shades

Karsten’s father passed away yesterday. He was 84, and he’d been dealing with a variety of illnesses including emphysema (despite having never smoked a day in his life) and prostate cancer (which he beat — it was the treatment that led to complications). So while his death was not entirely unexpected, it was still rather sudden.

Karsten’s father passed away yesterday. He was 84, and he’d been dealing with a variety of illnesses including emphysema (despite having never smoked a day in his life) and prostate cancer (which he beat — it was the treatment that led to complications). So while his death was not entirely unexpected, it was still rather sudden.

The Frist opens Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975 in the Ingram Gallery and Shades of Gray: Four Artists of the Southeast in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery and Education Gallery.

Ginger Snaps chronicles her journey from the theocratic right to the center left:

You've seen the now-famous "Dick Cheney Sunglasses" pic, the one that has the innertubes wild with speculation as to what nekkid lady is reflected in those mysterious shades...

Well, using the power of modern photodigidiscovery, and applying the principle of intentionalism, I've discovered the true reason for Dick Cheney's wide grin.

Imagine that you have a handful of jellybeans. There's a red one, a pink one, an orange one, a yellow one, a purple one and a green one. I know, that's a small handful, unless you're a kid, but work with me.

Assuming the colors in your hand represent all of the flavor varieties in the jellybean mix and that the jellybeans are all fruit-flavored, what flavor is the green one?

I’m going to the eye doctor today.  I’m thinking of trying contacts again.  I wore one some number of years ago and I got frustrated with it and in typical, Sista fashion, I gave up pretty quick.  I think I’m gonna need two this time since that was going on ten years ago and I know my vision has gone downhill since.