“After all, apocalypses like the Haitian earthquake are not only catastrophes; they are also opportunities: chances for us to see ourselves, to take responsibility for what we see, to change.…
I’ve been seeing tributes to GSH since the news broke last night, but this one stood out to me for some reason. Here’s a taste. “The fact that drugs took…
This has always seemed like “no crap” idea to me, but still…if you’re writing about heath studies, you should probably find out who’s funding those studies in the process. An…
I’m taking next weekend off to get married. Seth Fischer, who rides herd on this joint some Sundays, is going to fill in for me, for which I am eternally…
Here are your illusions for the year. Hey dudes, there is hella water on the moon yo. Good uses of tubes. Avant-garde books are pretty neat! This makes a lot…
Artist Hally McGehean has been selected for Time Out New York’s list of hot “spring singles.” Now usually we’d never link to a piece like that, but we like this…
On a similar vein as yesterday: touring the abandoned New Orleans Six Flags. Um, have you guys been following this Area 51 stuff? Here are some pictures. East and West…
Everyone loves owls right? Austrian “conceptual devices.” (via Aqua Velvet.) Airplanes-taking-off-photo porn. Michigan Central Station in ruin 360. (via Gerry Canavan.) Bears vs Lions! (Prehistoric shit is GOING DOWN.)
German artist, Daniela Comani, changes the gender on the covers of classic literary works in her current exhibition in an L.A. gallery. Thus The Brothers Karamazov becomes The Sisters Karamazov,…
An article in the Atlantic discusses the Washington Post’s graph that charts undergraduate degrees and their expected income levels. The Post’s graph seems pretty deterministic (or maybe it just reflects…