early reading

fast forward to the middle. I was on the Roach path, but took a Burt turn somewhere in 1990.

it's cold,

so cold my neighbor's spit bubbles don't even have time to pop!

Paul Kos

"The sound of ice melting" 1970

"Up close and through Kos' ice" yesterday

"Lightning" 1976

iconic imagery from above

I've got a favicon in my address now, thanks to Meridith

it actually looks like this

and it came from here

Inauguration day at the Guggenheim

We took a break from the workday to enjoy the transfer of power. Not a bad way to start a new president.


Watching the Obama inauguration in the grand auditorium of the Guggenheim Museum from Kai Vierstra on Vimeo.

Everyone's headed to Pocket Utopia at 4pm for bloggercon fun with Sharon Butler of two coats of paint. See you there!

It's a drawing! Get a ticket!!

I did, right before that guy.

mighty overly misinformed anaconda

fun on the subways?


So many people. so little revenue.

the city's back to creating C.H.U.D. nests to battle overcrowding

Specialized diggers

or, as is the case on our block, digging out the old ones to be replaced with newer models

giant zappers could become mandatory