Month: August 2006

Friendly Dictators

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 the meantime I’ve prepared a… Read more →

In cheese, there is a line.

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 living together in perfect harmony”,… Read more →

Hanging Around The House 10: Master Bedroom

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 much more highly constrained. The… Read more →

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This work by Chris McLaren is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canada.