A reader/art enthusiast wrote in to let me know that I overlooked Medusa when I detailed Caravaggio's love affair with decapitation:

So, thanks for the heads up, Andrew. (Oh gosh, I didn't even do that on purpose. Heads up? Ha! You're shaking uncontrollably with laughter at my rapier-like wit, right? ...No? Well then, moving on...)

I can't believe I forgot this one, as it's actually one of my favorites. But to be fair, I had a lot on my mind yesterday (beginning car restoration, grad school decisions, planning my escape abroad, etc.).

Thankfully, after I got out of work a good friend called me, picked me up, took me out, and got me good and drunk (on whiskey - he knows me well).

He also played this song for me, which for as bitter as it is somehow makes me smile a bit every time I hear it:

Cheers.