have a clue what they do doesn't speak well for her, I'd say."

... read on

Palin, World traveler

from CBSnews.com:

"GIBSON: But as you know, the questions revolve really around foreign policy experience. Can you honestly say you feel confident having someone who hasn't traveled outside the United States until last year, dealing with an insurgent Russia, with an Iran with nuclear ambitions, with an unstable Pakistan, not to mention the war on terror?
MCCAIN: Sure. And one of the key elements of America's national security requirements are energy. She understands the energy issues better than anybody I know in Washington, D.C., and she understands. Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that."


the whole article

Obama, World Saviour.

this is a hoot.
but really ... vote for obama.

A sketch pile.

Coffee Roulette

From a Detroit Restaurant's website:

"Try our NEW French Press
Two delicious flavors
Hazelnut, French Roast, and French Vanilla
You’ll be surprised how the flavor comes out of the
bean in this old style European way of making coffee.
16 oz. $3.00 refills $1.50"

which ones are delicious!?!?!
please tell me which one isn't delicious so i don't order it!

cool

A New One (or, Sorry for Doing this Instead of Yours, Darren)

This is a combo of two pics i took in chicago ... 4 feet by 2 feet, acrylic on board.
One was from the Lincoln Park Zoo (a free zoo that is awesome) and one was the "touch and go chess party" setup on Michigan ave, i think.

note: i think this painting is the longest ever for me ... not only in time in painting it, but also in time elapsed between work sessions. it's been about 2 weeks from start to finish.

sick, sick , sicksicksick

Ryanstiner.com 7.0

known issue with internet explorererer. please allow the active x shtuff to run, even though inertnet expoodle tells you it ain't safe. otherwise, a work in progress. more additions to come.

A Man's Ice Cream Cone

so cute. i want one. where do you register for sloths?

Hanging Tough

Transportation of the future.

The NKOTB

Untitled Painting of Some Clouds.

48x36


acrylic on panel

BOOKMARK PARTY!!!

tree portraiture. acrylic paint, no less. very inspiring.
a quickie color wheel.
Will You?
the wooden mirror.
snagt.
some fun 3d stuff.
a very strange commercial.
meg. pbthbthbthbthb!!
Monsanto is evil. e. v. i l. !!!!
no more soda for me, please.
a well organized collection.
real, or p-shopped?
someday i'll be good enough to paint waterfall-bearded men.
ahhh, capitalism.

A (mostly) complete painting history

some paintings i no longer own.
some are in frames and will be documented at another time.

otherwise ...

A True Drum Master - More free videos are here

Something Wicked ...

An Engagement Trip Photo Album

I recommend clicking on it and viewing the pics one by one, if you have the time. If not, here's a slideshow.

/ryan

For anybody who cares

I asked lauren to marry me at the art institute of chicago, within my favorite gallery (by tadao ando, called 'the power of sixteen pillars') from my days going to school there.
she said yes.

!!

Huh ...

Directions to chicago

View Larger Map
posting this cuz i'm going there and i wanted a quick non-email reference for it ... that's why.

59 Photos

Hey.
You.
Here's 59 of my favorite photos.
You may recognize Some.
Some you won't.
watch if you want.





/ryan

Batman vs .... Batman?

this is a little weird.

See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

Mr. Sandwich Man!

Complete!

 
 
 
 

30-some-odd fake cheeses

 

 

 

oh, it's on

 

I wish I could do this

2 Movies I'm Gonna See

pineapple express
wallE

My Space Diorama

Easter Day Flowers.

1st (of many) Bookmark Cleansing(s)

It's like having Spongebob up yer ass
If you'd like your own cookbook
The AoI
Truck Spills! Yeah!
Meteorites.
cat Tree
Goalies are funny, sometimes

Ipod Hacking

Do you use google calendar? Do you own an ipod with a calendar function? Do you ever want to, say, sync your ipod calendar with your google calendar? OK, so did I.

If you are comfortable typing a few words, if you work with a pc (dunno if the software exists for mac, go here and do some reading to find out), and if you have a little bit of time, follow me.

First, Download GetCals from here.
Then, follow the instructions located here.

Now, when i did it, i messed up in the middle of it and had to restore factory settings on my ipod and reload all of my music. But, if you ask me, that span of time waiting for it to reload was worth it for the added function of having my calendar now accessible from anywhere my ipod is. Either way, that may not happen with you.
Also worth noting that i have minimal experience creating the file types needed for this process, and i feel totally comfortable messing around with stuff. But this work was very basic.

If you have any problems with this, reply to this post and i can help.

Enjoy!

Sleepy Time Djoser

And Then, From Out of Nowhere

The Robot

this brog is for the birds

so, while i debate internally whether or not i will post paintings in progress in the future,
i present to you three pictures of birds i took.
please to enjoy.

Will you be my secret ...

A change in the L&F department.

figured i should muster up the effort to change my various web pages with the debut of
look for changes coming to my myspace and other pages, as well. if you are looking.
seriously, though ... i hope yer not constantly checking my myspace page for updates ... are you?
sheesh.

The Evil Eye

Baby Gives the Evil Eye on Command

updates

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Muppet Monsters

A New One

Snow Covered Ground