Vineta Kaulača (Latvian, 1971), Surface Of The River III, 2016. Oil On Canvas, 80 × 60 Cm.

Shore and Surf, Nassau -  Winslow Homer , 1899.

American, 1836-1910

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper , 14 15/16 x 21 3/8 in. 37.9 x 54.3 cm.

http://twentyfeetfromstardom.com/

In the company of Mark Reichel, the Defense Attorney for Isaiah Fowler, I spent Saturday in and around the crime scene of the Leila Fowler stabbing. The community is not as isolated as one might think and the neighbors were glad the initial law enforcement and media frenzy has passed. There were a...

Is all this attention turning Jill Kelley on?

Looking at the photos of Jill Kelley (the Socialite who got the ball rolling in the Petraeus scandal, not the famous porn actress) it appears that she may be finding all of this attention pretty stimulating.  It could the be cut of the material, but then again maybe not.

Onion Tea

I was at my desk late last night as our Russian cleaning crew made its rounds. They are very nice people and one of the women heard me coughing and suggested a remedy. Onion tea. "Like onion soup?" I asked. "No, no put onion in boiling water for a few minutes and then add lemon and honey."

Then she started down the hall and came back to add, "Use red onion."

I guess I should have known that.

Maybe I'm a closet Czarist because I was thinking white onion.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a REALLY FUNNY GUY!

Happy 90th Birthday to Bob Elliot (father of Chris Elliot) and half of one of the greatest comedy teams ever, Bob and Ray.  

Here is a link to a New Yorker Magazine Profile which in turn contains a link to a site with recordings of many of their great bits.

http://nyr.kr/14lZRKQ

Grass Is Greener ~ St. Paul and The Broken Bones… = ]

People came up with a lot of great concepts for this site.

Jen Bartels and Devlyn Corrigan

Ralph Goings (American, 1928-2016), Double D, 2010. Oil on canvas, 10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in.

Don't leave a guy hanging!

A couple of weeks ago I donated platelets for the first time after years of donating whole blood and plasma.  Everything seemed to go just fine until today. I got call asking if I could donate platelets again and the the person leaving the message said, "No, wait there was a problem with the platelets, could you donate whole blood or plasma instead." 

That was it.  There was no explanation of what the "problem" was.  The woman just left me hanging.  Come on, you can't leave a message like that without explaining the nature of the "problem."

I shot the Blood Source an E-mail and got a quick response saying that my platelet count was in the normal range, but just too low for donating on their current machines.  Fine, in the future you could tell me that right up front instead of leaving me hanging.