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IT MIGHT GET LOUD | Sony Pictures Classics
This was kind of a cool movie. I saw it on a long plane flight. It made me curious about Jack White and the White Stripes, about whom I know nothing.
Book World: Michael Dirda reviews 'Herge' and 'The Metamorphoses of Tintin' - washingtonpost.com
So ... Hergé really was a borderline Nazi collaborationist, after all. I always suspected something about that clean-cut kid.
Quote Machine: Will.I.Am Edition -- Vulture
"If I were a painter, I would paint beautiful bodies — I would paint nipples, and I would paint Bibles. Am I going to say, 'I'm not going to paint this woman's neck because people will think I just want to lick on necks?' Please! That's not what art is about."
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If I were a painter, I would paint beautiful bodies — I would paint nipples, and I would paint Bibles. Am I going to say, 'I'm not going to paint this woman's neck because people will think I just want to lick on necks?' Please! That's not what art is about.
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It's easy, if you're a poet, to write complex verses like, 'I'm coming after you like VWXYZ.' Just think about that. It's like, 'Yo, V does come after U! That's fucking crazy!' My mind thinks like that all the time, coming up with crazy clever metaphors and rhymery thingies.
RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY: In Guns We Trust
A great piece by historian Jon Pahl reflecting on the murder of Meleanie Hain, the Lebanon, PA mother who became a gun rights cause celebre when she open-carried her loaded pistol at her five-year-old's soccer game. (The local sheriff subsequently revoked her permit for showing "poor judgment; a judge reinstated it.) Hain was recently killed in her home by her husband, who was also a gun enthusiast.
Frank Rich, "Even Glenn Beck Is Right Twice a Day," The New York Times (Sept. 19, 2009)
Frank Rich on why Democrats should be paying attention to Glenn Beck. This is actually a really good opinion piece.
Ann Wallace, "Work ethic of 80-year-old Clarksville McDonald's employee shines," The Leaf-Chronicle (Sept. 7, 2009)
An article praising the "work ethic" of an 80-year-old McDonald's employee, in honor of Labor Day. Kind of sweet and all, but really, when I'm 80, I sure hope I'm not working at McDonald's. This was on @religioncrazy 's Twitter feed -- not sure why, except that the woman profiled here plays organ for her church.
The Art of Wikigroaning
Compare pairs of Wikipedia articles: one useful to a normal person, another useful to a Wikipedia-editing weirdo. Which is more complete and more professional? Example pairs: "Knight" vs. "Jedi knight", "Modern warfare" vs. "Lightsaber combat," "Half-life" vs. "Half-Life 2", "John Locke" vs. "John Locke (Lost)", "Buzz Aldrin vs. Jean-Luc Picard", "Trail of Tears" vs. "Tears for Fears", "Military base" vs. "All your base are belong to us", "Real life" vs. "Second Life" ... and so on.
YesButNoButYes: Top 10 Christian Tourist Traps
Including Florida's Holyland Experience, the Precious Moments Chapel in the Ozarks, Richard Green's reconstruction of the biblical ark, and more.
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