Bizarre photo of the day

Is Getty Images really this bad at Photoshop , and what, in God’s name, is this:

…doing on the New York Times front web page?!
I mean, is that honestly a giant hand with a glowing sphere? I must say I like how Ahmadinejad is bowing in this picture: away from the hand of God, […]

Ukraine Cold War Update

Oksana, my dear-
I do so hope that Lina is all right. I’ll have to share that ingenious little tid bit about moving heavy objects with skateboards with my sister–she was looking for a way to transport a couch she found on craigslist from Upper East Side up to Columbia. You think she’ll get stares, rolling […]

Russia shuts off Ukraine’s gas

Old ladies with canes, shoving, pointing. How did they take these canisters back, all those old ladies?

I asked my mother. She said she borrowed a skate board from the neighbors’ kid downstairs. Put the cannister on it and shoved it along. Hardest part was keeping the gas upright.