…you need to stop building.
[Via Geek Press]
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Auto World
Having moved away from Michigan a few years before, I never went, but it does seem ill conceived. As one commenter said, for a fraction of that amount of money, they could have put together the world’s best auto museum, with many classic cars, to rival or even exceed the Ford museum in Dearborn, and it might still be there. Government in action.
It’s Shakespeare
…with lotion. Greg Gutfeld’s take on Media Matters and its Fox News obsession.
It kind of reminds me of some of the commenters over at Space Politics. Particularly Oler.
That’s No Lady
…it’s my Supreme Court nominee. Of all the things for the left to get its panties in a new wad about.
Though this does remind me of a pet peeve of my own, and a much more egregious one (I just heard it again yesterday morning on the local news). The female anchor (not to pick on her, men do it, too) was describing some sort of brutal crime, after which she said that the police were still looking for the “gentleman” who perpetrated it.
Apparently, many people are no longer familiar with the meaning of the words “lady” and “gentleman” (it just occurs to me that people in show business compliment their audiences by addressing them as “ladies and gentlemen” — do they say that at WWE events? Wishing to see such an exhibition doesn’t seem very ladylike…). They are not synonyms for (respectively) “woman” and “man.” They are describing a particular sort of woman or man. As far as I know, and from all I’ve heard about her public conduct (and ignoring rumors about her private life, about which I’m indifferent), Elena Kagan is a lady. And the guy the news reporter was describing was no gentleman.
Ain’t No Sun Up In The Sky
Mark Steyn remembers Lena Horne, the Cotton Club, and Harold Arlen.
French Profits
I suspect that the phrase is an oxymoron, sort of like “French victory.” Anyway, if anyone would know how economically crazy the French are, it would be Veronique.
[Wednesday afternoon update]
I’m shutting down comments on this post, because it seems to have become a spam magnet.
Frank Frazetta
A couple of people have emailed that he died.
Sorry for his friends and family, but all I can do is shrug. I was never into his art, or fantasy in general.
[Update a few minutes later]
For those who do care, this is probably a useful site.
And So It Begins
V’ger is starting to go mad:
The first hint of a problem came on April 22, when engineers first spotted the data pattern change. Since then, they’ve been working to fix the glitch and began sending commands back to Voyager 2 on April 30.
Because Voyager 2 is so far from Earth, it takes 13 hours for a message to reach the spacecraft and another 13 hours for responses to come back to NASA’s Deep Space Network of listening antennas around the world.
I hate when that happens.
Three Reasons
Youtube shouldn’t take down the Downfall parodies.
Celebrate
Let me join with the president in wishing everyone a happy Cinco de Quatro.