Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Abu L Ghraib
Abu L Ghraib Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Does anyone else get an odd, uncomfortable frisson of recognition when you see this new promotional photo from Showtime’s "The L Word"?Does it remind you of this at all?
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Traffic
I’m interested in traffic. It is a great mystery to me. The description of current road conditions and– more importantly– how those conditions affect those who wish to travel at any given time– is a profoundly inexact science that seems to be way behind the curve when it comes to using available technology & techniques.…
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The Problem With Limbaugh
Drudge is making hay about Saturday Night Live’s skit about a puking, drug-addicted Rush Limbaugh. A few things for context:
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Economics is the Crucible
Diplomacy is not where it’s at when it comes to how nations interact. Everything is economics. More evidence here at the NYT, where a Houston bankruptcy judge affected the nefarious works of the Russian government. Everything is economics. Note the downturned heads of the bidders, the copious water and the goofball complexion.
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New: Annotations in the NYT
It seems the New York Times has gotten on the Annotated Bibiliography Bandwagon. Today was the first time I saw an obituary with extensive links in the body of the obit. In this case, Larry Buchanan Dies at 81; B-Movie ‘Schlockmeister’, they are self-linking to their entries on the movies of Larry Buchanan. Not a…