Glass wing butterflies

Very pretty.

How your Senator voted on the FISA Amendments Act

Just so we're clear on who we need to vote out of office....

More at EFF: Senate Joins House in Caving to White House Immunity Demands

artist's block

I have artist's block. What's worse, I'm practicing avoidance in order to, well, avoid dealing with it. That's not working so well. I'm told (by the venerable Joe Kubert, no less) that the best way to deal with artist's block is to get to work. Sigh.