DRAWING on OBSERVATIONS

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun

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Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right
It’s all right

by George Harrison from The Beatles 1969 album Abbey Road

Today is opening day at Yankee Stadium.

We won’t see much “sun” and whether things are “all right” in the Bronx will depend on pitching. With all the stars in the line up, I’m keeping my eye on AJ.

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A realist in an abstract era, Tooker was marginalized in his prime but lived to see his work embraced by a new generation of artists and critics alike.

Read obituary in today’s NYT

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Last night the President went before a national audience to make the case for going in to Libya, the NYT argues a little late.

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Libyan authorities have reportedly offered money and a new house in exchange for the woman recanting her accusation of rape. Now authorities are discrediting the accuser her mother says is a law student.

Click here to read story in today’s NYT.

Watch her making accusation to journalists

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from today’s Arts Beat

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Read today’s New York Times obituary

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The griping story of journalist Anthony Shadid, photographers Tyler Hicks and Lynsey Addario and videographer Stephen Farrell being held captive for six days by forces loyal to Qaddafi in today’s New York Times.

Read it here

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The great Lily Tomlin will be at the Community Theatre at Mayo Center For The Performing Arts in Morristown, NJ  this Thursday and The Count Basie Theater in Red Bank on Saturday March 26th.

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Here’s the sweet sixteen: Ohio State, Kentucky, Marquette, North Carolina, Duke, Arizona,  Connecticut, San Diego, Kansas, Richmond, VCU, Florida State, Bultler, Wisconsin, BYU, Florida.

I had Purdue going to the final, so my bracket is done.

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..and that could only mean one thing….More drawings of people with their mouths agape.

Have a nice weekend!

revisit past madness
March 2008
March 2008
March 2009
March 2010
March 2010

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The CIA security officer being held in Pakistan was released yesterday.

Story here

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Global markets are watching closely to gauge the financial implications of the catastrophe in Japan.

Click here to donate to the Red Cross.

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Click here to donate to the Red Cross disaster relief efforts to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan

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The catastrophic chain of events in Japan seems to be growing exponentially, from earthquake to tsunami to partial nuclear meltdown.  Japan is attempting to end the sequence before it reaches a full meltdown and massive amounts of radioactive materials are released.

Click here to watch this eye witness video of a town being devastated by the tsunami.
From dry ground to cars, trucks and eventually buildings floating away. It’s unfathomable.

Click here to donate to the Red Cross

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Germany is asking Europe’s biggest debtor nations: Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain to give up some independence in exchange for fiscal solvency.

Do you think their paying attention in Washington?

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Stephane Hessel would like us all to cry out, be mad, get indignant and make our mark on history.

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I’m not too keen on punked journalism. Whether it’s Ian Murphy pretending to be David Koch, punking Scott Walker or James O’keefe’s secretly filming an NPR exec, it has it’s seeds in dishonestly and I don’t care to see an escalation of the trend.

This month marks the third anniversary of this blog. In previous years I posted mash-ups of my morning doodles to mark the occasion. This year I’ve marked the milestone with a video.

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It doesn’t look like peaceful protest and gentle prodding from the US will force out Qadaffi.

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He hasn’t made it official, but Newt is running for president.

With five potential republican candidates on the payroll, Fox News has let go of Gingrich and Santorum.

Imaging how bitter the pill, if Fox were forced to give Obama time equal to the accumulated air of Gingrich, Santorum, Palin, Huckabee and Bolton?

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Tod Sizer and his team of the innovative people at Bell Labs invented a 2.3 inch cube lightradio antenna that could improve wireless connectivity and end the NIMBY debate.  Win, Win.

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Legendary sultry movie star, Jane Russell passed away yesterday from respiratory failure. She was 89.

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The Outlaw movie trailer