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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 28/09/2026

South of Crystal Pier. Hurricanes to the south causing some interesting swell in the water. Newsletter for tomorrow is set. I've been updating pages on my site. More to do this week. Was submitted for an interesting role Friday. High hopes. Here comes the week. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Panorama of the beach with the Pacific Beach boardwalk to one side and Crystal Pier and cottages and a small garden to the other. The sand is mostly clear with scattered folks on it. Sky overcast, waves breaking.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 09/09/2026

View at D-Street in Encinitas today was sublime. #SanDiego #Panorama

panorama from the stairs several flights up looking down at mostly clear beach and clear blue sky and ocean with some breaking waves; lifeguard tower visible

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 08/09/2026

Saturday by Crystal Pier in #SanDiego. The current was strong, the waves messy. I think Orange County and North County got more of the swell, but I had fun anyway. #Panorama

panorama with a shiny blue sky with wispy clouds, breaking surf, the pier on the left and the beach, mostly clear, on the left

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 29/05/2026

Name your fav non-DC or Marvel comic book movie.

Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar in American Splendor (working his job in the files at the VA).

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 22/04/2026

Session at OB ending a bit shy of sunset. As I was changing to leave more folks were coming to view sunset, phones up, appreciating the loveliness of California. #SanDiego #Beach #Sunset

Brilliant edge of a sunset at the horizon below dark clouds above and breaking waves in the distance. In the foreground are showers and cars, rimmed with light from the sunset.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 23/03/2026

If you need an excuse to do something distracting, draw a M.O.D.O.K. and submit it to the #MarchMODOKMadness blog. This is my second this month. artlung.com/blog/2026/03... #drawing

The bizarre giant headed weird sad and angry cyborg creature with tiny limbs hovering in an abstract graph paper field. He has a pale yellow palette and weird purple eyelids.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 07/03/2026

A bit of new swell came in and I had a great time bodysurfing this morning at Ocean Beach. #SanDiego #Beach #panorama

Panorama from the Ocean Beach pier to the jetties; the sky is clear blue, and a handful of people and dogs on the sand as waves break. Main lifeguard tower is visible on one side, and in the distance portable tower 2 is visible.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 06/03/2026

I had a good time at Pacific Beach today. A truly lovely day. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Panorama of Pacific Beach with a few folks on the beach, Crystal Pier is prominent and shown in full, under a sunny sky

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 25/02/2026

Quote your art with glasses on 😎

Illustration of Jake and Elwood Blues, the “Blues Brothers” with a caption “Well I hate billionaire Nazis”

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 29/12/2025

And the #SanDiego River looking East toward the prior photo. Temperature coming up slightly: still plenty chilly. The ducks were at this end of this section of the river between the roadways that tend to flood and strand vehicles when we get heavier rain.

A trolley overpass over the river, blue sky, rocks, trees and brush in the foreground

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 29/12/2025

San Diego River glassy this morning. 44°F air temperature. Eastbound trolley traveling above reflected in it.

Clear blue sky looking West down the river, a trolley on the overpass, the water is calm.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 03/12/2025

I was out in the water while they were putting up and decorating the Christmas tree in funky Ocean Beach ( #SanDiego ) and as usual it leans a bit; in the bg, waves crash into the (retired, long story) pier. Thanks Ocean Beach Community Foundation for arboreal joy! #Beach #ChristmasTree

30-foot pine tree on the beach with a cherry picker cage nearby with people adding Christmas decorations. In the background is the pier and large breaking waves under a clear blue sky. There are scattered decorations on a concrete wall.

Wide shot of the Christmas tree with a cherry picker visible with two people decorating the tree in it. A few onlookers visible, and the works is surrounded by yellow tape. In the background is the OB pier and breaking waves. And a thin palm tree trunk is in front of the Christmas tree mid-image.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 07/11/2025

Reminds me a bit of year 2000 WebTV. Also: neat effect!

