Wes Phillips

Bagheera is really a sweet-natured kitty, but she does get irritated with me and my camera.

Artnatomy is a really cool tool—for learning to draw faces, of course. I can't even draw a stick figure for Hangman, but stuff like this makes me dream about unleashing my (extremely) inner artist.

Beloit College publishes a "mindset" memo at the beginning of each year that reminds teachers that the new students don't have the same cultural references we oldsters do.

Imagine that—Microsoft is touchy about negative reviews. The interesting thing is that it thinks it can prevent negative reviews by preventing the use of its logo.

I just discovered the World Passport podcast at ethnomusic.podmatic.com, which has tons of cool Calypso, Kompa, Highlife, jazz, and Kinshasha guitar music for your delectation and delight. I've been listening to "J'Ouvert Morning Calypso"—classic old-school Calypso—all morning, which is coaxing me out of my first-cold-of-the-winter funk. "Suck Me Soucouyant," indeed.

Bagheera knows what the exercycle is really for.

"'When you say fantasy,' said a tall, pale, blonde woman, 'you think medieval. So: Why?'