go out and grab this month's copy of avenue magazine if you live in nyc or if you see it on a newstand elsewhere somehow. why? a political cartoon sketched by yours truly has made its publishing debut in there thanks to the help of my boy who works for the magazine. hey, if my cartooning ever takes off, or if i ever get inky rolling, this will be a fabulous collector's item. or, it could make for a wonderful makeshift bathroom mat. either way, it can be of some future use.

congratulations to allegra on the birth of her first child, violette ann brown weighing in at 6lbs & 11oz. violette brown? wasn't that name used in a prince track for the rainbow children's "family name" song? or am i confusing stuff?