Caught Looking.

Maybe later in the week, I'll get a serious post written. For now, this is the last reminder of the Worst Political Advertising in America Awards with keynote speaker Aaron Brown, at the Pantages Theatre, Wednesday, May 21st, at 8pm.

I have eight tickets I'll give away to Across the Great Divide readers. Be among the first to email me.

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Somehow the Red Paper Clip Guy — who traded up from a paper clip to a house in 14 trades — escaped me until now.

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The Strib had a story about a local school photography company delivering a yearbook to a Texas high school that contained a large proportion (39%) of altered photos. If you read the print version of the story, you might suspect a prank accounted for the photos with missing limbs, girls' heads on boys' bodies and changed clothing. A Lifetouch corporate spokesperson points no fingers.

Rollin chalked the situation up to a misunderstanding between Lifetouch and school officials. "Our people misinterpreted guidelines for the yearbook,'' she said.

An AP story available online, based on local Dallas coverage, explained further:

The high school had required Lifetouch to make heads the same size and eyes at the same level in all student photos, company spokeswoman Sara Thurin Rollin said Saturday.

But if you look at this photo of Brielle Anderson that appeared with the Dallas News coverage, you might figure out the real story, and that the guidelines probably had to do with more than eyes and head size.

Sophomore Brielle Anderson said she's pretty sure her head is on a boy's body.    

"I paid $80 for a cropped picture of my head on someone else's body," she said.   

She noted that she's also missing a few inches of hair.   

She's also missing a few inches of cleavage — hence, the "boy's body." I suppose some boy is missing his Meat Puppets t-shirt, too.