The decision
In the last week, our debate stretched on. What would Scuzzi say, if he could, I asked; as he rested on Jane’s shoulder, what did those sad, amber-green eyes convey? Help me to my end? Or let me live, until I let go on my own? His suffering was evident, but so, too, the family’s anguish. I saw, finally, that I risked becoming something I had come to loathe in years spent in places ruled by ideology — a man capable of placing principle, tortured or otherwise, before kindness, common sense, and the common good.
- NYT
Popsicles, Scotch & BB Guns
The Periodic Table of Mad Men* by Flavorwire
*Update: spoilers abound. Be careful.
A Nice Tequila
I confess it was the packaging that led me to this one. It looks like the old bottles I remember seeing in Juarez years ago. The picture doesn’t show it very well, but the horseshoe is a pale metallic blue.
While I’ve been out traveling…
My father has been working in Russia every other week to research and develop recommendations for Putin’s economic advisors, most of whom are (relatively) new to capitalism and the competitive spirit of innovation. We’ve spoken on the phone most of my driving days, but it wasn’t until I arrived here at his brother’s house in Vancouver, BC, that I heard about these interviews. Frankly, that humility makes me even more proud of his accomplishments.
Is there someone in your family that you’re lately proud of?
Comic-Con vs. the Westboro Baptist Church
Unbeknownst to the dastardly fanatics of the Westboro Baptist Church, the good folks of San Diego’s Comic-Con were prepared for their arrival with their own special brand of superhuman counter protesting chanting “WHAT DO WE WANT” “GAY SEX” “WHEN DO WE WANT IT” “NOW!” while brandishing ironic (and some sincere) signs. Simply stated: The eclectic assembly of nerdom’s finest stood and delivered.
quote out of context
To call “Kraken” a squid-napping caper is about as accurate as saying that “King Lear” is about property rights.
Season 4
Mad Men starts tonight.
I think I’ve got a photo of that light fixture somewhere
What do you think of Jasper Johns?
Warhol answers.
(for Andrew)
I Could Live in an Invisible Treehouse
I guess the creature in Predator lives here.
Dear Clusterflock
“Something just told me to jump out of the way.”
I imagine all of us have had those moments when an unexplained knowledge leaped into our minds–an emphatic warning heeded, a sudden peace arriving spontaneously in a troubled time, a story of some other past brushing our own view of an object or place…. Please speak of such an experience.
Hatch Show Print: the art of American letterpress
I have a love that borders on unhealthy obsession for the look of Hatch Show Print letterpress art. Though you may not be familiar with the name Hatch Show Print, their advertising poster style has a look that’s so familiar it’s iconic. Affiliated with the Country Music Hall of Fame and the official poster shop for the Ryman Auditorium, they’ve been operating continuously in Nashville since 1879. And the letters and forms they used back then are still being used today — what owner Jim Sherradan refers to as “preservation through production.” In fact, everything they do here is done by hand — absolutely no computers in evidence. They even call their customers on a rotary phone.
This 8-minute video is a fascinating glimpse into the daily operation and the unique art of the original American letterpress shop.
I was lucky enough to snag a signed copy of the Robert Plant / Alison Krauss poster shown in the video. And one of these days I’m going to find an appropriate excuse to have them design something for me. Business card, maybe . . . ?
I was so much bigger then
April 18, 1954. 3426 Dutton Drive. Dallas, Texas.
I’m smaller than that now.
(Thanks to Deron for the title/caption).
Something That Has Form…
On – Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not by _type
quote out of context
It’s a kind of “bulletproof” book; the more you find in it to reject, the more interesting it becomes.
Dear Clusterflock
Daryl can coo like a pigeon. Phil can make pre-vomit cat sounds. I meow, and can do a fair physical representation of a rhino, sea turtle, elephant, and great white shark.
What animal(s) do you do?
Amy said
God I would kill to have a Dolly Parton wig.
Danny MacAskill, street bike rider from Edinburgh, does some shit on a bike that will break your eyes
India posted this last year, but I stumbled on it again last night. Start about a minute in and wipe the shit-eating grin off your face. I plan to watch this all day.
Volkswagen Fox Inside Out
Brazilian ad agency AlmapBBDO turned the Volkswagen Fox inside out.
Life During Wartime
Should you laugh or cry?
Exactly.
Le Mujer de las Palmas
A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.
On the other hand:
Ripan Malhi, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, said that “using facial reconstructions to assign ancestry to an individual is not as strong as using ancient DNA to assess the ancestry of the individual, because the environment can influence the traits of the face.”
from the comments
That “maybe we owe it to ourselves” sentence/paragraph makes me want to cry giant tears of barf.
AAA Restaurant #5. US 287, Palestine, TX 75803
Another from a hurried set of photos taken in an empty roadside diner just outside Palestine, TX.
madam i am atom
In light of the recent post on the irreducibility of human consciousness, a hexed addendum on Lucretius & atomism & language & the natural wor[l]d.
from the spam
Aw, this was a really quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too — taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate a lot and never seem to get something done.
