Week of August 18, 2025

NYC friends, my work is featured in the Paradise Factory’s monologue show, September 5 - 7. Come on out. Tickets here.

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1. From The Atlantic, The Colors of the World, Seen From the International Space Station. Plus, Atlas of Space.

2. Search the text of NYC signs. Speaking of unique websites, it’s time again for the Tiny Awards. (I think my favorite is 10,000 Drum Machines.

3. What's it like to have Frank Lloyd Wright design your house? This 101-year-old knows

4. Roll On, You Crazy Tire!

5. RIP to the great Bobby Whitlock, co-founder with Eric Clapton of Derek and the Dominoes. He co-wrote 7 of the songs including “Bell Bottom Blues,” “Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?” and perhaps the saddest song on the album, “Thorn Tree in the Garden.” And from the vault: MILES DAVIS and PRINCE, the only time together onstage.