Archive for August, 2006

Friendly Dictators

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Back in 1989 Bill Sienkiewicz illustrated a deck of cards designed to bring to light some of the sleazier folks that the U.S. government had done deals with. The text on each card was written by Dennis Bernstein and Laura Sydell. I wish there was an updated version covering the last 17 years, but [...]

In cheese, there is a line.

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

I like blue cheese. I love a nice Stilton with deep veins. I have no problem with the concept of cheese where mold is part of the appeal. Hell, ever since I watched that episode of Chef! I’ve had no problem with the idea of unpasteurized cheese. What’s the quote? “Gone off milk and bugs [...]

Hanging Around The House 10: Master Bedroom

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Continuing the series of posts that try to capture the various pieces of art I have hanging around the house. Remember that these posts are made up of quick snapshots–these are hardly professional images, and the upstairs images are worse than the downstairs ones since the angles I could use to take the snapshots are [...]