Heather Havrilesky of Salon is a gifted writer, indeed. She opens a recent article by discussing the delighted innocence of her baby girl, "my own happy tadpole, who just arrived on this overheated blue sphere four months ago, gazes at the branches of trees and feels the cold noses of…
I'm such a sucker for a whimsical set of tragic photos.
You can see many well-done microscopic images taken by the blogger who runs (what else would you call it?) Micro Images Blog. The author indicates that he has taken most of these images himself. It all makes for a thought-provoking micro-distraction.
I haven't been posting much lately--deadlines on other things, etc.--but I'm working on a couple of fairly thorny ones. In the meantime, since it IS Super Bowl Sunday, I thought I might suggest a review of an older post of mine on the subject. Link is here: http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=402 I haven't…
Never try to do such a foolish thing. It could never work. It just makes things worse. War is a chainsaw. Reconstituting social structures is akin to brain surgery. So here's a question: In what major city were the following photos taken? (These photos were sent to me by an American friend who once lived…