https://octopusmessiah.com/pops-in-london daily 0.75 2018-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465935508-W2IK69Q3WS4B4QMH202F/IMG_0480.JPG Pops in London This summer Ira J. Winn, aka Pops, came to visit us in East London. Did Cat and I need to hit the pub at 9am? You bet we did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465935508-W2IK69Q3WS4B4QMH202F/IMG_0480.JPG Pops in London This summer Ira J. Winn, aka Pops, came to visit us in East London. Did Cat and I need to hit the pub at 9am? You bet we did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465936727-Q5M1RXDPZ23PD17XAYYS/IMG_0489.JPG Pops in London Pops got to see our flat for the first time since we moved there 3 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465937225-O5P9H4GUFCDZOQHJKRH5/IMG_0490.JPG Pops in London And check out Cat's garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465938696-TWF5O55II7M4U9N5LXYW/IMG_0491.JPG Pops in London And get annoyed by my taking pictures. "You'll thank me one day," I told him. "But not today." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465940385-ULOM7W378TQF7LHZ0RE6/IMG_0503.JPG Pops in London The jet lag flying east from CA is crippling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465942565-ZXDAHXTRUJW3MLQ9XBS5/IMG_0442.JPG Pops in London Honored to cook Pops his first meal in London. Chicken au fine herbs from the garden, plain rice and a hearty salad. Pops verdict? He liked the blue cheese. Ah, well, next time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465944702-8QTUD8YI2IZCQJSEP9HN/IMG_0441.JPG Pops in London We walked the canals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465945032-1IMC94VO6MWF7RIG4SFH/IMG_0465.JPG Pops in London walked swiftly past the street art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465947252-98EUVQVJPODNIZVXNDUY/IMG_0467.JPG Pops in London agreed with some of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465946525-YRJR6PXRMKQBUAXKN2JJ/IMG_0437.JPG Pops in London and went to our favorite (Crate) brewery. If you're worried that Pops was drinking a pint of stout fret not: The beer is only hiding his orange juice! Weighty matters were discussed. And pizza was consumed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465947818-AFYQEGBRHH4930W77OYC/IMG_0433.JPG Pops in London Are you going to drink that, Olive wondered. And if not, is it full of ham? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465949521-7KB4P3ZDZZ60DBHAL2GY/IMG_0474.JPG Pops in London Colombia road flower market! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465949383-6A8GFEIK2ZAHNYLATHH0/IMG_0475.jpg Pops in London Cat's been on crutches since May with her broken hip. Hopefully comes off them early next month or gets a hip replacement. Luckily, Pops was able to keep up with her! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465951918-FXHN7TB4UXYNJC3XB0JN/IMG_0476.JPG Pops in London Pops had advice for Cat's garden. Luckily she had none of it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465951106-6W81QB1NUA2JTZ5YGOWA/IMG_0519.JPG Pops in London We bought cucumas, which are the flower of the month in Winn world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465953688-J9HJP7AN9G6IRQOWGYHO/IMG_0484.JPG Pops in London Pops and I planted out the big barrel on Cat's command. Pops had ideas for how to arrange the plants. Again, Cat had none of it. Welcome to my world, old man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465955161-ZD4BSH7X68RSIQKJOOPU/IMG_0492.JPG Pops in London The finished project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465958553-SVT363VJAE13U9PBOLLL/IMG_2700.JPG Pops in London Pops was generous enough to buy us a big, beautiful pot. Naturally I had to see how big it was, to scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465960065-0ZQJL3MRC9KK1RQEK6X4/IMG_2704.JPG Pops in London Why is my son such an idiot? Pops wondered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465959834-3A56U5OMZ9W47OYZD1F4/IMG_0486.JPG Pops in London Pops appreciating the aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465961362-RLGEJ2ZPCBB3Y5LTNAEA/IMG_0487.JPG Pops in London Pops appreciating our bohemian decor. Very relaxing apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465961868-RNEF6B1SNMYN6Y9CXE9I/IMG_0496.JPG Pops in London This time Cat was the one with the advice. Luckily, Pops was having none of it. Welcome to my world, dah-ling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465962194-QMGBV0J62SM2P758NI8M/IMG_0497.JPG Pops in London Brick Lane for a curry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465964851-HAZHBCGRHMXZTVQGI8Q5/IMG_0500.JPG Pops in London There's nothing Pops loves more than a hearty PDA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465965831-AGTMPY4I1ECJHQ7XZCP9/IMG_0502.JPG Pops in London Vamping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465966402-B7XNE7OP7IQOPXUFFDF9/IMG_0507.JPG Pops in London Fine, I'll feed the little bastards. What a bizarre hobby, eh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465967349-RE3OSLRF57O6F2RH3ION/IMG_0508.JPG Pops in London Are we good here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465969604-B5ZIWK6YKCAL4CJZSMZ6/IMG_2587.JPG Pops in London This is Ms. Thing, a mandarin goby, one of the most beautiful fish on the planet. "What, the black one?" said Pops. I could have killed... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465969610-TGGIKX0WGFHIZCR8P69T/IMG_0510.JPG Pops in London Let's not forget what this trip was really about, shall we? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465971715-CS3I0C3PTDFISH10Z3V9/IMG_0511.JPG Pops in London Queen Mary's university used to be a massive Jewish cemetery until they exhumed and reburied some 5,000 bodies. I take this walk nearly every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465972385-XRYWLOHWA4XEVHZZ9H00/IMG_0513.JPG Pops in London Sometimes the living must contemplate the dead. And vice versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465972454-6VU5MUYW8D56PIY67L67/IMG_0457.JPG Pops in London Luckily, Pops inherited my good looks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465973662-EIVKBI3O5J69VEZZ3Z26/IMG_0456.jpg Pops in London Frisbee with the Olive dog -- such grace. Such determination. Such agility. And Pops isn't half bad either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465974618-41CDSO29MBC0IJ93FE9Z/IMG_0455.JPG Pops in London Fifteen minutes walk from our house is the Fox News "no-go-zone" of Whitechapel, a mostly Bengali neighborhood home to Britain's largest mosque. No go? Yes went! Is Pops more mystified by the woman's garb, or by the strange device she's holding to her ear? Ask him yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465975900-QT1JKMTGHO21RX0U68U8/IMG_0453.JPG Pops in London Whitechapel fashion (and my fave of all the pics), from left to right: kid in SF California t-shirt, woman in white hijab, woman in black niqab, dude in suit, dude in mujahideen casual, student proto hipster w/headphones, bespoke collar and leash, floral blouse and birkies, American tourist with luggage tag. A long way from San Luis Obispo, eh Pops? My fave of all the pics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465976039-ZRDBY7TGT1TUXE9AXEL5/IMG_0517.JPG Pops in London So what do you think of Whitechapel, Pops? "It's quite upscale," he said. Um, London's unhealthiest street in the least affluent borough? I guess it's all about perspective!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465978073-810EADOYX9YTRDV44NEF/IMG_0451.JPG Pops in London Cat has some excellent advice on how to improve Pops' lot in life, be happier and uncross his arms. Pops isn't so sure. Welcome to my world, cupcake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465980366-8K7D65XNWA3DE7OFD4NX/IMG_2844.JPG Pops in London Post Sicily our good friend Bradley brought life to the party and drove us to the Prince Albert Memorial. Brad explained WHO Prince Albert was, I explained WHAT a Prince Albert was. You're welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465981903-4L5GZS7XHEMLJXUVM6K2/IMG_2846.JPG Pops in London A pretty spectacular renovation, it must be said... