Category Archives: Uncategorized
“You’re Looking at Him!”
“Lines of the Sublime”
We went to the AIC (Art Institute of Chicago) the other day and saw a nice exhibit called “Abstraction at Midcentury” where I was quite taken by this pen-and-ink drawing by the German-Venezuelan artist Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt) from 1968. Due to her Jewish ancestry, she was forced to leave Germany in 1935 during the oppressiveContinue reading ““Lines of the Sublime””
“Patella Pangea”
I was once asked to pinch-hit as Best Man in a wedding (I’m proud to say that I’ve had this high honor four times). As odd as it sounds, there is a logic. You see, it was the second nupitals for my friend/colleague, Brian, and he thought it bad luck to replicate his original weddingContinue reading ““Patella Pangea””
“Debasing the Debased”
“Big Gulp of STUPID!”
“Alternative Facts of Political Hacks”
“Leavitt the Liar Takes Her Leave”
Richard III, Duke of Gloucester, from Shakepeare’s Henry VI, Part III (Act III, Scene 2): “Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile,And cry ‘Content’ to that which grieves my heart,And wet my cheeks with artificial tears,And frame my face to all occasions.I’ll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;I’ll slay more gazers thanContinue reading ““Leavitt the Liar Takes Her Leave””
