jimmy-d photoshop fun cont.

these were sent to my email so I figured I would post them for the hardworker soul that made them...

Jimmy-D photoshop draw-off

Once in a great while a photo emerges that just begs to be edited with all sorts of hi-tech gadetry including digital "enhancements" of the type traditionally only witnessed on CSI:MyFanny.

The original photo was discovered in this delightful Plain Dealer article and well, I just couldn't help myself.


Feel free to take your own stab. If'n you want, put em up on the interweb someplace and post a link in the comments.

Made in the 216 + Waterloo Arts Fest = Get Out of Your House This Weekend

Waterloo Arts Fest Saturday!

Made in the 216
Friday Evening and Saturday!



Look, it may be hot and you may not be in the mood to be social but get out of your stuffy house and take a gander at what your neighbors are making. Who knows, you may find that somewhat snarky Xmas card you have been looking for, or a sweet bit of furniture or that perfect painting to hang on that big blank wall in the living room, you know the one. You may even see some of your friends out in the real world that you recognize from facespace or whatever you kids are doing these days. Or you may actually make some new friends.

There will probably be copious amounts of cool drinks and ice cream to chase the summer swelter away.

Cleveland Public Library Rally

Support Your Library Rally
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Main Library Branch
10.30am

Facing plans for 20% percent funding cuts in order to reconcile the new State Budget the Cleveland Public Library is hosting a rally at the Main Library, 325 Superior Ave to protest an additional $100 million budget reduction (proposed last Friday).

The budget cuts will require Libraries to reduce staff, services and hours at a time when a poor economy is actually increasing library usage. Please come out and lend your support, write your local representative or call and bother the governor.

resources:
the news and the math

40 years later; turning failure into fame

Celebrate: Year of the River

It wasn't that long many years ago that I was explaining to a Missouri denizen that I was from Cleveland, OHIO and not Cleveland, MO hence my funny accent. There was a moment of thought before he honestly asked "Didn't your river catch on fire?". It was an odd moment, to be a third of the way across the country and to know that my hometown wasn't famous for rock and roll (this was 1996, right after the Rock Hall was completed) or Drew Carey's generous grinning face but for the seeming industrial impossibility of water being polluted enough to actually burn.

Not that it was an uncommon practice. Many industrial cities suffered from their main waterways catching on fire as industry and the residents of the cities dumped whatever they wanted into their rivers in an ironic effort to "clean". However our river fire caught the media on a good day and became, well infamous. It is one of those amazing moments where the weakness of a situation evolves into the strength of a city as we are currently poised to delist the Cuyahoga River(or most of it) as a "most polluted river of the Great Lakes"*. The fact that the Cuyahoga River, once infamous for it's ability to burn, has become a thriving navigable and inhabitable waterway, speaks volumes about how public opinion, once swayed to accomplish a seemingly impossible goal, can do so (perhaps with the strong arm of a little federal prodding behind it). Cleveland may still be the butt of stale and old jokes but we have proven that we can make a measurable difference.

Now, as we celebrate 40 years, the EPA and a cleaner river later, we question "How can we take this understanding of actionable ability and harness this accomplishment to change Cleveland's image from a filthy, dirty town to a vibrant and forward looking city?

Happy Anniversary Cuyahoga River. We still have a bit to go.

resources:
Ohio Environmental Law Blog
Ohio History Central
NY Times
Cuyahoga River Recovery

*update - The EPA has not accepted the delisting proposal.