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465984098-CS2NBWGRJPWI567JWW6H/IMG_2848.JPG Pops in London It's not a TKMaxx but still... impressive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465985293-LF3XPKZQU3RZ84YDI98X/IMG_2859.JPG Pops in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465988233-964Y1IYNHDVVHB3J8N0T/IMG_2862.JPG Pops in London "If you could be lionized in gold like this, would you?" Pops asked me. "Hell no, I'm not getting a hole in my c***!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990021-OAE28YPRQFT9306SWFWW/IMG_2863.JPG Pops in London You'll thank me one day, I told them. But not today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990813-VW4M2H0YLVCR0MHY8G1P/FullSizeRender.jpg Pops in London Ira J. Winn in his natural environment. 3 shirts = victory! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990875-5A4YYXT8JKDH1BRT4BO2/IMG_2866.JPG Pops in London Seriously, you're going to take a selfie now? Shmuck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465996335-KLC5F47IIOCE1QWAOQY9/IMG_2868.JPG Pops in London Hyde Park sculpture garden. Sadly, not a shoe store... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465992360-GXKOHUWBMLYVF5BWRZ1Z/IMG_2870.JPG Pops in London The Italian fountains for a goodbye hug? Not too shabby! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465994373-E160R9WR6PI5EUESNIHE/IMG_2872.jpg Pops in London Coda to a great visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465998311-DJ6862E5O38EPKYIOY4I/P1090267.JPG Pops in London Pops brought us four beach pebbles from his walking trip to Sicily. Which I've put on the one beach pebble Cat and I brought back from our first trip together, also to Sicily. I say pebble, I mean 25 pound catapult stone from a battle fought in 295 BC which I dug out of a hillside, stuffed into our motorscooter and Cat almost got arrested for at the airport for antiquities smuggling until she explained to the Carbinieri it was a healing rock for "soul rescue", demanded to be translated and afterward they bundled her and the cannonball back on the plane to make her go away which is how I fulfilled the "foreign plunder" requirement on my British citizenship application. True story. Mostly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465998476-0ITITEJERGZ4U6TWXCB2/IMG_0557.JPG Pops in London While Pops was in Sicily, Cat decided what she wanted in the lovely pot Pops gave us. More cucumas, obviously. And yes we're getting a cab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466001674-NO923EQKVFVAD818CLIJ/P1090261.JPG Pops in London I hope this Pops character understood how adorable, wise and talented I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466002355-SH1GOBA672HTGTZFPUXC/P1090233.JPG Pops in London And so the early autumn garden is prepared for final glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466004861-J3C5ECQ3YBM55971HP98/P1090232.JPG Pops in London Gardening on crutches is a skill. Yeah, sure, where do you want it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466005521-CU3XE1PMWTLZEF12OG3E/P1090245.JPG Pops in London And so Pops' pot is potted out. Cucumas, echinaceas, phlox and something I can't quite remember. Just stuff them all in there, okay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466009538-KQ8S2LDSC5ANI1TW5HQH/P1090243.jpg Pops in London So far, so sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466009674-HO3KPQVFZQOO7TSJ4YM3/P1090242.jpg Pops in London Now you see what look she's going for, right? RIGHT? 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Hunter Thompson Why you should put me on a cushy travel assignment © ian winn ☟ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438113804556-RU8U6XD0OBF0OY8EVJZ3/P1070594.JPG Freelance, Blogs & Novels Writing is the flip side of sex- it's only good when it's over - Hunter Thompson Why you should put me on a cushy travel assignment © ian winn ☟ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438115958901-3S4TQTP8AVXP50EEXQN7/DSCN0841.JPG Freelance, Blogs & Novels Writing is the flip side of sex- it's only good when it's over - Hunter Thompson Why you should put me on a cushy travel assignment © ian winn ☟ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438117428646-SA43V7WFQ36J3IXVCZ0L/P1030537.JPG Freelance, Blogs & Novels Writing is the flip side of sex- it's only good when it's over - Hunter Thompson Why you should put me on a cushy travel assignment © ian winn ☟ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438118437371-V20E80LYEOLR0Y1RZ8HN/DSCN0520.JPG Freelance, Blogs & Novels Writing is the flip side of sex- it's only good when it's over - Hunter Thompson Why you should put me on a cushy travel assignment © ian winn ☟ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438370356983-PKO3GEPCSC3YOQS9TINQ/image-asset.png Freelance, Blogs & Novels Make no mistake, 20 times per day, something or someone will goo in your palm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1445715484524-TJFX8HNW3758ITJOIPEX/image-asset.jpeg Freelance, Blogs & Novels Sentence of the month honors(!): "We scream like little girls and flee, each in a separate direction. The only thing uniting our paths is the fact they're all away from the snake." (technically two sentences but still...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440259575780-WQJHVXZ2XD6NE25B4KQ1/image-asset.png Freelance, Blogs & Novels "Well, Dan, your suggestion of sky-diving as a safe alternative to mushrooms is a matter I'll leave between you and your insurance agent." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1437999326512-ZPIH6ZWZUZ5NWUYZA8F8/DSCN0106.JPG Freelance, Blogs & Novels "I 98% taste-test guarantee shark's fin soup as being indistinguishable from something I can knock-up in my own kitchen using a sweaty mackerel, a teaspoon of gelatin and a drop of my own urine, try me." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1437322841051-CFSFTMYKB0RG0H4NQZV7/image-asset.jpeg Freelance, Blogs & Novels "Another download stream was the aliens soothing my brow and telling me that being raped when I was seven was the central challenge of my lifetime and that I had overcome it. I wrote about it, now I speak about it publicly to huge audiences. I fucking won this round." - David Holthouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522914195034-1FAQGYJXBLBQ7CWA7WK0/New+Book+Cover%21.png Freelance, Blogs & Novels It's been a long strange ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557153954057-R5O57H87FTT9KCZ1FVGR/OCTOPUS_ST2_Ebook_2560x1600-01_72dpi.png Freelance, Blogs & Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557154163899-7YOQEBWT8DAAMCW52YEG/OCTOPUSEDIGIGTALCOVER.png Freelance, Blogs & Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522857228080-V7ZIEDUT0JTP57ZTV8SD/P1100796.jpg Freelance, Blogs & Novels https://octopusmessiah.com/authors-note daily 0.75 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1437666859294-BLT1O0ZAMAJDJZ1A9XXU/bedoin-burn-octo.jpg author's note https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1437773699996-LXFQL223NZNSH7VDMTLQ/ianwinnslampoet.jpeg author's note https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438082009164-NEKQEZFMOH2JGBDYNU20/image-asset.jpeg author's note https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1437667205097-J75R5BTGFMEA4QDG9AIQ/image-asset.jpeg author's note (It isn't breach of privacy when the photo's been on magazine covers. And that, my friends, is me covering MY ass.) x https://octopusmessiah.com/maldives daily 0.75 2016-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441396413785-GLLAXLKYYG39CIOBOCB3/DSCN0583.