Wes Phillips

Joan C. Gratz's seven minute animated, um, trip through art&mdash;from <I>La Gioconda</I> to Chuck Close. It's 2D claymation from 1992, but it was new to me.

<blockquote><i>I put this one in so you could hear some of the Cash Brothers in action. It came up in the comments to an earlier blog entry, and was a big reason for wanting to send you this disc. Note: the pop in the beginning is on the CD; maybe something in the master.</i></blockquote>

I tend not to link to the <I>NYT</I> because I think their paid-portal policy on their name pundits is dumb&mdash;essentially removing them from the public discourse. Then again, considering what many of those "names" write, they may have done the public a favor there.

Dragonflies migrate. Who knew?

God help me, I knew all four of the factoids that open the article.

Professional photographer Teenie Harris photographed Pittsburgh comprehensively&mdash;particularly focusing on African-American life for his employer <I>The Pittsburgh Courier</I>. This archive is 1400 pictures strong and more will be added every week until all 3600 are up.

Han van Meegeren faced a quandary: To prove his innocence and escape the death penalty, he'd have to confess to crimes that had netted him $60 million.