Oak Creek, WI, May 26.

My great Aunt Helen made me this kitty when I was 3. Then when I was 6, the nurses who assisted on my tonsillectomy sutured his right ear back on (it had fallen halfway off).

The Feeling You're Being Watched

I know that it is really nerdy, but does anyone else think this rock looks like a certain Tatooinian gangster.

Criticism and teh blogz

"The internet is a brave new medium and only a fool would cavil and carp at the magnificent opportunities it affords hitherto repressed masses of people. Certain regressive elements might speak of lost aesthetic standards, of the critic's knowledge and authority, and also of the unpleasant tendency of some to abuse and malign others from behind the mask of anonymity. But such is the price of progress, comrades."

Lee Siegel at the Guardian writing about criticism and blogging. I should say writing about actual criticism, not the "u r teh suk" kind that is rampant in message boards, although there's some of that too.

Mah's apartment, Milwaukee, WI

mom and a thai statue

I don't think this is an amazing picture, but I do think it's pretty funny.

Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008

The New York Times has a nice obituary.

Fox Light Antique Mall, Milwaukee

Walker's Point Antique Mall, Milwaukee

The sky is a prism

Rainbow, on a clear day, from the volcanoes on the west mesa.

Today, while teaching.


University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Mitchell Hall

Busch Stadium, April 28th, 2008