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440942268359-94094CFH0KQAORSP9SFC/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441034963173-Z4346XQJLV99BB8192KS/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441033842599-RA0C6VAEPCY9TX610LGH/image-asset.jpeg Maldives Photo by Hani Amir: Thilafushi Kuni Gondu - God's dirty little secret https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440942506814-KOAVRPLG8071F5QGAQUT/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441379845331-0D57BTJNDSTXTFMCSYL8/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441035021018-4PG2MDI7ATN41QK2MLV7/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441035556845-SJH1G0XDHIHHSXRALUT5/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441394240590-9CXRLMK1TNHZQCC6RTOG/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440943570997-X8D4NGEZT7DO964RJBPJ/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440943195371-DX466EP90VRPLPPEFQAL/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440943269351-HAPDTWXEKG7VIHQFDUP2/image-asset.jpeg Maldives We spent almost an hour watching this intense and rarely-observed event, a vicious, swirling cyclone of elasmobranchs in estrus. Note the bite marks upon the female’s back, top left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440943516026-POL3G1YI87X7HI5KAOV4/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440943876156-FAWYNG5ECZN47LX9RPWI/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440945067410-E7U0IF98UQFBA20A1BUJ/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440944915182-GVZFBY5CTYHQAK02AEI9/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440945105320-XF95UX7J9C37L9H80NUN/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039852349-C34SX7UI1WIVYUVUH7F6/DSCN0370.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039852094-W3DGVRDFTTQHXYPHJTHQ/DSCN0371.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039856515-C3K2O8A3QB7MGCSV7YNS/DSCN0372.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039857651-EN3TASPYT9H435S5770F/DSCN0374.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039860848-SRHSPPT0VI8HHES84VVD/DSCN0377.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039861815-U0M2Q0LHBKDZ5SFXY7RI/DSCN0381.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039921468-XX825EKMDTPOPKOL4X6D/DSCN0361.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441039923704-UGU1WGD5J6IGRHWZVY63/DSCN0410.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441040210138-LXSCNCDYFY3ETKWHB88J/image-asset.jpeg Maldives (East London, not the Maldives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441373010616-EMAPYIJHL7H81GMUKRTE/Screen+Shot+2015-09-04+at+2.22.13+PM.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441373019770-8SICS6F69T0WGJVQCRIV/Screen+Shot+2015-09-04+at+2.22.22+PM.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441373027396-XEXX1QPJCE8MZ3THZHM8/Screen+Shot+2015-09-04+at+2.22.40+PM.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441373033030-16CGEZSBQU7XKX55TDVN/Screen+Shot+2015-09-04+at+2.22.56+PM.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440945313210-MU3MXD2DM2CX796EPEWS/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440946754057-NT47U1F95B050Y1J7WT8/image-asset.jpeg Maldives My wife hates this picture-- her for her expression and me for sweating like a bastard. So here it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441376128781-VWJMX70CCNADL5HI5BG8/image-asset.png Maldives Photo courtesy of Dean Bradshaw via Insatgram. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440946952758-VD78FGJW7432ZTYBH2QN/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440947021741-QBD0QH6KV7AYXPGCOO9G/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440947086865-2M64UH34JKQWR5OLCUSU/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440947186976-JFI148S2MHZEGKKDJ9JA/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441378419878-49L69D3VZ1UOX7IZ44YG/DSCN0150.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441378424209-53YHOHZH4OHW8QM6HDHH/DSCN0611.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441378478918-9W086KERUETIYNMR6WQE/DSCN0162.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440951764930-GG3I97N0HQKSF07DBD38/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440951880799-MUYXZNKXVPEH2ZWGDN32/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442069941485-WH0GJ9TODYJXEV88HC01/DSCN0678.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442069945026-KBE4RRVI9T27EH8S3570/DSCN0679.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442069947341-OPTNC0Y2NH06L72JDJYF/DSCN0681.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442069950701-AGS5K05VSIY3OBFLW5OI/DSCN0684.JPG Maldives It's in there somewhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440952583220-CC6BRL73RZ5AVQHAWE7B/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440952954558-31Y90GOQNPZM7WTR2E97/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1440952822398-F7CFDB43TWQRC6ZWMSUI/image-asset.png Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1441380828307-CFUZ9NGTNGH088VKTI18/image-asset.jpeg Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072629196-5Y0W6Y1U6O280UDZI1VZ/DSCN0035.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072629391-RJ4I2W48IVTFNETTPPFF/DSCN0119.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072633160-0Y5VXN3P0DZSEHU99ZPO/DSCN0179.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072633774-Y3RF2BPOQSBFOB0SJYUO/DSCN0230.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072638529-UQMVJGJF4OIHF1MOUCXZ/DSCN0254.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072642451-4046PFJCYPD05QBJKJ9X/DSCN0308.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072640879-NPRRZUV6XLTOO7HJEFXU/DSCN0512.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072646408-S30PPEVHZ36ALF8JVPWT/DSCN0548.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072648146-ZXSA6SWSZ9L3U6NQZOEL/DSCN0636.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072984190-7HE2HRKYELR2UXLFHMT6/DSCN0009.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072982040-2O3024MK7T52DT6ITYKA/DSCN0018.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442072984156-TFKS07IUL04UBOVNVCCD/DSCN0132.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442073310205-YR4WSDC7LMP3ASLCHCYK/DSCN0755.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442073305599-JNM6MBT8TPGOJM12P1FO/DSCN0746.JPG Maldives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1442073300892-ERKXFLRJT2J4D2QOHMI5/DSCN0743.JPG Maldives https://octopusmessiah.com/greg-junell-rip daily 0.75 2019-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443340808602-JQBKJ994P9QLSH9RSRGG/7799077798_54bcdddd99+%281%29.jpg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443297988261-6GHUSQHSOF30DXTX51VC/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell Our wedding, from left: Moorlock, Mrs. Catharine Winn, yours truly and the late, great Gregorio Redbeard Junell. October 8th, 2005. For the record, co-best man David Holthouse can be seen in the background, just to the right of cross-dressed Robert Kaye in red (above the tiki torch). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443298404798-1UUD1YTIKGL763DRJENR/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443299511369-WMVJO33GAFICW3UKVZ3U/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443299845445-JRKK09CWFQAJ34AH1B7S/7785016274_054352572c.jpg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443299959927-DE44J5RHS7IML8GDFS5Y/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443304600665-DPQ9J5AHT2BTTQJS23KU/image-asset.png The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443300105156-JYITW4Y5K3OIZGQCH00F/image-asset.png The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443300462928-7XMFI2M0F67ML01PVFWG/image-asset.png The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell from Alex Grey images via erowid.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443301983022-MTNU7CIHV94QEEQ5KQFA/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443301437234-FB3QOKYX8S7VO0ORX308/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell (From our wedding: this is the only photo I could dig up of the two main players in this tale together. From left, co-minister Greg, co-best-man Abe Rudnick, co-best-man David Holthouse and co-minister Moorlock. When you can't decide, have both!