One of the recent  trends in working new buildings into older contexts, is a kind of camaflaouge
instead of something starker. The small, all glass, extensions on the edge of 19th century rustic cottages in Belgium, like a Mies tumour, makes interesting comments about the  formal nature of transparency--about what glass and steel mean, in a historical context.

50+photos of Rhodesian Military Vehicles.

NY cops manipulate crime stats.

Lakota immersion daycare starts

This story about Spiro Agnew's son is not even code, but the first ppgh is a masterful example of the smear and the wink.

Sharon Stone Last Week in Paris.

Jim Prentice, now working for CIBC, has some interesting things to say about enviromental protection, the Haida Gawaii, resource economies, and Stephen Harper:

To begin, however, the constitutional obligation to consult with first nations is not a corporate obligation. It is the federal government's responsibility.
Second, the obligation to define an ocean management regime for terminals and shipping on the west coast is not a corporate responsibility. It is the federal government's responsibility.
Finally, these issues cannot be resolved by regulatory fiat—they require negotiation. The real risk is not regulatory rejection but regulatory approval, undermined by subsequent legal challenges and the absence of 'social licence' to operate.

New Yorker on the history of including the word Fuck, in their magazine.

Lana Polansky writes about the implications of diluting what censorship means, just a really brilliant article.

PRI, who won the election in Mexico, last week  gave out thousands of gift cards, in order to buy votes. Gift Cards because they were only valid for two days after the election.

This was the best thing i have read on Frank Ocean.

Mural, Sundre Alberta.


One of the best things  about this long ranging, well constructed interview with Bechtle, is how sweet and genial is--he talks about a lot of things, about Johns, the light in Maine, the changing geography of SF, how he is painting Toyotas and Suburus now because that's what there is. Includes a discussion of a recent drawing of a wrapped car, and the narrative hinted at but not spoken.

The economist on the disasters of Harpers.


On the racism of Rangers and Celtics,  and the implicaitons of a multi-cultural scotland.