Critical Mass Art Show and January Casualties in Iraq

Next Friday will be the annual Critical Mass Art Show. Today was one of the days that were used to receive art works. It is an unjuried show. That is, anyone who wants to show something will be given a forum and be allowed to show their work. The theme of the show is anti-car or at least pro-bike. I volunteered today to help receive the work that came in. A lot of the work that came in was from people that aren't artists as such, but just people that had something to show. Having said that, while there was some stuff that was pretty amateurish, there was some stuff that was really good. In fact, there was some work that I really like and I may buy it when it goes up. It was pretty fun hanging out waiting for stuff today. One of my friends is the person running the show and a few other friends showed up to help out. In addition to us, their was also some work done making banners for the anti-car show parade and protest outside the actual car show next Saturday.

In Iraq, their were 107 American military killed in January. Information can be found at Iraq Coalition Casualties. Their names are as follows:

January 1: Lcpl. Brian P. Parello, Spc. Jeff LeBrun

January 3: Sgt. Thomas E. Houser

January 4: PFC Curtis L. Wooten III, Spc. Jeremy W. McHalffey, Sp. Joshua S. Marcum, Spc. Jimmy D. .Buie, Pvt. Cory R. Depew, Sgt. Benny J. Washington

January 6: Lcpl. Julio C. Cisneros-Alvares, SFC Kurt J. Comeaux, Sgt. Christopher J. Babin, Spc. Bradley J. Bergeron, Spc. Huey P. L. Fassbender, Spc. Armand L . Frickey, Sgt. Zachariah Scott Davis, PFC Kenneth G. Vonronn, Spc. Warren A. Murphy

January 7: PFC Daniel F. Guastaferro

January 9: Spc. Dwane James McFarlane Jr., Cpl. Joseph E. Fite

January 10: SSgt William F. Manuel, Sgt. Robert Wesley Sweeney III

January 11: Spc. Michael J. Smith

January 13: SFC Brian A. Mack, Lcpl Matthew W. Holloway, Lcpl Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez Velasco, PFC Gunnar D. Becker

January 14: Cpl Paul C. Holter III

January 15: Sgt. Jayton D. Patterson, Sgt. Nathaniel T. Swindell

January 16: Spc. Alain L. Kamolvathin

January 17: PFC George R. Geer, PFC Francis C. Obaji, PFC Jesus Fonseca, SSgt. Thomas E. Vitagliano

January 18: Capt. Christopher J. Sullivan

January 21: Capt. Joe Fenton Lusk II, Sgt. Kyle William Childress

January 22: 1st Lt. Nainoa K. Hoe

January 23: Ssgt Jose C. Rangel

January 24: Spc. Viktar V. Yolkin, Ssgt. Joseph W. Stevens, PFC Jose A. Leon-Perez, Sgt. Leonard W. Adams, Sgt. Javier Marin Jr., Sgt. Michael C. Carlson, Sgt. Brett D. Swank

January 26: Sgt. Jesse W. Strong, Sgt. William S. Kinzer Jr., Lcpl Karl R. Linn, Cpl. Christopher L. Weaver, Lcpl Tony L. Hernandez, Cpl. Sean P. Kelly, Sgt. Michael W. Finke Jr., Lcpl. Gael Saintvil, Lcpl. Rhonald Dain Rairdan, Cpl. Jonathan W. Bowling, Lcpl. Hector Ramos, Cpl. James Lee Moore, Cpl. Richard A. Gilbert Jr., Ssgt Brian D. Bland, Cpl. Kyle J. Grimes, 1st Lt. Dustin M. Shumney, Lcpl Brian C. Hopper, Lcpl. Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr., Lcpl. Allan Klein, PO3 John Daniel House, Cpl. Timothy M. Gibson, Lcpl. Mourad Ragimov, Lcpl. Darrell J. Schumann, 1st Lt. Travis J. Fuller, Lcpl. Michael L. Starr Jr., Cpl. Stephen P. Johnson, Lcpl. Fred L. Maciel, Capt. Lyle L. Gordon, Ssgt. Dexter S. Kimble, Lcpl. Jonathan Edward Etterling, Spc. Taylor J. Burk, Cpl. Matthew R. Smith, Cpl. Nathaniel K. Moore, Lcpl. Joseph B. Spence, Cpl. Nathan A. Shubert, Cpl. Timothy A. Knight, Cpl. Paul C. Alaniz

January 27: PFC Kevin M. Luna, Cpl. Jonathan S. Beatty

January 28: PFC Stephen A. Castellano, SSgt. Joseph E. Rodriguez, Spc. Lyle W. Rymer II, Ssgt Jonathan Ray Reed, Spc. Michael S. Evans II, Capt. Orlando A. Bonilla, Sgt. Andrew K. Farrar Jr., Spc. Christopher J. Ramsey, CWO Charles S. Jones, SFC Mickey E. Zaun

January 29: Lt. Com. Edward E. Jack, Sgt. Lindsey T. James, Lt. Com. Keith Edward Taylor, Civ. Barbara Heald

January 30: PFC James H. Miller IV, Lcpl. Nazario Serrano

January 31: SFC Mark C. Warren, Lcpl. Harry R. Swain IV, Lcpl. Jason C. Redifer, Cpl. Christopher E. Zimny

Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Music: Example One - Flux Information Sciences
Iraq: February - 9
Total - 1449