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443301829507-UBJ7GZQ9S22FIX641VQT/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443302115438-CEMKBDNDSTFR8ZM7NVKK/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443302314933-T5WI0UC2669SGZ59Q2EG/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443302715789-9971P2KJ4WIYJ0NKNP08/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443303777448-POCK9C4BNHUC6XLJKKVX/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443303422276-RY52T8XXW3NQN6ABC4EA/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443304198755-F1ZFDD4GKT0ZUY7NEAVW/image-asset.jpeg The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443304564285-ELSFBEWPHT2W689ZIKAD/image-asset.png The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1443866717233-CMV9SIWP6CGBFH4DD6QB/image-asset.png The Afterlife w/ Greg Junell Greg remains intensely missed and especially so by Dorene Garvin, his former partner of 14 years. As I understand it, Greg confessed to a mutual friend on his deathbed that she was the love of his life. Damn straight. https://octopusmessiah.com/borneo daily 0.75 2016-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444741782792-HIG02RIX1KR5AGPYRRAI/P1010621.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444060780944-TOTIAIS77MTVEHPOK23C/scan_121020161626_1.jpg Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444061310416-OIL8USVV6FL19EBMQ0CX/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444060926036-QQ1YOKF7CP131JAC0XDU/image-asset.jpeg Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062577739-OAJEMRNMK5IDNINQTSQ4/P1010429.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062917541-5MO18THK7OU37VXJ7XLR/P1010127.JPG Borneo (Esquire) the gibbon spider! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062918573-MW72VDHRNVS68Y4QIXX4/P1010131.JPG Borneo (Esquire) the unidentified sleeping bulbul! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062920370-L04AXEXOHTXZBL0OXBKX/P1010121.JPG Borneo (Esquire) and just how cute is this sleeping, chestnut-naped forktail? (very) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062932218-FCQQ04ZDOXOK1B4BX1CV/P1010256.JPG Borneo (Esquire) or this blue-eared kingfisher? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062926617-KCH1L37JMY0U3XABJH3F/P1010158.JPG Borneo (Esquire) or the the highly poisonous long-legged centipede which both leaps and scuttles (okay, fine, this one makes my skin crawl too)… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062924685-VV3CWYPY8JLXV7AC789O/P1010414.JPG Borneo (Esquire) The long-bill kingfisher (who'da thunk?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062931602-86I16WDLYDLRPDMK62J0/P1010424.JPG Borneo (Esquire) The buffy fish owl (yes, Buffy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062922024-2N3SIF9DUKTD5LJMU6XD/P1010156.JPG Borneo (Esquire) The civet cat that craps out coffee (please make it stop). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062915654-NYRW5XH67NND8UJWAKK1/P1010125.JPG Borneo (Esquire) This, um, lizard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444062935972-SFFJCYYC75ULQW27U6SI/P1010457.JPG Borneo (Esquire) And of course the giant stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444155739301-OWSO6VQZHMP1OQ47CCW0/Screen+Shot+2015-10-06+at+7.21.45+PM.png Borneo (Esquire) This particular specimen literally fell from the sky during a night-trek in Sepilok, landing just beside me. My guide that night said it was the largest he’d seen in his fourteen years of guiding. FYI: had it landed on my head you would have heard my bug-scream in Kota Kinabalu… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444214042991-9KPYKH4YD5CNE1E9B0JE/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444214652757-4QP32U8FY11QUJKW7JT0/7836889934_51733792be_z.jpg Borneo (Esquire) photo courtesy of Paul Williams, taken at jakartaanimalaid.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444214779519-KZ8LGG6HPSWKCRVZVWDT/2042298559_4861f38316_z.jpg Borneo (Esquire) photo courtesy of Michael Whitehead https://www.flickr.com/photos/mwhitehead/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444215147009-88HOIQD9UT5V5YBQM5BA/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444215240664-L5P05P2EQ7C8ESIEK9BC/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065181025-UII4BX9OPAV877I7QDI1/P1000913.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065178920-HCXFHDOV20DFXC1OFC19/P1010205.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065182157-74AMQ1G78SA5LTRA1SRX/P1010222.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065188010-QYXSP79MFRYGBUO3NLW9/P1010391.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444217953433-GUFBMN2HX3HMAQTH1T3B/P1010057.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065575850-Q93CXPCMCUMT3WOUR3B8/image-asset.jpeg Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444065743274-5YH8SM04SGCVTXERAG22/image-asset.jpeg Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444215828368-0R5MDVR7G2Q723WMWE30/image-asset.jpeg Borneo (Esquire) courtesty of RPerro: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rperro/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444215954486-V64KCSGAJTFUB00V46NX/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) Proboscis monkeys are found only in the mangrove forests of Borneo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444218024153-VHFB9WDG81QU3DKU1WYE/P1000897.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150675448-WDK55L8870MTOU92ZM2B/IMG_0878.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150676434-OI0IRAJOVLKJD0YXXJJM/P1000765.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150695232-AN9VPUQVN642XKQZRD8S/P1010232.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150693485-TZ6MUMVSMVWZX3LXXOLJ/P1010227.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150679733-VP5KHE7QS67DD718RIDY/P1000878.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150690130-58S9J5KDI6YWATSXCGNR/P1010136.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444150683238-8LHLD61SFRU95YVZS9Y7/P1000845.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444216207690-X0JH8M4JFEFYWYQFWUU3/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) (hint: it’s the orange blob in the middle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444216278057-UF3JJ8HR3PEOWUQ5ZWEG/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) Or, with a decent pair of binos, maybe this: (can you tell there’s a baby under her arm? Yeah, well, me neither) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151514054-TYLD5BJI9XX888U9R8VI/P1010079.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151517407-E9434DWPFHKMG89VAOF9/P1010083.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151517939-WPO9VS46Q5AFIDX6L285/P1010174.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151518319-A9TOOHVBKJRM3BDX8BKO/P1010179.JPG Borneo (Esquire) “Denny, why is my skin burning? You said they didn’t bite.” “Do you smell that?” he replies. I sniff the flat-backed millipede and catch the powerful scent of almonds. “It’s releasing cyanide! Why didn’t you tell me they did that?” “Excuse me,” he says indignantly. “I only said they didn’t bite. I didn’t say to pick it up.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151521470-YPUBD64IM1W2WAE4MAIM/P1010225.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444151527657-YSMNFWEM8Z0EV3OUTFF1/P1010482.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444216585030-4M7UR9BTJMZ796SL2BG1/image-asset.jpeg Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444216845955-UIYUMVS7LO5WP5BDDJRN/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152709322-2I77CLQAGDKLH6AVC2KU/P1000928.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Now I am eating my favorite bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152709913-GWHI160DP36N7UQ8T0EG/P1000931.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Now you will get out of the way. King is the dominant male here. (no argument) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444153220724-1GBQW5HYS3M14FPFZYSQ/P1000942.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Now, I'd like to climb the tree and eat the flowers but I know that there are bees up there and if I eats the flowers I will certainly get stung... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444153224361-K3FUSTW94FY4GBZNSBM3/P1000997.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Why did I climb the tree and eat the flowers? I knew I was going to get stung. Now I am hurting all over. Maybe I am not so smart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152721218-43OMQ6C36FTDBYJBA08P/P1000972.