Got a Flickr account. What a miraculous invention. I can’t believe we have Yahoo to thank for such a swelegant interface. Not too many sets here yet. A sampling:

Chicago Halloween scenes

Our friend QTN* comes to town

More Brownie
*Link to QTN’s homepage!

Mary Roach is the author of Stiff, one of my favorite books of the last couple of years, a comic-but-science-geeky look at…well, corpses, and the indignities suffered by the body once the “spirit” has left the building. Now she’s got a new one out, Spook, a verrrry exciting (to me, that is) look at […]

Yesterday Al and I attended the annual Dia de los Muertos exhibit at the Mexican Fine Arts Museum in Pilsen, and it was awesome, as usual. There were so many beautiful ofrendas, tiny skeleton figures carved from cow bones and viewed through magnifying glasses, skeletons carved from wood and sculpted in ceramic, paintings, and […]

This person reenacted Dawn of the Dead in knitting. Cakeyvoice is my new hero.
Link.

This is my dog, Brownie. The look on her face belies the fact that she really loves to swim.

The House on the Rock made BoingBoing today. If it’s the first time, I’m amazed, since HOTR is like a yawning vortex of weird (since Neil Gaiman’s new book is number 1 on the NYT list, it’s worth mentioning that one of the big scenes in his last big book, American Gods, takes place […]

My awesome coworker Maggie went to the north of Wisconsin recently (Death Trip territory) and brought me back some of the most chillingly freaky photos a girl could ever ask for. After working together for five years (our anniversary is next month! Sweet!), she knows me pretty well.

Just look at them. So […]

I finally got over to see my friends Dan and Amy for the first time (in their house, I mean) since their most enjoyable wedding. Not only did I get to strap on the feedbag (chevre-stuffed figs!), but I was finally able to get some pictures of the wedding present Vernon and I made for […]