Monthly Archives: October 2009

Message From Hell

Let’s say your son has been discharged from a major teaching hospital after four weeks in the ICU, and transferred to a convalescent hospital.   Let’s say you hate narratives that are written in the second person but that’s all you … Continue reading

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Artists or Idiots?

A disgruntled reader just left a comment on a post about Andrew Krasnow, an artist whose medium is human skin. “I was Googling feminist cunt art when I came across this blog.   No, Krasnow never made lampshades of human skin, … Continue reading

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Poor Biggie!

My leg with the broken hip is now swollen beyond recognition. It still looks like a leg, just not mine. When I had trouble getting it up on the bed, I spoke to it aloud, offering encouragement. It seemed to … Continue reading

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Maxes and Wild Things

I love Maurice Sendak just like all decent people, but I prefer his illustrations in “Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present” to “Where the Wild Things Are.”   The latter book is poised to be ruined forever by the movie version, … Continue reading

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