Screenshot of website with yellow focus rectangle that moved from link to link. From a WebTV simulator.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 23/08/2025

Ocean Beach. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama yesterday. Spent time in small waves before visiting hospital. We are not guaranteed anything in our lives. But life's worth fighting for. Don't let anyone dispirit you because life & world are cruel/absurd/hard. Improve the world. Live. For you. For others.

panorama of a cloudy morning at the beach from the pier at one side to jetties on the other. beach mostly empty with a surf school setting up. orange cone is visible in foreground for the lifeguard equipment

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 21/08/2025

She coulda been a mechanic.

Winona Ryder in Night On Earth, in sunglasses, driving a cab. She's blowing a bubblegum bubble. She's awesome.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 04/08/2025

Ocean Beach, #SanDiego this morning. Overcast start to the day and some bouncy rideable waves for me today. Here’s to a good week. #Beach #Panorama

Beach panorama looking onto the beach. Sky overcast. The beach is mostly empty, a few people on the beach, the end of the accessibility ramp is visible. Palm trees, jetties, and the pier are visible in the distance.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 26/07/2025

I get to have lunch with Princess Donut from Dungeon Crawler Carl. #cosplay #SDCC

Woman dressed as cat with a tiara holding her phone and also me, man in glasses with tall sails roof in the distance

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 24/07/2025

“Smokey, you’re entering a world of pain.” #SDCC

Me dressed as Walter Sobchak, from big Lebowski

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 13/07/2025

Full support for my shenanigans from my sweetie last night. Glad we came up. Had a great time.

Me and my girlfriend with my artworks from my art page behind us.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 06/07/2025

Blog comments “like taking a number at a grocery store deli counter” (thanks @mat.tl) #comic #blogging

Cartoon with a sign: “now serving 33” with a piece of paper signage saying “blog comment time” and a hand holds a ticket saying “your number 52”

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 25/06/2025

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 12/06/2025

OB yesterday included some nice waves and good company in the water. Overcast. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Panorama of beach looking at the sea with breaking waves, few people, a lifeguard setting up cones, in the distances are buildings and palm trees and a lifeguard truck

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 05/06/2025

Just did mine. Different dog. No selfie tho. Godspeed.

Corgi in lavender harness at the mall, resting.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 05/06/2025

“Aww, your dog is so cute, sir.” (said to me by a teen (one of a duo wearing pajamas) walking opposite us in the empty mall)

Medium shot of corgi dog sitting watching the empty mall. Dog is in a harness and smiling.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 05/06/2025

I went to the beach before the EU/London IndieWeb Zoom. Waves were tremendous fun. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Overcast panorama looking at the breaking waves, few people on the beach: a tent with surf class students getting set up; the main lifeguard is visible

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 03/06/2025

I took this photo out in the surf between rides at San Diego’s Ocean Beach on Sunday. I like how alien it looks. Humans might often screw each other over but planet earth is incredibly beautiful. It, and everyone on it—is worth treasuring. #Beach #SanDiego #sunset

A partly cloudy sky with brilliantly hued light above whorls in the water reflecting back the sky

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 26/05/2025

From Friday: Ocean Beach by the pier. A beautiful day. #Panorama #Beach #SanDiego

Panorama of the beach from in front of the main lifeguard tower. Mostly empty beach, breaking waves, partly cloudy skies, pier visible in distance

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 21/05/2025

Summer continues its march toward us. Warming up still. Yesterday at Ocean Beach was pretty fun. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Beach panorama with the sun high in a clear sky, with people scattered on the beach sitting and walking. At either end are the OB pier and jetties. Bathers and surfers are in the breaking waves.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 20/05/2025

@dead.garden I gave up on Beeper - not because it was bad, but Instagram was (as per usual) a jerk. It marked my usage of Beeper as automated or otherwise unnatural to the IG system. But thanks so much for the suggestion! It was worth a try!

Email from Beeper: "Your chat networks have been deleted from Beeper due to inactivity. If you wish to continue using Beeper, please reconfigure them using your Desktop or Android app."

