terribilità

AND THIS

2012-06-02T01:35:00.000-04:00

Johan Santana threw a no-hitter last night. The first in the Mets' 50-year history. It was -- words fail.

THIS

2012-06-01T23:37:00.001-04:00

May Day 2012

2012-04-29T21:52:00.000-04:00

Poster from Occuprint and Bootz of Pennsylvania

Really?!

2012-03-23T18:56:00.000-04:00

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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Trayvon Martin

2012-03-20T13:39:00.000-04:00

Ok, I know I'm late coming to this, but . . . The man who killed this boy still has not been arrested.

Holi

2012-03-07T14:16:00.000-05:00

A perennial favorite on this blog, the Hindu festival of Holi is tomorrow. It's an unmistakable sign that spring is on the way. I especially love the way it is celebrated in Jaipur, with beautifully and fantastically decorated elephants.

Gary Carter

2012-02-16T18:14:00.000-05:00

Mozart

2012-01-28T00:11:00.000-05:00

Remember Bayard Rustin

2012-01-07T14:42:00.000-05:00

Tragic that this man of tremendous courage was pushed to the back of the bus, so to speak, of the movement. He was a hero of my parents. He was also a fine singer with a beautiful tenor voice, but I can't find a clip of that at the moment.

It's Better with a Union Band

2012-01-04T11:47:00.001-05:00

Behold the awesomeness of the Pulaski High School marching band of Wisconsin, who played this labor anthem on national TV at the Rose Bowl Parade.

January 1, 2012

2012-01-01T08:41:00.001-05:00

49 days to pitchers and catchers. Not that I know WHO I'M ROOTING FOR THIS YEAR.

O that we were there

2011-12-26T04:00:00.000-05:00

Christmas 2011

2011-12-24T11:23:00.001-05:00

Happy Repeal Day

2011-12-05T15:17:00.001-05:00

MORE Beethoven

2011-11-21T13:10:00.001-05:00

More Beethoven

2011-11-02T15:49:00.002-04:00

November is Beethoven Awareness Month

2011-11-01T13:31:00.001-04:00

Not that I need an excuse.

Ohhh, my eyes!

2011-10-23T21:27:00.000-04:00

I am fooling around with the site design (obviously) so you may see some egregious things here in the next few days while I try to get it right. The Cranach girl will probably stay up top there. Of course, there's a good chance I'll just get frustrated and revert to the old design.

This

2011-10-23T13:55:00.000-04:00

Via Alexis Madrigal in The Atlantic Monthly

2011-10-16T20:11:00.000-04:00

Sir Total Awesomeness has been appointed Chancellor of Durham University!

2011-10-16T17:12:00.001-04:00

2011-09-22T17:14:00.001-04:00

2011-09-21T13:03:00.001-04:00

September 19 is Talk Like a Pirate Day

2011-09-19T11:39:00.000-04:00

It's also my brother's birthday, but the hell with that. :P (Happy Birthday, Ed)

2011-09-12T14:18:00.000-04:00

But the attacks were supposed to have made us a better and stronger country, not merely a more sentimental one whose most endearing qualities are a penchant for self-pity and a hunger for revenge. And about the worst thing we can do right now is focus too intensely on an event that, let's be honest now, not only killed 3,000 Americans, but that directly or indirectly inspired a pathology of disastrous and very expensive decisions. Patrick Smith, Slate.com