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Oh delicious flowers, why have you forsaken me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152726067-EJE45P8GZ0ZQJX63F2N0/P1000980.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Nevermind, I'm going over here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152721448-2P2KZPZ6T3U3JHQHI6L6/P1000974.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Are you still looking at me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444153220697-9UEWTSWWJCM8C8DS2F3X/P1000981.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Nevermind, I will chew the sweet and tasty pith inside this bark... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444153641545-16DTG90CNGQ1B7STS6Q3/P1010043.JPG Borneo (Esquire) While you three stand around taking pictures of my nasty spit fibers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152735218-30VN37UNPT2C7GTRITHU/P1010006.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152735313-QMZXAUEMYTAKT5VWSEKV/P1010012.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152740651-8W5X0ENDQR3174TVI6O3/P1010031.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152739996-FGJDLTST1SG9Z1L34PWI/P1010034.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444152743890-SSUVLLB219KPH21OLTTY/P1010037.JPG Borneo (Esquire) Seriously, if that white dude doesn’t stop taking my photo, I’m going to eat his face, just like that chimp did to that woman I saw on Oprah. You’re lucky it’s your birthday, pal... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154973831-FUGUDQMX7ILERWD1KSBL/P1010274.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154965056-G8E67BDUV9VMFVYVBPW7/P1010181.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154953204-JSZE8O4NLZA1MG3OM5U5/P1000760.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154955389-0FGMO14XBXAZN48WX8RL/P1000803.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154969563-GUEW55B7W3OWF92AXO2P/P1010253.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154958030-X00VQR7J3UOVMWOTMV06/P1000814.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154961407-2GFGVH28Y28DN4M2JRSA/P1000820.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154965563-8ZMJ2M3IKI0Q0FU899WB/P1000894.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154951650-N9PKUPY8Z0XBW1CE4Q07/IMG_0865.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154971848-DP97T86PXS395GB4HWZX/P1010281.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154976843-M0Z1KPKNI72H9Z023PRP/P1010287.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154984879-GZRW32JB5PWDTWO41D95/P1010305.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154982876-C5RXJRKOFHK1JJ5QK142/P1010328.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154986910-LLBIXPB29DQXW946PQFR/P1010367_2.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154987659-S52AH0T37FQU7LNU4YJD/P1010400.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154992381-X14B6PLECJFW9JN58VIA/P1010418.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154993787-HZ7RWGZKQL81931IBW5F/P1010492.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154996239-YLA11UGUY07ECQLS3XAX/P1010553.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444154999625-7XV0NLXUG4ESWGWPEFJQ/P1010565.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444155003099-K53YXGTFSGKNOVS07RLX/P1010566.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444155002597-BXOC4HF3XC64JEIQZP17/P1010590.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444155003787-OHOJV16T2M0BS50Q9C7U/P1010594.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444155221416-O0NLAR0OKXQE2JBXLH0T/P1010621.JPG Borneo (Esquire) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1444217408899-YI8PGM2VCGLZDUPE42BO/image-asset.png Borneo (Esquire) https://octopusmessiah.com/life-story daily 0.75 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1523217049274-K0M0VLPML0T3Q7FPDYRY/P1100755.jpg Life Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522772698431-BK79QJG0516M6YYBJY8V/P1100783.jpg Life Story - ... who clearly didn't know how to dress himself so he let his mother do it for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522773204462-EO7RNVBI9IC8QQW4YL24/P1100620.jpg Life Story - While all the other animals learned to surf or had girlfriends he stared into tidepools and aquariums. He even worked in a shop and kept a few octopuses himself. Not octopi, mind. Can't mix Greek and Latin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522774549385-FPI7I065KJOT95DHXVKW/badcrowdocto.jpg Life Story - While getting his degree in marine biology from UC Santa Cruz, the octopus fell in with a bad crowd of journalists, helped to found The Fish Rap Live student newspaper (still going!) and decided to become a writer. Dress sense remained a major problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522775029506-ED7H34STFI9CZ0HQVKXO/mckennaintroocto.jpg Life Story - While (allegedly) growing weed for a Hollywood A-lister to support his writing habit the octopus was introduced to the works of Terence McKenna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522775379189-4DF9301MVIPNKHNQF8N9/terencesigning.jpg Life Story - The octopus even spent a weekend with the man himself at the Esalen institute where Terence was the scholar in residence. This cost the octopus an arm and a half and even still he had to chop onions and sleep on the floor of the conference room. The octopus was teaching marine science to middle-schoolers at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522780824711-S8QRDA6RVMUV8G11PCD1/frontcover.jpg Life Story - What happened next became a book! (what happened next was the octopus smoked DMT, quit his job, chased a childhood dream to Egypt, hippified in India and washed-up in London where he performed spoken word for a year until what happened next became a book) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522782432909-G6D77LJRM3J0BZU4VJTR/paradigmocto.jpg Life Story - As a spoken word artist, the octopus took himself very seriously. Dress sense continued to be an issue only now with white-man dreads. (Pete Doherty insisted on running around a whole block so he could be behind bars for this photo. True story.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522781698159-Z9HVTU4PGUJMVD98HUDD/backcover.jpg Life Story - But the octopus won many slams, headlined shows and TPOM got some good reviews (despite it needing loads more work the octopus says now with 20/20 hindsight as he releases the 20th anniversary edition for its second coming in this, the Kaliyuga, the last of four great Hindu ages when "even the prophets cannot be heard above the fray"). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522785940280-KXX5OXTMVJM3LUHTOYY8/octoblazed.jpg Life Story - After two print runs the octopus' publishers sent him to promote it in the States where an embezzlement bankruptcy by their distributors meant the books never went to bookstores, media or many of his shows. Never saw America, really. The octopus had flamed out. :-( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522786439263-KVVRTGJANMC6KB6550MV/scan_121020165020_1_2.jpg Life Story - He ended up in Denver, servicing aquariums and feeling very sorry for himself. This was before Colorado legalized weed even. Such terrible luck the octopus was having! On the plus side he was clearly dressing better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522788114695-GNYQSECIAZ4LU841WF43/scan_121020163547_1.jpg Life Story - Then something wonderful happened! A slinky, tattooed, Englishwoman dropped a signed copy of TPOM off a canoe in Thailand and had to replace it for a mutual friend. She contacted the octopus via his website and, after an 18-month e-mail correspondence, no photos, no voice, long story short, they were accidentally married by a Sakalava crocodile shaman in Morondava, Madagascar in 2004 and legally so in California by two guys the octopus met way back at McKenna's fateful conference: Moorlock, who accompanied the octopus to Cairo as characterized/slandered in TPOM and the late, great Greg Junell who was just... an amazing human being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522833474987-YK0U0PVEAD3C20U0NTDN/mercuryinretrograde.jpg Life Story - Then something terrible happened. On the eve of a summer run of one-man-shows in San Francisco, the octopus had a psychotic break. He had been awake for three days trying to get from the antipodean points of Tulear, Madagascar to Oakland, CA while taking mefloquin to protect against malaria. Naked, hearing voices and covered in his own blood, he had his first-ever fistfight — in the street, against the Oakland PD — and was briefly institutionalized. He never even saw the theater and has been taking psychiatric medication ever since. (He is also very, very sorry for any harm/inconvenience he may have caused). