Dear Self: I am the secretary of the Union for the Guards at the Museum of Fine arts in Boston. We are currently in contract talks, to make a very long story way too short, despite a degree of collaboration of sorts between labor and management, I believe the Museum is thumbing its nose at a diverse veteran work force of guards. Many of us are Artists and have families with young kids, and we are being asked to work schedules that we can't work because we can't get home late at night due to limitations of the MBTA, or we can't come in early because we have to put our kids on the school-bus. There are other changes to our job description that management is imposing, using its contractual management rights, despite referring to the changes as only up-grades to the work-force. These changes are meeting fierce vocal resistance from a certain number of members, and grudging acceptance from the rest, but the main problem as I see it is the schedule changes that are being i...
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Dear self: does it matter that the boat in the picture is one that was actually built by the same person that made the picture? does it matter that that very boat is also sailed often by the same person that made the picture of the boat? Does the meaning and significance of the picture change in the viewers mind when the viewer learns the story of the history that gave rise to the picture? or does a picture have to stand on purely visual non verbal terms? or why not both at once? does it even matter what the viewer thinks? don't over think it man, but maybe you can actually say things with pictures instead of just making pictures for the sake of making pictures, things you couldn't find the words to say for a long time until the picture was staring at you in the face. The picture was always there for a long time, it just needed to be painted.
Dark Harbor 17 1/2 R/C model sailboat About thirty two inches long, Made in 2014 of Pine, cherry, cedar, and mahogany. Cotton fabric sails, removable cabin top for access to servos, modern style deep fin and bulb keel, balanced rudder, brass tiller controlled with tiller lines leading to servo under cabin top, sheets controlled by HS755MG servo with 180 degree mod., Mast stepped in brass tube for easy set-up and trans-port, adjustable Peak and throat halyards with bowsies, Radio can be switched on and off via brass rod extending aft out the transom. she sails great, very well balanced, goes where you point her, Stays upright in a fresh breeze. The last time I sailed her she was bone dry, recommend more varnishing or painting of your choice. $400 includes HS755 sail winch installed, rudder servo. Radio and shipping extra John Storrow johnstorrow@gmail.com