Cupid Finding Psyche Asleep by a Fountain (Palace Green Murals)
by Edward Burne-Jones
- Date painted: 1872–1881
- Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 119.5 cm
- Collection: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
The Death and the Assumption of the Virgin
about 1432
Fra Angelico, Italian, about 1390/95 – 1455
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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Last night fellow cartoonist Allan Haverholm uncovered a #30dayscomics conspiracy: today, mostlybanal reveals that, by, overlaying our work from earlier a cryptic message is revealed: that, in fact, ‘Dan Brown likes comics’. This is a terrifying prospect (given I did not enjoy his prose).
Don’t be lulled by your kid’s good academic performance to think that they are not experimenting with drugs. It is commonplace with peers and it is naive to think that because you have a good, smart kid that they will not be curious.
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| — | Glen Oaks, N.Y., substance abuse official Bruce Goldman • Discussing a study that shows a connection between high childhood IQ and drug abuse. The study of 8,000 people showed that those who had high IQ scores when they were younger were more likely to use some illegal drugs at age 16 and at age 30. Despite this study, we still think kids should try their hardest in school; this isn’t some kind of crazy, blank check endorsement to dumb kids down even more. source (via • follow) |
Woman Holding Wrist of Man with a Hood over His Head and Face
- Japanese, Edo period
- Suzuki Harunobu, Japanese, 1725–1770
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The Facebook iPhone app is starting to drive me insane. Sometimes there’s a Lists section in the left menu area (including Smart Lists and custom Lists), sometimes there’s not. Sometimes the Lists toggle becomes a button in the upper right of the main News Feed screen. Sometimes it’s in both places. Sometimes it’s in neither place. The same is true for the iPad app.
I get the power and ease of populating these things dynamically through HTML5, but we still need some consistency. At least if I update an app, I can brace myself for some change. But Facebook is pushing all of these changes on the backend so no app updates are needed. Every time you open the app, you never know what you’re going to get.
It’s really kind of a nightmare. It’s completely disorienting and frustrating. I’m surprised more people aren’t complaining about it.
