http://focalmatter.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:45:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/tha-police/ http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/tha-police/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:09:53 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=2099 http://focalmatter.com/2012/01/tha-police/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2011/08/only-happy-when-it-rains/ http://focalmatter.com/2011/08/only-happy-when-it-rains/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:51:15 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=1983 http://focalmatter.com/2011/08/only-happy-when-it-rains/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2010/10/yawn/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/10/yawn/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:02:09 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=971 http://focalmatter.com/2010/10/yawn/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/bay-to-breakers/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/bay-to-breakers/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 21:21:35 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=808 http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/bay-to-breakers/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/the-streets-of-makati/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/the-streets-of-makati/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 10:17:36 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=797 http://focalmatter.com/2010/05/the-streets-of-makati/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/the-look/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/the-look/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:38:55 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=734 the masa, those below the poverty line—aren't self-conscious about staring. In fact many will continue to do it even after you meet their gaze (which is usually the point where even the most brazen starer will turn away).]]> http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/the-look/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/quiapo/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/quiapo/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:14:47 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=711 http://focalmatter.com/2010/04/quiapo/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/coned/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/coned/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:05:22 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=692 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/coned/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/tandem/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/tandem/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:38:17 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=685 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/tandem/feed/ 4 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/donebrella/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/donebrella/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:01:32 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=675 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/donebrella/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/the-beautiful-people/ http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/the-beautiful-people/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:06:48 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/?p=672 http://focalmatter.com/2010/03/the-beautiful-people/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/12/santas-slayed/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/12/santas-slayed/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:03:45 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=573 http://focalmatter.com/2009/12/santas-slayed/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/sushi/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/sushi/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:20:50 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=456 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/sushi/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/clown/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/clown/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:30:56 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=418 http://focalmatter.com/2009/11/clown/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/twenty-eight/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/twenty-eight/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:32:24 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=415 Entry to come. It’s too damn late and I’m too damn tired to think.]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/twenty-eight/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/silly-puppets/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/silly-puppets/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:11:30 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=412 http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/silly-puppets/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/train-in-vain/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/train-in-vain/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:05:17 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=387 I’ve always found it interesting how people (myself included) tend to have this compulsion, when waiting on a train, to lean out over the tracks and look down the tunnel to see if the train’s coming. It isn’t limited to just trains, of course, but for some reason it seems more pointless. A train isn’t [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/10/train-in-vain/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/efficiency/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/efficiency/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:23:24 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=382 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/efficiency/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/avant-garde/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/avant-garde/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:43:38 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=376 There is an old Calvin & Hobbes strip whose punchline reads “The problem with being avant garde is knowing who’s putting on who.” I came across this little gem the other day while crossing Spring in SoHo the other day. A little bit of internet research later and I discovered that this was by far [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/avant-garde/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/silk/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/silk/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:11:44 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=373 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/silk/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/squarespace/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/squarespace/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:36:58 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=369 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/squarespace/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/penitent/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/penitent/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:23:45 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=366 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/penitent/feed/ 1 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/never-forget/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/never-forget/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:37:08 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=363 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/never-forget/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/halal/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/halal/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:51:15 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blog/?p=355 http://focalmatter.com/2009/09/halal/feed/ 0 http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/meier-and-frank-co/ http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/meier-and-frank-co/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:46:27 +0000 mike http://focalmatter.com/blah/?p=314 Taken in downtown Portland. The building was boarded up and I toyed with the idea of slipping in to take some more shots but when I got to the door I noticed a buzzer and for some reason got the impression that the building was still in use (despite looking abandoned). A little Googling later [...]]]> http://focalmatter.com/2009/06/meier-and-frank-co/feed/ 0