as byron once said, "mo' money, mo' quandaries"

Many thanks to my actual mother for encouraging this, and taking these pictures, even though the buttons apparently made me a bit unsettling to talk to. I don’t get it. What is so scary about buttons?

The North remembers. We know no king but the King in the North whose name is Stark.

Cole of California 1957

(submitted by Marji Shapiro- Photo by Harold Shapiro)

when your life is falling apart but you don’t give a fuck anymore

Up all night

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.” ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

Legion of the Condemned (lost film)

The Girl from Ipanema

A wedding in 1830 by José Gutiérrez de la Vega (attributed), 1830 (detail)

Wire sculptures by Rodger Stevens, featured in this week’s issue.