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1556623665706-3DQQLSUC2LJEOIARTC6R/OCTOPUS_ST2_Ebook_2560x1600_300dpi.png Life Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1556623754728-WHBFQKIDZXGFNE5BHXHJ/Screen+Shot+2019-04-26+at+2.28.13+PM.png Life Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1522788270515-Z083D6GC13JBI3D3294K/sock+game.jpg Life Story - Happily, after 51 years on earth, the octopus’ dress sense is finally on point! 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Click the image for more information and read on for a free Byte-sized copy. Also on this page: creating an audiobook made easy. Well, easier… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557321235008-44QDNEKX23I7ZMLBDVYM/IMG_3040.jpeg Byte Promo - Greetings, everyone! Ian here — that bald Californian with the sideburns lurking at the back of most Byte The Book events. I’ve learned quite a bit from Byte and made some amazing contacts and friends to boot. Recently I composed, (had) produced and launched my first audiobook, The Octopus Speaks! and thought I’d share the experience. I’m also offering 8 (spot the theme) free copies of the book to Byte The Book members. For your chance of redemption (of a promo code, anyway) please hit the contact button above-right and put “Byte” in the subject line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557227078447-Q52A3Y6BNLAATYLCKIDN/OctopusCardFront2+copy.jpeg Byte Promo - Very briefly: Back in my spoken word/performance poetry days I was sponsored for a one-man-show in San Francisco. The show was sadly cancelled due to my suffering a psychotic break the night before (in large part thanks to the anti-malarial drug mefloquin I’d been taking in Madagascar). The show was 90 minutes long and had never seen the internet. This past March I decided to put it out , but wasn’t sure what form would provide the best experience for the listener, and give me a fighting chance to turn a profit besides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557322636052-PE4COJJ2QQJ0OBH1E1PE/htmlocto+copy.jpeg Byte Promo - First things first: In order to put an audiobook up for sale on Audible, the same title must be available on Kindle. Since my experience with self-(re) publishing a novel through KDP was relatively easy, and moderately successful (several hundred in sales plus the title is forever back in print), I got to work. This meant I had to type and format my spoken word routines, write a preface and a couple intros. Even though I was familiar with the process it was still a bit of a headache. Because I wanted people to listen to the book rather than read it, I described the Kindle and paperback versions on their Amazon product page as scripts. (I did a paperback version because, well, as long as you have the noose around your neck you may as well jump off the horse) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557233588912-4958U8VNTMQZF30N8G8J/Octopus+Speaks+Cover+Rockwell+Font.jpeg Byte Promo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557233628732-K8J5QJSKJLRQ6NGVD85J/OCTOPUS_ST2_Ebook_2560x1600-01_72dpi.png Byte Promo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557233698655-OSYI2BE81V2NG5QAR870/OCTOPUSEDIGIGTALCOVER.png Byte Promo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1557226537491-X2GAN5FWUEUDJ0K9L45H/octosong.jpg Byte Promo - …I felt pretty confident I could record the thing myself. To that end I filled the closet with bolsters off the couch (to baffle sound) plugged a USB microphone into my laptop, fired up Garage Band and off I went. According to ACX guidelines, each “chapter” must be uploaded as a separate file. Once I had a few pieces recorded I sent them to ACX to make sure I was on the right track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558540982689-EG40WG3ILFL6WNKQIB83/octagonofreciprocity.jpg Byte Promo - At Byte’s (clearly not a)… …Circle of Reciprocity, I stuck a post-it note to the wall reading, “I need help producing and marketing an audiobook.” Soon I was talking to an audiobook producer who works with all the major publishers. He told me even his productions sometimes got flagged over Audible’s exacting technical requirements. He also told me that his studio charged around £450/hour, which included an engineer, proper formatting and a finished product. He also said a good narrator will take twice the amount of time it takes to record a book as it does to listen to one. Even though my book would only end up being 90 minutes, this would decimate my budget. Was there a friends and family discount?, I wondered. (*Full disclosure: this photo is from 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558554191373-OC6QCD3MXU716W7T46VM/sam.JPG Byte Promo - Meet Sam. Sam “constructs beats” for a living. I told Sam that ACX had advised me against me using sound effects (as they often led to bad reviews for sound quality) but that I wanted — needed! — to have actual bells and whistles. As well as a campfire, breaking waves, two distinct instances of flatulence (one squeaky, one profound), a ticking clock, a slot machine, a pig squeal… Sam’s reply at left. Sam put me in tiny, soundproof room with my laptop and a quality mic and let me do my thing. He made sure my shouting voice was of equal volume as my (ooh yeah, baby) sexy voice. If I flubbed a line or wanted to re-record something, Sam very quickly backed up the recording and had me read aloud the sentence prior, over the mistake, and continue along. This was seamless, and something I was incapable of doing in my closet without brushing against the wires. The downside of my ridiculous, theatrical vision was it took seven hours of recording to get my ninety minutes. Even so, I came in well under budget and got to have my sound effects — something I wouldn’t have had time for in the major audiobook studio. Sam recorded my poems as high resolution WAV files which he then converted (“bounced” say the pros) to MP3’s. These I submitted one by one to the ACX website directly from the studio. Though it may sound complicated, this part of the process was very straightforward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558556129834-YV6O6Z1XQXZXUNGB2B3G/The+fabulous+Josephine.JPG Byte Promo - I should also mention the fabulous Josephine The only female voice I can do is an elderly, white, working-class Englishwoman, which my wife says is racist. If there’s one thing I’ve learned at Byte The Book: if you’re not a woman… Josephine Buchan is a singing coach, theater impresario, documentary filmmaker, former TV presenter and a very good friend of mine. Her narrative contribution was brilliant and added a touch of class to the production. One listener even thought she was two different people! If you’re not a confident narrator, I definitely think you should hire one. Josephine’s advice was to keep everyone involved in the production sweet. To that end I brought Sam fresh-baked muffins, made Josephine huevos rancheros for lunch beforehand and am trying to source her some discontinued high-end bath soap (nightmare). After the production was done I waited to see if ACX would accept the audiobook, which they said takes between 10-14 days. I have to say ACX’s customer service was timely and excellent, both on the phone and via e-mail. They told me the most common mistakes people make are to the title/beginning credits which must be exactly the same as your Kindle version, and to the closing credits which must end with “The End”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558599324399-Q8GPX7601US8VKRRDWZ4/octobeer.jpg Byte Promo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558558946094-N3R6VT5L098UE75O37C9/Screen+Shot+2019-05-22+at+10.02.06+PM.png Byte Promo - Audible are very clever with their marketing They are the 800 lb orangutan in the room. In addition to the promo codes they also have a bounty referral program, where if someone uses the personalized URLs they give you (one each for UK, US, FR & DE) to purchase their first audiobook, you earn “up to” $75 if they stay for two billing cycles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1558560598624-C96QKULC6F8G8LQMV82W/Audiobookcover.png Byte Promo - When the going gets tough, the tough go digital! (Quick note regarding audiobook covers: on Audible you have to leave the bottom righthand corner blank so they can slap on an additional graphic if they so choose. If you didn’t know this beforehand, it might mean buying some flowers and heading back upstairs to the neighbors.) https://octopusmessiah.com/obit4ira daily 0.75 2021-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609237625500-00RC0DPVRF93SKSXGDNE/scan_12102016248_1.jpeg Ira J. 