So, I realize this post is not about Darwin and I should probably create another blog for this sort of thing, but seeing as how I cannot even consistently post to dogger, I am just going to hijack this site occassionally to rant.
 
Kudos to NPR's Nina Totenburg for her piece on today's Morning Edition (listen at http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=3505015).  She reported on Baby Bush's (credit Molly Ivins for the nickname) use of blocked judicial nominees in his stump speech.  It essentially showed how Bush cherry-picks and misleads with his "facts" by providing some of the all-important context that is so often missing in media (especially television) "reports" on the campaigns.  Too often it seems the only purpose of the television media is to provide a platform for the Bushies to say whatever they want without any regard to truth or intellectual honesty.  And then of course most of the electorate doesn't have the time, ability, or inclination to discover the truth or context for themselves.  This is why the media is so important to a democracy. This is also probably why the Republicans like to call NPR the most liberal of the liberal media (oh, please!).  They're just name calling because NPR won't give them a pass to say whatever they want.  It says alot about the sorry state of the media when a reporter gets special recognition for just doing their job.

I like jigsaw puzzles and I get rather compulsive about them. At Christmas, Jeffery and I pretty much took over his nephew Tyler's puzzle. A few months later, I happened across jigsaw puzzles on sale at the Hobby Lobby. Most were exceedingly cheesy, but I found a one of vintage Coke advertisements that was decent. Anyway, as soon as I finished that puzzle I was off to HobbyTown (different store) and again struggled to find a puzzle with a subject I would enjoy. I settled for a vintage TWA advertisement featuring San Francisco. I don't prefer advertisements but really they were the least obnoxious of all the puzzles. As we sorted through the large but nonetheless unsatisfying selection of puzzles, Jeffery asked why they didn't make puzzles of art (the kind you would find in a museum). So when I finished the San Francisco puzzle I set about finding an art puzzle online. And I found two that I knew I wanted but school was getting busy, so I waited. Last week, I finally ordered my puzzles and they arrived Thursday. I waited until early Saturday morning to begin. I finished the second puzzle Tuesday at 1:00 am CST. And there was the 10 hours or so I actually worked on Saturday. And Jeffery did assist with the first puzzle.

Anyway, I thought I'd share photos of my two puzzles: Wassily Kandinsky's Yellow Red Blue and Joan Miro's The Carnival of Harlequin. These puzzles are, of course, made by the Italians. The company, Clementoni, has a special museum collection.

"Freshly laundered towels make great chin rests."

I love this dog. I love him. I love him. I love him. Though I hate that commercial.
Anyway here is an adorable shot of my little man (no longer a boy, he turned 2 on May 27) and my cutie's foot.