In response to Chris

Dirty Three, Kreidler, Björk, Múm, Lackluster, Quiet American, Röyksopp, Buck 65, Prefuse 73, Boards of Canada, Low, The Cinematic Orchestra, Kings of Convenience, Quasimoto, Pulp, The Album Leaf, Pan American, Yo La Tengo, Beck, Fourtet, Attica Blues, Pulse Programming, Neil Young, Schneider TM, God Speed You Black Emperor, Erlend Øye, Swod, David Kitt, Labradford, Anti Pop Consortium, Badly Drawn Boy, The Coral, Pole, 90 Degrees South, Timo Maas, Cornelius...

My world

Detail from late 1800's Wisconsin barn roof (LINK), before the sun went down at the Kurth elevator (LINK), an evil water tower (LINK), a lonesome corner building, its neighbors victims of progress devoid of character (LINK), numbers on a wall near the Pillsbury "A" Mill (LINK), more train graffiti (LINK), that ubiquitous poster (LINK), a business partner down at grain bins (LINK).

Machine dreams

I’ve been known to buy a lot of crap on t’internet (read with Yorkshire accent) but today’s purchases takes the biscuit. Let’s see what we got.

1. Molded Nylon, 14.5° Pressure Angle, Spur Gear, 32 Pitch, 14 Teeth, 0.438" Pitch Diameter, 0.125" Bore Diameter.
2. Molded Nylon, 14.5° Pressure Angle, Spur Gear Rack, 32 Pitch, 0.1875" Face Width, 12” Length.
3. Trapezoidal Tooth Neoprene Rubber Timing Belt, 0.200" Pitch, Trade Size 160XL, 16" Outer Circle, 0.25" Width.
4. Acetal Timing-Belt Pulley with Aluminum Hub, 1.00" Diameter, 12 Teeth.

And what in the name of Christ would a man need this pile of junk for? Oh, just a little machine that is going to make me a zillionaire. Top secret stuff right now.

This and that

A near desolate Wyoming highway (LINK), a felled Wisconsin tree (LINK), a Minnesota working man's truck (LINK), a lost shopping trolley (LINK), a hollow train car (LINK), an unloved warehouse on Wabash St. (LINK), engine 66 awaiting the scrapyard (LINK).

Getting close

FINALLY WAS ABLE TO SEND IN THE FUCKIN’ APPLICATION FOR A GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKIN’ ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO PERMANENT FUCKIN’ RESIDENT... EIGHT FUCKIN’ KABILLION PIECE OF SHIT FORMS... ENOUGH PAPER TO BUILD A FUCKIN’ TREE HOUSE... AND DON’T GET ME GOING ON THE INSANE INTANGIBILITY OF THE MYRIAD OF RULES AND REQUIREMENTS... YOU’D NEED A FUCKIN’ LAWYER! WE DID NEED A LAWYER! GOD BLESS THAT BASTARD, WITHOUT HIM WE’D STILL BE TAKING HALF BAKED TOTALLY BOLLOX ADVICE FROM THAT CIRCUS THAT HAS THE GALL TO BE CONSIDERED A FUCKIN’ EMBASSY... AND THEN THERE’S THE SMALL MATTER OF NEARLY $1,500 OF HARD EARNED CASH FUNDING THIS BIZARRE FUCKIN’ PROCESS...

AH FREEDOM, IT’S ALWAYS WORTH IT!