From MSNBC:
This painting, believed to be a 1910 self-portrait by Adolf Hitler, sold for about 10,000 pounds ($14,600) on Thursday. Its buyer said he planned to hang it in his home or office.
A lot of people say they don't care what people think. Few of them actually mean it. I think that guy does really mean it. For what it's worth, I don't think much of him.
Helen A.S. Popkin is fast becoming one of my favorite writers in cyberspace. She knows the internet and her stuff is always well-written.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (JazzFest) opens today. We at CrabAppleLane prefer the one held last weekend. Always have.
Quote of the Day
I think about this city and all the places we lay down a part of ourselves knowing that we'll find it again; knowing that it's been kept in trust at the barbershop, where the who of who we are doesn't really matter, only the length of our hair and the unruliness of our beard and the stories we tell to the people who work in the mirror.
Verlyn Klinkenborg, New York Times
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "It is small and sleek and will never need batteries"
I wonder if I could pull off that hair-straight-up thing Perez has got working for him.
I think you could, Delmer. Perez probably paid $1000 for that cut, though. That about what you normally pay?