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 15/05/2025

I appreciate this brief window where I have a top 3 solution. It won't last but nice to see! :-) #CSSBattle #CSS

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 11/05/2025

Crawfish in the guest parking garage Sunday morning indicates someone’s boil was short one crayfish Saturday night.

Crawfish, inert lying upside down on concrete

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 06/05/2025

PB by the pier yesterday. Waves inconsistent but fun always. Overcast, threatened not quite drizzle. Look close and you can see a shirtless saxophone player warming up to play. Sounded like a dying goose before it sounded smooth and sexy. Charmed life I lead, frankly. #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Panorama from the pier to the big stairway, cloudy skies and breaking surf, lots of seaweed on the shore, and a saxophonist, shirtless, sitting with a saxophone on the lookout at the top of the stairs.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 03/05/2025

The average person has three friends.

Jasper, Miriam, and Theo from Children of Men

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 26/04/2025

Got back to the water today and it was restorative. Maybe more this weekend. But there’ll be rain, too. Ocean Beach was choppy but fun. Monday back to the fight. #beach #SanDiego #Panorama

Panorama from the pier to the jetties with a handful of people on the beach enjoying the mostly cloudy fish belly sky. Waves break in the distance. The small lifeguard tower has a lifeguard in it.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 14/04/2025

South of Crystal Pier in PB this morning. Overcast. Some fun swell. Bunch of folks on the beach. Happy to get out there again. #SanDiego #Panorama #Beach

Overcast, a few people on the beach, the pier and its bungalows are visible at one end and the main lifeguard tower at the other. Waves break in the distance.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 13/04/2025

I couldn’t agree more.

Bongo dreams of “Bongo’s Dream House” in the comic Life In Hell, late 1980s.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 04/04/2025

Yes. Quote via The Reader, from Cindy Lee Berryhill. www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/se...

Cindy Lee Berryhill, singer/songwriter: “I have a theory, actually, about this town. You see, it’s a city that wants you to be normal. So you either toe the line or you go way off the charts; and so there are a list or geniuses, wackos, and visionaries that have come from this place. A short list would look like this: Tom Waits, Mojo Nixon, Dane Conover (the Trees), Diamanda Galas, Frank Zappa, Harry Partch, the Zeros, El Vez, Country Dick Montana, Shepard Fairey, Gary Heffern and the Penetrators, elusively grounded folksinger Tom Brousseau, and the list goes on...”

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 29/03/2025

I saw this Batman/Star Wars (Mandalorian) cosplay on the street outside #Wondercon in #Anaheim — it brought to mind @danmembiela.bsky.social character The Mynock

A mandalorian in full armor, blue. With bat ears. Outside CVS.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 17/03/2025

right back atcha brother!

FreshRSS Screenshot adding Ccollins.org RSS Feed

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 06/03/2025

Another round of rain was headed this way when I went out. Caught a few fun ones anyway. Cold out there again. Some days it’s Spring. Some days it’s Winter. #SanDiego #Beach #panorama

Overcast beach, with a single adult and kid digging in the sand, waves and surfers visible in the distance, the pier and jetties further distant. One lifeguard jetski on the beach.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 02/03/2025

Before I went in at the Cove today the critters were sizing me up. “Who the hell do you think you are?” And like I always have since I was 3 years old I said “I’m Joe.”

Looking northeast out of the Cove and 5 sea lion heads are looking at the camera. La Jolla Shores is in the distance. Partly cloudy skies.

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 25/02/2025

Yesterday it felt like Summer at OB. Parking hassles, plenty of people on the beach. This morning it was more like winter. What’ll it be tomorrow? #SanDiego #Beach #Panorama

Clear skies, sun, lots of beachgoers taking in the sun and surfers

Overcast, a handful of people on the beach, lots of flotsam in the water

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Joe Crawford @artlung.com · 20/02/2025

My family is experiencing snow on the east coast while here in #SanDiego the skies have been clear for the last few days. #Beach #Panorama

Clear skies and a view of the beach from the pier to the jetties with a few surfers out, surfers walking, and a handful of people sitting on the beach.

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