Where Have I Been?

The Rocket Museum

They Also Do Math

I know, wonder, wonder, wonder. Well, as you may remember, I was spending a bunch of weeks looking at hotels in my fair city and writing them up for NewYork.com. In the process, I relearned about a super cool museum out in Queens, the New York Hall Hall of Science. Not only does the NYHS have gen-yoo-wine, honest-to-goshness ROCKETS (Mercury and Gemini and a chunk of an Apollo) but it also has interactive science exhibits. In fact, they're so cool that one of the earliest, Mathematica, was designed by Charles and Ray Eames, of beautiful chair fame.

And then I was doing some contract work for my alma mater - roar, Lion, roar! - and the day rate was sufficiently high for me to focus on that work to the exclusion of this beloved (but unpaid) blog. But I'm back. And I'm working on Book Two of the Wrong Sword trilogy, Hero's Army.

And I learned enough about Dreamweaver for Windows to know that it is the Devil's work. EVIL!

Who knows about the past?

When we think of Medieval Art, we think of stuff like this:

Well, I do, anyway. Or I used to.


But if you go to the Cloisters, you'll see that maybe the real geniuses were the sculptors. Check it out after the jump.

Why I Love the Middle Ages

Went to the Cloisters today. Check it out.

So beautiful. More to come.

And of course, jerks with swords

Stained glass

Reliquaries

I've had some email from readers wondering what reliquaries look like. Here are a few. A lot of variation, as you can see.