The Approval Matrix: Week of November 2, 2009

Photo: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Getty Images (Yersinia pestis bacteria); Patrick McMullan (Cale, Valderrama); Courtesy of Vivendi Entertainment (New York, I Love You poster); Courtesy of the High Line and Friends of the High Line (the High Line); Courtesy of Frame Noir (Opening Ceremony onesie); RichardSchmidt/©2009 DavidHockney (DavidHockney, Bigger Trees Nearer Water, Summer 2008); Iason Athanasiadis/courtesy of PBS (Frontline); Kevin Schafer/Getty Images (bat); Courtesy of Rizzoli (The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles); Courtesy of Freshkills park (seed packets); Robert J. Saferstein (still life); Courtesy of Scribner (Eating the Dinosaur); Bob D'Amico/ABC (V); Patrick Harbron/ABC (Ugly Betty); Karen Neal/ABC (Cougar Town); Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/Corbis (Lingerie Football League); Steve Marcus/Reuters/Corbis (Carrie Prejean); Courtesy of Devil’s Films (Jon & Kate Fuck Eight); Getty Images/ABC (the Heenes); Parrish Lewis (R. Kelly)
The Approval Matrix: Week of November 2, 2009