Graphic Designer in Kansas City, Missouri, where dreams abound and meat eaters are satiated. I enjoy moss and cheese, but not together unless there is a picnic blanket betwixt them. mmdoering@gmail.com Tumblr (3.0; @fourchirps)http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktkmj4vhHU1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coney Island by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=34274006" target="_blank">depuis</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/254477092http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/254477092Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:45:03 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfjb4O4mR1qzqo7ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Deastro, tonight. The Czar Bar does not have a backstage, do you know what that means?! That means rubbing elbows with Randolph Chabot at the bar is practically guaranteed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.gigposters.com/poster/121645_Deastro.html" target="_blank">Poster</a> by <a href="http://djgdesign.com/" target="_blank">DJG Design</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/251204667http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/251204667Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:28 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktc05czs7v1qz8kh9o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>NYTimes: <a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">Cristoph Niemann</a></p> <p>All of these are awesome. Blagojevich hair jokes haven’t gotten old yet.</p> <p>via <a href="http://chirp.birdmeat.com/post/250036363" target="_blank">chirp</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/250083153http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/250083153Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:07 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt821xzMTi1qzqo7ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ingabirgis" target="_blank">iiiinga</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246387816http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246387816Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:51:33 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7n6h8aiY1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>topaz crystal by Slyotov & Makarenko</p> <p><a href="http://www.minrec.org/artdetail.asp?artid=1209&artistid=75&cat=1&page=2" target="_blank">The Mineralogical Record</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246129726http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246129726Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:17 -0500ontogenymineralsdetail oriented<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/246112024/tumblr_kt7m33CTus1qzqo7r&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Elis Regina / Águas De Março</p> <p>É o vento ventando,<br/>é o fim da ladeira <br/>É a viga, é o vão,<br/>festa da cumeeira</p> <p>São as águas de março <br/>fechando o verão <br/>É a promessa de vida <br/>no teu coração</p> <p>It’s the wind blowing free,<br/>It’s the end of the slope,<br/>It’s a beam, it’s a void,<br/>It’s a hunch, it’s a hope.</p> <p>And the riverbank talks<br/>of the waters of March,<br/>It’s the end of all strain,<br/>It’s the joy in your heart.</p> <p>more <a href="http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/waters.html" target="_blank">here</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246112024http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/246112024Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:06:39 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2bf6NNrB1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Close-up of a 3D relief map of Iceland in Reykjavik’s City Hall, which apparently took 20 years to make. See <a href="http://www.paulsadventures.com/Europe%20Summer%202006/P6240174.JPG" target="_blank">here</a> for an idea of scale.</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/242806702http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/242806702Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:28:18 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/242698899/tumblr_kt24jceLKQ1qzqo7r&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Tragically Hip / Ahead by a Century</p> <p>something sweet, eh</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/242698899http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/242698899Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:59:36 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVMfsQ_cM8s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bVMfsQ_cM8s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>“In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Fanfarlo</b><br/>Originally by Neutral Milk Hotel (via <a href="http://veronique.tumblr.com/post/241783376/in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-by-fanfarlo" target="_blank">veronique</a>, <a href="http://copycats.tumblr.com/post/241705479/in-the-aeroplane-over-the-sea-by-fanfarlo" target="_blank">copycats</a>)</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241791606http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241791606Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:33 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0kbltLko1qz6f9yo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.good.is/post/highways-as-the-london-subway-map/" target="_blank">Interstate Highway System as London Subway Map | GOOD</a> (via <a href="http://veronique.tumblr.com/post/241783833/interstate-highway-system-as-london-subway-map" target="_blank">veronique</a>,  <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/241778354/interstate-highway-system-as-london-subway-map" target="_blank">nevver</a>)</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241790274http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241790274Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:00:05 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0heh5MTW1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>KC Tumblr Meetup - Cigar Box (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/evrtstudio" target="_blank">Brian Everett / EVRT Studio</a>)</p> <p>Matt the Crooner Enstrom has friends in low places and he’s not afraid to prove it.</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241730625http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/241730625Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:42:16 -0500<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksyelrludC1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Costa Rica has edged out Denmark for the title World’s Happiest Nation. Ruut Veenhoven has been studying happiness since 1946. The findings are now collected on the <a href="http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_nat/nat_fp.php" target="_blank">World Database of Happiness</a>.  </p> <p>Currently, rankings are:</p> <p>1. Costa Rica<br/>2. Denmark<br/>3. Iceland<br/>4. Switzerland<br/>5. Canada<br/>6-8. Norway / Mexico / Finland<br/>9-10. Panama / Sweden</p> <p>photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sarahsanantonio" target="_blank">sarahsanantonio</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/240415634http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/240415634Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:46:39 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksycw2EY3Q1qzqo7ro1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Jessica Hische shows us step-by-step how to create her fancy H in this animated gif.</p> <p><a href="http://dailydropcap.com/" target="_blank">Daily Drop Cap</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/240385422http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/240385422Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:09:38 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kswxo45gZL1qzqo7ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>wall sticker from <a href="http://www.fermlivingshop.us/stickers/powerpole.html" target="_blank">ferm</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/239486161http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/239486161Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:15 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/239430332/tumblr_kswulw7twH1qzqo7r&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Camera Obscura / Suspended From Class</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/239430332http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/239430332Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:08 -0500<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspjhhJAH81qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Costume display at the New York City Opera by E.V. Day </p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/10/20/arts/20091021_COSTUME_SLIDESHOW_14.html" target="_blank">NYTimes</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/235299080http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/235299080Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:53:41 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VeaRDcdwrZg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VeaRDcdwrZg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Múm - Sing Along (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/morrmusic" target="_blank">morrmusic</a>)</p> <p>Sing along with this dead deer.</p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/233045781http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/233045781Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:52:06 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslhscSluH1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Éclaté Central, Focus Creation and Dominique Imbert</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.liever.com/nl/interieur/oranje/photos/788490432" target="_blank">Liever</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/233027723http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/233027723Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:26:35 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjly2XRkF1qzqo7ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unknown Pleasures by Jim Lambie, concrete albums</p> <p><a href="http://www.artgene.net/event2.php?EID=656" target="_blank">artgene</a></p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/231984133http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/231984133Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:01:13 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksjlp4yyly1qzqo7ro1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Zermatt poster, 1931 (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/onansan" target="_blank">onno de wit</a>)</p> <p>Artist: Pierre Kramer </p>http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/231980453http://fourchirps.tumblr.com/post/231980453Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:55:51 -0500