I found Lileks’ Bleat more amusing than normal this morning. What an eye for cultural detail.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Painting What Can’t Be Seen
Some thoughts on the history of space art, with some excellent examples of the prescience of many of the artists.
A Hollywood Miracle
A Matt dumber than Damon.
Lovestruck
I know, some people think this joke is past its sell-by date, but I can’t get enough of them. I liked the reassurance about helping her trim.
Not So Mad About Obama
The bloom is off the rose:
I have to say that I liked these, too.
The Meaning Of Glamour
An essay by Virginia Postrel. I’m pretty indifferent and immune to glamour and charisma, which is one of the reasons I saw through Obama right away, but many otherwise smart people obviously aren’t, so glamour is more important than many think.
Daniel Boone Was A Man
A big man. Fess Parker has died. We used to see him when we went to the Fess Parker winery up north of Los Olivos. I wonder how many kids today know who Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett were?
[Evening update]
I am negligent, given the occasion and timing, in not linking to Davy Crockett’s famous speech on his obligation to the Constitution. Sadly, we live in a time when not many of either party give much of a damn about it, but certainly not the Democrats.
Translation
Why it matters. I recall in high school when I read an English translation of Dante’s Inferno (the only way I could read it, being almost completely innocent of Italian), and being impressed at the ability of the translator to take poetry from one language to another.
Where No Man Has Ever Gone Before
And, let’s hope, never goes again:
[Via Phil Bowermaster]
A Movie Trailer
This is pretty funny.