One of three banks of student mailboxes at GW law school. It's back-to-school time after a delightful week of spring break, and I'm not exactly thrilled about going back. Perhaps it would be different if I'd spent the break catching up as I'd intended, but, well, that didn't happen. (It never does.) The empty hallway pictured in the the thumbnail will be packed full with law students today, all of them asking each other the same question: “How was your break?” Does it make me a bad person to be annoyed by having to answer the same question at least a hundred times in one day? Five and a half more weeks, then two weeks of finals, and the whole shooting match is over May 6. PIWIT (Pics I Wish I'd Taken): Any of the shots on Oliver Daily, such as this great leaping shot or this great closeup. Dean Allen, the man behind the site (he also created Textpattern and Textile), describes it very simply:

Each day since 30 June 2002, this page has displayed a different photograph of my dog, Oliver. The image is updated at midnight GMT, unless I’ve forgotten to put one up the night before, which does sometimes happen. A pedigreed Weimaraner, Oliver was born 30 July 2001 on a lavender farm in Le Vaucluse, Provence. He came to join us two months later. You’d like him. Also appearing regularly is Oliver’s little brother Hugo (same parents, different litter), who arrived on 12 April 2003.

Simple. Beautiful dog. Beautiful shots. Plus, he lives in France, so the background to the shots is often worth seeing, as well.