As those who kindly email me about run-on italics--and those who don't--know, I don't actually visit this site site as often as I probably should.
Which is part of the reason I didn't notice until just now this nice side-by-side posting of Matt Connors' painting and Barack Obama et al's blast shields at the dedication of the World Trade Center Memorial.
UPDATE: Or three of these things. Mondo Patrick likes the Connors diptych alongside this: