Business cards & architecture

Two great tastes that taste great together. These are uber-cool.

Monkey luv

It’s no secret that I adore all things simian. Monkeys, apes, chimps—you name it. If loving primates is wrong then arrest me! Guilty as charged.

That’s why I was so delighted when I found out about this. A holiday created to honor local monkeys with a delicious buffet? Phenomenal! I MUST get over to Thailand at some point and see this feast in person.

In other exciting news, I recently discovered that Jill Greenberg (a photographer whose work I admire immensely) published a new book. Her signature style is amazing. She digitally manipulates her photographs in a way that is hard to describe, but the end result is luminescent and almost painterly. She has done quite a bit of work with celebrities, but of course her monkey portraits are my faves. And now they are in a format that everyone can afford and enjoy!

I was discussing Ms. Greenberg’s art with my coworker, and he told me that a fancy friend of his bought one of her original monkey prints from a gallery in New York. I almost swooned with envy. They are apparently huge–like 4 feet high or something amazing. Can you imagine?? I don’t want to win the lottery to buy a bigger house or fancy car. I want to win the lottery so I can afford oversized, shiny monkey photos. That’s the real ticket to happiness, I’m sure of it.

Lord of the Nerds

Breathtaking in both their complexity and sheer geekiness. I have to give extra props to this one, of course.

Beautiful and . . . depressing

These images are pretty amazing. I find the Ben Franklin piece especially gut-wrenching. Ooof.

Throwing stones

The famous Glass House is finally open to the public. I would love to check it out sometime, maybe when we are visiting Jim’s parents in New Hampshire.

I once read an interview with Phillip Johnson where he talked about throwing stones at his neighbor’s house. Literally. He thought it was hilarious. And if I remember correctly, the neighbor finally got pissed and threw some stones back. I wish I could find the article, it was pretty entertaining.