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Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609238186693-OL15PKGIMII5WFM3HJPB/IMG_2859.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609236839268-HAG7BTE0EY24O8X1381K/P1070636.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609236832051-U5P2GFZN04NZBHZUAL33/P1070674.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609237109475-V2UQTDP5LKRALSC1V6AC/P1070567.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609236841908-PCFM6K5WIK1COLR8Q1QZ/P1070582.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609236831112-VNV03BFA5JEG1K1SUFOR/IMG_4556.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1609236834089-Q3VX30WT2B293WQRCWAA/P1100183.jpeg Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465935508-W2IK69Q3WS4B4QMH202F/IMG_0480.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP This summer Ira J. Winn, aka Pops, came to visit us in East London. Did Cat and I need to hit the pub at 9am? You bet we did! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465936727-Q5M1RXDPZ23PD17XAYYS/IMG_0489.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops got to see our flat for the first time since we moved there 3 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465937225-O5P9H4GUFCDZOQHJKRH5/IMG_0490.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP And check out Cat's garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465938696-TWF5O55II7M4U9N5LXYW/IMG_0491.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP And get annoyed by my taking pictures. "You'll thank me one day," I told him. "But not today." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465940385-ULOM7W378TQF7LHZ0RE6/IMG_0503.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP The jet lag flying east from CA is crippling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465942565-ZXDAHXTRUJW3MLQ9XBS5/IMG_0442.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Honored to cook Pops his first meal in London. Chicken au fine herbs from the garden, plain rice and a hearty salad. Pops verdict? He liked the blue cheese. Ah, well, next time... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465944702-8QTUD8YI2IZCQJSEP9HN/IMG_0441.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP We walked the canals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465945032-1IMC94VO6MWF7RIG4SFH/IMG_0465.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP walked swiftly past the street art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465947252-98EUVQVJPODNIZVXNDUY/IMG_0467.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP agreed with some of it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465946525-YRJR6PXRMKQBUAXKN2JJ/IMG_0437.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP and went to our favorite (Crate) brewery. If you're worried that Pops was drinking a pint of stout fret not: The beer is only hiding his orange juice! Weighty matters were discussed. And pizza was consumed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465947818-AFYQEGBRHH4930W77OYC/IMG_0433.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Are you going to drink that, Olive wondered. And if not, is it full of ham? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465949521-7KB4P3ZDZZ60DBHAL2GY/IMG_0474.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Colombia road flower market! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465949383-6A8GFEIK2ZAHNYLATHH0/IMG_0475.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP Cat's been on crutches since May with her broken hip. Hopefully comes off them early next month or gets a hip replacement. Luckily, Pops was able to keep up with her! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465951918-FXHN7TB4UXYNJC3XB0JN/IMG_0476.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops had advice for Cat's garden. Luckily she had none of it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465951106-6W81QB1NUA2JTZ5YGOWA/IMG_0519.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP We bought cucumas, which are the flower of the month in Winn world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465953688-J9HJP7AN9G6IRQOWGYHO/IMG_0484.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops and I planted out the big barrel on Cat's command. Pops had ideas for how to arrange the plants. Again, Cat had none of it. Welcome to my world, old man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465955161-ZD4BSH7X68RSIQKJOOPU/IMG_0492.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP The finished project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465958553-SVT363VJAE13U9PBOLLL/IMG_2700.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops was generous enough to buy us a big, beautiful pot. Naturally I had to see how big it was, to scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465960065-0ZQJL3MRC9KK1RQEK6X4/IMG_2704.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Why is my son such an idiot? Pops wondered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465959834-3A56U5OMZ9W47OYZD1F4/IMG_0486.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops appreciating the aquarium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465961362-RLGEJ2ZPCBB3Y5LTNAEA/IMG_0487.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops appreciating our bohemian decor. Very relaxing apparently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465961868-RNEF6B1SNMYN6Y9CXE9I/IMG_0496.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP This time Cat was the one with the advice. Luckily, Pops was having none of it. Welcome to my world, dah-ling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465962194-QMGBV0J62SM2P758NI8M/IMG_0497.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Brick Lane for a curry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465964851-HAZHBCGRHMXZTVQGI8Q5/IMG_0500.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP There's nothing Pops loves more than a hearty PDA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465965831-AGTMPY4I1ECJHQ7XZCP9/IMG_0502.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Vamping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465966402-B7XNE7OP7IQOPXUFFDF9/IMG_0507.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Fine, I'll feed the little bastards. What a bizarre hobby, eh? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465967349-RE3OSLRF57O6F2RH3ION/IMG_0508.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Are we good here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465969604-B5ZIWK6YKCAL4CJZSMZ6/IMG_2587.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP This is Ms. Thing, a mandarin goby, one of the most beautiful fish on the planet. "What, the black one?" said Pops. I could have killed... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465969610-TGGIKX0WGFHIZCR8P69T/IMG_0510.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Let's not forget what this trip was really about, shall we? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465971715-CS3I0C3PTDFISH10Z3V9/IMG_0511.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Queen Mary's university used to be a massive Jewish cemetery until they exhumed and reburied some 5,000 bodies. I take this walk nearly every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465972385-XRYWLOHWA4XEVHZZ9H00/IMG_0513.