where I am not.

Long story. But this weekend's New York trip that was to have salved the wounds of the canceled London trip has been canceled due to illness.

That's two in three weeks.

I'm beginning to have serious doubts about whether the Yucatan, home of both the Mayan site of Dzibanché and raging outbreaks of the swine flu virus, is really in the cards for Christmas.

Maybe this just isn't my season to travel.

Any hoo: Vintage TWA travel poster courtesy of Grain Edit, via Aesthetic Interlude.

democracy: a challenge

Via abduzeedo.com/

Happy Fourth, Y'all.

haven't we had enough?

Here's my thinking: What if we could TiVo the last six-plus years and play them back -- without comment -- for the American people, and let them connect the dots?

Ad exec Rich Silverstein commenting in the Huffington Post about his GOP Poster Project, Haven't we had enough?, which will premiere in Minneapolis during the Republican convention.

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