what I did during the inauguration

Actually, I watched the inauguration at home with my family; here we see my son attempting to hug our new President:

But then we went over to our friend Wendy’s party, where there were lots of happy people and delicious Ethiopian food and a stereo system alternating Janet Jackson’s greatest hits and some Extra Golden album (nobody was sure if it was the one with “Obama” on it or not), both of which sounded great. We brought doughnuts, figuring they were O-shaped; today, Voodoo made them with red, white and blue sprinkles.

In the Dept. of Stories I Wrote With Headlines I Didn’t Write: this piece from Art + Auction magazine, about the high-end comics back-issue and original-art market.