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Sometimes the living must contemplate the dead. And vice versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465972454-6VU5MUYW8D56PIY67L67/IMG_0457.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Luckily, Pops inherited my good looks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465973662-EIVKBI3O5J69VEZZ3Z26/IMG_0456.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP Frisbee with the Olive dog -- such grace. Such determination. Such agility. And Pops isn't half bad either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465974618-41CDSO29MBC0IJ93FE9Z/IMG_0455.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Fifteen minutes walk from our house is the Fox News "no-go-zone" of Whitechapel, a mostly Bengali neighborhood home to Britain's largest mosque. No go? Yes went! Is Pops more mystified by the woman's garb, or by the strange device she's holding to her ear? Ask him yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465975900-QT1JKMTGHO21RX0U68U8/IMG_0453.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Whitechapel fashion (and my fave of all the pics), from left to right: kid in SF California t-shirt, woman in white hijab, woman in black niqab, dude in suit, dude in mujahideen casual, student proto hipster w/headphones, bespoke collar and leash, floral blouse and birkies, American tourist with luggage tag. A long way from San Luis Obispo, eh Pops? My fave of all the pics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465976039-ZRDBY7TGT1TUXE9AXEL5/IMG_0517.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP So what do you think of Whitechapel, Pops? "It's quite upscale," he said. Um, London's unhealthiest street in the least affluent borough? I guess it's all about perspective!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465978073-810EADOYX9YTRDV44NEF/IMG_0451.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Cat has some excellent advice on how to improve Pops' lot in life, be happier and uncross his arms. Pops isn't so sure. Welcome to my world, cupcake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465980366-8K7D65XNWA3DE7OFD4NX/IMG_2844.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Post Sicily our good friend Bradley brought life to the party and drove us to the Prince Albert Memorial. Brad explained WHO Prince Albert was, I explained WHAT a Prince Albert was. You're welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465981903-4L5GZS7XHEMLJXUVM6K2/IMG_2846.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP A pretty spectacular renovation, it must be said... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465984098-CS2NBWGRJPWI567JWW6H/IMG_2848.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP It's not a TKMaxx but still... impressive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465985293-LF3XPKZQU3RZ84YDI98X/IMG_2859.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465988233-964Y1IYNHDVVHB3J8N0T/IMG_2862.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP "If you could be lionized in gold like this, would you?" Pops asked me. "Hell no, I'm not getting a hole in my c***!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990021-OAE28YPRQFT9306SWFWW/IMG_2863.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP You'll thank me one day, I told them. But not today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990813-VW4M2H0YLVCR0MHY8G1P/FullSizeRender.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP Ira J. Winn in his natural environment. 3 shirts = victory! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465990875-5A4YYXT8JKDH1BRT4BO2/IMG_2866.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Seriously, you're going to take a selfie now? Shmuck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465996335-KLC5F47IIOCE1QWAOQY9/IMG_2868.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Hyde Park sculpture garden. Sadly, not a shoe store... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465992360-GXKOHUWBMLYVF5BWRZ1Z/IMG_2870.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP The Italian fountains for a goodbye hug? Not too shabby! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465994373-E160R9WR6PI5EUESNIHE/IMG_2872.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP Coda to a great visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465998311-DJ6862E5O38EPKYIOY4I/P1090267.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Pops brought us four beach pebbles from his walking trip to Sicily. Which I've put on the one beach pebble Cat and I brought back from our first trip together, also to Sicily. I say pebble, I mean 25 pound catapult stone from a battle fought in 295 BC which I dug out of a hillside, stuffed into our motorscooter and Cat almost got arrested for at the airport for antiquities smuggling until she explained to the Carbinieri it was a healing rock for "soul rescue", demanded to be translated and afterward they bundled her and the cannonball back on the plane to make her go away which is how I fulfilled the "foreign plunder" requirement on my British citizenship application. True story. Mostly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474465998476-0ITITEJERGZ4U6TWXCB2/IMG_0557.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP While Pops was in Sicily, Cat decided what she wanted in the lovely pot Pops gave us. More cucumas, obviously. And yes we're getting a cab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466001674-NO923EQKVFVAD818CLIJ/P1090261.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP I hope this Pops character understood how adorable, wise and talented I am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466002355-SH1GOBA672HTGTZFPUXC/P1090233.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP And so the early autumn garden is prepared for final glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466004861-J3C5ECQ3YBM55971HP98/P1090232.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Gardening on crutches is a skill. Yeah, sure, where do you want it... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466005521-CU3XE1PMWTLZEF12OG3E/P1090245.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP And so Pops' pot is potted out. Cucumas, echinaceas, phlox and something I can't quite remember. Just stuff them all in there, okay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466009538-KQ8S2LDSC5ANI1TW5HQH/P1090243.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP So far, so sweet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466009674-HO3KPQVFZQOO7TSJ4YM3/P1090242.jpg Ira J. Winn RIP Now you see what look she's going for, right? RIGHT? Right! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474466012851-KG9YXPEF9MBNDECAL3MX/P1090255.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Great visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1474573247058-XIWPPX5ESZRE1741JA53/P1090256.JPG Ira J. Winn RIP Om shanti. https://octopusmessiah.com/mckenna-rip-copy daily 0.75 2026-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438241773305-F371WKLF671CJ5JDKUI4/Screen+Shot+2015-07-29+at+4.49.39+PM.png McKenna RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1562320255685-M4USUFXMC4NJA23MHLQ9/terencesigning.jpg McKenna RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1561047101200-IKRZY9LVYQL6MYPDYGOF/Screen+Shot+2019-04-29+at+12.53.05+PM.png McKenna RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1561046989589-BYMENVBMQKYW7RZT6IM4/Screen+Shot+2019-04-29+at+11.50.45+AM.png McKenna RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438186037734-HTZWDLXOZHDS6G3PGIPU/image-asset.jpeg McKenna RIP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/1438185632304-S3YTI6UYRNHY7KZ6A9J2/image-asset.gif McKenna RIP https://octopusmessiah.com/https/remembering-robwarmechoescom/ianhtml daily 0.75 2026-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55a287d2e4b0c589e16d6be1/ac868dd9-00cd-4cd5-bd1e-abf54e963095/F416CF03-9DA0-4D44-9907-22A2C06D5607_1_105_c.jpeg The Indelible Robert Kaye - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.