Impossible Kisses

CLAUDIUS: Now, Hamlet, where’s Polonius? HAMLET: At supper. Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 3 Yeah, I sometimes talk in a roundabout way , too, but ...

CLAUDIUS: Now, Hamlet, where’s Polonius? HAMLET: At supper. Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 3 Yeah, I sometimes talk in a roundabout way , too. In ...

In a curious way, and more than any other single thing, Thiebaud challenges us to be true to the real sources of our happiness, to the way t...

Right now I’m wearing a beard so my blog photo is a little out of date. However, my tentative plan is to shave off my beard next week, so I...

CLAUDIUS: Now, Hamlet, where’s Polonius? HAMLET: At supper. Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 3 Yeah, I sometimes say things in a roundabout way , too...

I don’t know how they’re made now, but years back a kaleidoscope was made with mirrors and colored rocks arranged inside a tube. When you ro...

At the Oak Lawn Public Library where homeless people cool down in the summer and warm up in the winter, if you do a computer search of their...

It occurs to me that some people might be wondering why a forty-seven year old guy like me even knows who Alyson Michalka is. It also occurs...

March Archive Monday, March 31, 2008 -- My Alyson Michalka / Giant Clown Hammer Fantasy Friday, March 28, 2008 -- Expeditions (500th post...

This is a little convoluted, but it’s a glimpse into my gray matter and that’s nothing but convolutions. * This is one of my favorite fantas...

It’s always disconcerting, venturing after the creature from the Black Lagoon and encountering Frankenstein’s monster or going out looking f...

Tomorrow’s post is going to be something special for the occasion. Tomorrow’s post will be short. I wrote it yesterday morning. It will be...

Gwen John is one of my favorite artists. She has the three characteristics I admire most in any artist or entertainer: She developed a tech...

First, a note to blogger “ Gideon :” Thank you for your comments. However, if you want me and others to be able to visit your blog, you mu...

The supervillain has a selfish, antisocial mission. The supervillain seeks something—typically wealth or power, but often fame or infamy in ...

The title of this painting by contemporary artists McDermott & McGough is “ My Happiness Is Misery, 1966 .” It is an oil on canvas work...

Today and tomorrow I’m going to post in a very quick, superficial way about the use of pop images in the fine art world. It happened thirty...

A couple of Tuesday’s back I drove north of the river and visited the Museum of Contemporary Art to see the Karen Kilimnik exhibit . It was ...