About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Give me a ticket for an Inclined Plane…
For today’s Daily Create, we were supposed to “Take a photo of a historical site in your neighborhood.” I was running late this morning, so I didn’t get a chance to take pictures before I left my neighborhood, but I … Continue reading
Beware of Dancing Cowboys
A Metafilter post on a history of GIFs made me think of those animated ads from LowerMyBills.com that were floating around the web ten years ago or so. So when I saw today’s Daily Create, I knew what had to … Continue reading
Rule 106
I was about to write this as a comment, but then I thought it would be better to blog it for everyone to see. Our Storytelling Outlaw wrote about her experience working with the Assignment Bank: While I had fun, … Continue reading
A Wild West assignment idea
I don’t like to give too many examples because I’m afraid people will follow them like template. But since I threw everyone in the deep end and had you create assignments in the second week, here’s an assignment idea I … Continue reading
Maybe there’s more to it than cowboys
When I think of Westerns, the first thing I think is “Old.” The heyday of the western was before even I was born. The settings are from before my grandparents were born. We watched The Lone Ranger on Saturday mornings, … Continue reading
A family of reds
The red in the chevron, and the coat it’s on, came from my father when he was in the Marines. The pin on the lapel is from his sister/my aunt, a souvenir of her trip to the Soviet Union back … Continue reading
“Don’t you tell me ’bout your law and order”
The other day we watched Border Incident, Anthony Mann’s 1949 film which bridged his noir and western periods. I probably put it in my queue back during noir106, and it showed up on the eve of western106. All part of … Continue reading