Passing

One of my favorite artists, Andrew Wyeth has died at age 91. In some ways, I feel like I have known the Wyeth family through their paintings. Generational conversations in a place of timelessness. In their paintings, it feels as if they are living all at the same time. Living in the same musuem, the same room. What beautiful art.

My dog is a prostitute...

"When I look into his eyes, I think he's my dog," Kaori told me. "But when I take him back to the shop, he runs away from me and starts wagging his tail when he sees the next customer. That's when I know he's only a rental dog."

-BBC News

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7818140.stm

 

 

What mythic folly...

A $3m ransom is believed to have been parachuted onto the tanker [GALLO/GETTY]

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/2009110135348285872.html

WE WERE PIRATES IN A MODERN ERA
AND NOW WE'RE LIVING WHERE OUR ANCESTORS BE

WE WERE SWASHBUCKLING THIEVES RUNNING FREE

AND NOW WE'RE MAKING PAPER MACHE' BOATS

OF DOLLAR BILLS AND KELPISH WEEDS

OH WHAT A STORY

OF MYTHIC PIRATE FOLLY

SIX DEAD PIRATES AND THEIR BOOTY

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA