Things I Love
Jason Kottke is back.
Jason Kottke went on paternity leave when his son Ollie was born. My internet existence was much less satisfying the entire time he was gone. He's quickly made up for his absence. www.kottke.org
Louis-Léopold Boilly.
This painting is at the National Gallery of Art on the mall in DC. Somehow in all my trips to DC I had never been there. I saw a lot of nice things, but this painting really struck my fancy for some reason. I like that it's about illicit dealings at the market, and I also like that even though it is technically 'fine art' that there's a little bit of folk art in there. But most of all I love the color, which is probably hard to see here. I saw another Boilly at Boston's MFA, and that too is just gorgeous. The colors just glow.
This picture by Weegee.
Paul Krugman started a blog.
I love Paul Krugman. I think he's right about everything. He's also our wolf in sheep's clothing--an economist from the left.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
Heather on ANTM.
I have what I would consider an ameteur's interest in autism. (By the way I think Errol Morris's piece on the autistic woman who has helped design more humane slaughterhouses is one of my favorite documentary works of all time.) So it's been interesting to see that combined with my love of America's Next Top Model. Heather is from Indiana, she's gorgeous, she's doing this despite or perhaps because she has Asperger's, all of which makes her one of my all time favorite top model candidates. Alan Sepinwall says it better here: http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-not-easy-being-green.html
Mad Men.
Oh man. This show was made for me. Pink collar work, the feminine mystique, beats, Jews, marriage, fashion in postwar US. My Tivo skipped the hobo episode and I almost wept. It may become my first ever purchase on Itunes.
Images from the National Gallery of Art website, the AMC website, and http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/lovers (c/o kottke). Coming soon: a multi-post series on family.
Jason Kottke went on paternity leave when his son Ollie was born. My internet existence was much less satisfying the entire time he was gone. He's quickly made up for his absence. www.kottke.org
Louis-Léopold Boilly.
This painting is at the National Gallery of Art on the mall in DC. Somehow in all my trips to DC I had never been there. I saw a lot of nice things, but this painting really struck my fancy for some reason. I like that it's about illicit dealings at the market, and I also like that even though it is technically 'fine art' that there's a little bit of folk art in there. But most of all I love the color, which is probably hard to see here. I saw another Boilly at Boston's MFA, and that too is just gorgeous. The colors just glow.
This picture by Weegee.
Paul Krugman started a blog.
I love Paul Krugman. I think he's right about everything. He's also our wolf in sheep's clothing--an economist from the left.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/
Heather on ANTM.
I have what I would consider an ameteur's interest in autism. (By the way I think Errol Morris's piece on the autistic woman who has helped design more humane slaughterhouses is one of my favorite documentary works of all time.) So it's been interesting to see that combined with my love of America's Next Top Model. Heather is from Indiana, she's gorgeous, she's doing this despite or perhaps because she has Asperger's, all of which makes her one of my all time favorite top model candidates. Alan Sepinwall says it better here: http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-not-easy-being-green.html
Mad Men.
Oh man. This show was made for me. Pink collar work, the feminine mystique, beats, Jews, marriage, fashion in postwar US. My Tivo skipped the hobo episode and I almost wept. It may become my first ever purchase on Itunes.
Images from the National Gallery of Art website, the AMC website, and http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/lovers (c/o kottke). Coming soon: a multi-post series on family.
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