Yesterday's New York Times had the most amazing photo of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano on the front page-- it makes the thing almost look alive (and especially malevolent);
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/photographing-icelands-fiery-volcano/
An astonishing shot. I'm not sure what sorts of prizes there are for photography, but whatever they are, this guy should be awarded all of them.
The kids and I cut it out and put it on the fridge (whereupon Lydia applied a post-it note saying "Public Enemy Number 1", or something to this effect). Still not sure when Amy is going to be returning, although the news coverage is maybe a teeny bit more encouraging; some of the airlines are starting to schedule transatlantic flights again (there is a Virgin Atlantic flight to Newark from London that is supposed to go today, and KLM has done a couple of flights from Schiphol to New York as I understand it).
Update (Apr 23): Amy is finally back-- exactly a week late. Big sighs of relief all around in our household...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Pancake Man the Olympian
Ok, everyone is probably getting pretty tired of Pancake Man, but I might as well post this one, since it's been out in paper form for a while. Drew this while we were skiing up in Quebec.
I am thinking about a new cartoon involving pop music, but at this point it is still in the concept stage.
I am thinking about a new cartoon involving pop music, but at this point it is still in the concept stage.
Stranded!
I had hoped very much to see my wife yesterday (she has been on a week-long business trip in the UK), but our reunion has been postponed as a result of a volcano eruption in Iceland of all things.
Unpronounceable though it may be, Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl) is wreaking havoc on air travel in northern Europe. When I told my kids that their mom was stuck in England because of an Icelandic volcano, at first they didn't believe me. Who would have guessed?
Web site: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iceland/eyjafjallajokull/index.html
About all I can say is: let's hope the wind starts blowing the cloud north for a change.
Unpronounceable though it may be, Eyjafjallajokull (ay-yah-FYAH-lah-yer-kuhl) is wreaking havoc on air travel in northern Europe. When I told my kids that their mom was stuck in England because of an Icelandic volcano, at first they didn't believe me. Who would have guessed?
Web site: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iceland/eyjafjallajokull/index.html
About all I can say is: let's hope the wind starts blowing the cloud north for a change.
New Yawk
We made a family trip to new York a couple weeks ago to see Carey and Joanie and take in the sights. Here is a picture of the kids fooling around on the mosaic sculpture outside Grant's Tomb:
The highlight of the weekend was probably the performance of "The 39 Steps" that we saw on Saturday. It was hilarious-- very spare set and minimal cast, but wonderfully funny. While driving in the car the other day, the kids had fun trying to re-enact one of the scenes in which a particular cast member is trying to play three roles all at once (with switches every 2-3 seconds, accompanied by a hat change).
The highlight of the weekend was probably the performance of "The 39 Steps" that we saw on Saturday. It was hilarious-- very spare set and minimal cast, but wonderfully funny. While driving in the car the other day, the kids had fun trying to re-enact one of the scenes in which a particular cast member is trying to play three roles all at once (with switches every 2-3 seconds, accompanied by a hat change).
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