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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.
I'm a Runner: Sarah Palin from RunnersWorld.com (August, 2009)
Sarah Palin's interview with Runner's World. She makes some comments about how sports transcends political divisions. Kind of interesting, in a cultural-studies sort of way. She sure looks good in a pair of tiny Lycra running shorts, too.
"Bristol Palin Exposes Her Sometimes Isolated Life," People Magazine (May 20, 2009)
Bristol Palin's interview with People about life at home with Tripp.
Religion as Therapy - Finding Christianity Again - Marie Claire
Five "career gals" give short, breezy first-person accounts of how they discovered that religion really isn't so bad. And it's "cheaper than therapy." Archived: http://sqrl.it/?ly2qe and http://www.webcitation.org/5hgfpDFM4
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