One Year Blogiversary: An Exercise in Neglect

Today marks one year since I started this blog. I have decided that if I ever want to get this thing off the ground I will have to do one of two things:

Write more, or, hire Vladimir Putin's publicist.

In the spirit of celebration, I post for you a retrospective of the finest Putin setup shots, starting with yesterday's "discovery" of Grecian urns. Please enjoy.

"Ugly" And Other Things You Can't Say In Ten Years

Notoriously ugly painter, Odd Nerdrum, in one of his many ugly self portraits, in his breathtakingly ugly figurative style.
(Note: my favorite self portrait of Mr. Nerdrum is not even safe for thinking about at work.)

Last week, the fine people at New York Magazine brought a critical issue to the forefront. Surprisingly, it had nothing to do with the sexual habits of Sarah Palin's children, nor even the last outfit Michelle Obama wore to that function that made her simultaneously down-to-earth and glamorous. No, it was the heretofore unseen sufferings of... The Homely: