I'll take "Things that are not compliments" for $800 Alex....

From a Non-Putin Portion of the NYT:

 Jill Demling, entertainment editor of Vogue,...has pronounced Mr. Westbrook the “Kate Moss of the N.B.A.” 

Um..... Because he's promiscuous?

Or because he has an eating disorder?

Perhaps a coke habit?

 Jeez Jill, don't throw my boy under the bus like that!

Or did Kate Moss wear lensless glasses, make commercials with JVG, and not pass to KD enough?

Hat tip to LeBron.

Looks like rain

Was it flooding in Chicago last night?

Hey D-Wade: Thurston Howell the III called. He wants his blazer back!

Chapeau Showdown

Ok people, it's a good old fashioned hat contest.

First up, me:

(clic the pic for an even more colorful image)

Second is my good friend and co-author Aaron S :

(clic the pic for an even more mixed communist metaphor)

Who is the winner people? Plus, do you have a great shot of Economists Wearing Hats? Show me!

Toe Truck

"Raising boys who want to dress like little girls..."

This is hilarious. But it's also sad.

Fox News (though to be fair most other networks also went nuts).

Jon Stewart is right: "Do you have any idea how long a weekend is...with children?"

Watch through to the very end. A most excellent twist.

Interestingly, the whole pink / blue thing is quite recent. Or, rather, recently reversed:

"[A] Ladies’ Home Journal article in June 1918 said, 'The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.'...In 1927, Time magazine printed a chart showing sex-appropriate colors for girls and boys according to leading U.S. stores. In Boston, Filene’s told parents to dress boys in pink. So did Best & Co. in New York City, Halle’s in Cleveland and Marshall Field in Chicago. Today’s color dictate wasn’t established until the 1940s, as a result of Americans’ preferences as interpreted by manufacturers and retailers." [Smithsonian magazine]

(Nod to Kevin Lewis)

It was me & the whales, me & the whales, me me me & the whales

Thanks to one of the guides on our trip, I now have photos of me and the whales:

As always, you can clic the pics for more glorious images. And, if you are having trouble figuring out which are whales and which is me, I'm the one rockin' the shorty wetsuit and yellow weight belt.