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Jan 25
Quotable: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
“You lost today, kid. But that doesn’t mean you have to like it.” One of the best lines in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or any movie of that matter). It’s what the lead tomb robber (played by Richard Young) said to Young Indy (River Phoenix) as he gifted him with what would become …
Jan 22
Quotable: Sam Duncan
“From the day that you’re born to the day you ride in the hearse things are never so bad that they couldn’t get worse.” Sam Duncan was an African American educator in Higginsville, Missouri from the 1950s-1970s where he taught a number of classes and coached several sports. The high school’s football field is named …
Jan 19
Redneck chandelier
My friend Dawn’s colloquial name for those bare ceramic light bulb sockets usually seen mounted in basements. Deluxe model shown below:
Jan 16
Quotable: Raymond Chandler
“What a waste of money! What a waste of time! It’s no answer to say that I was well paid. Nobody can be adequately paid for wasting his time.” From a letter to Alfred Hitchcock, which can be seen in its entirety at Letters of Note.
Jan 10
Cover the earth
Heather and I both agree that Sherwin Williams Paint has probably one of the creepiest professional logos: It totally looks like they want to dump blood all over the earth. I don’t think Sissy Spacek would approve.
Jan 04
Uh…
I took this pic of a car in Kansas City. I’m not big on vinyl window decals anyway, but this is just…wrong:
Jan 03
Slacking, reading
Yeah, I know: my streak is finally broken. I went for almost five months with updates every 2-3 days, and then just totally fell off the wagon. I’ve had a few things going on (and by a few, Perry, of course I mean a googolplex). Anyway, I have at least spent some of my time …
Dec 13
Worst. Vacation. Ever. pt. 2
Part 1 is here. At St. Mary’s they put me on a different medicine, but my heart still wasn’t acting right, and they said they were going to have to put me under and hit me with the defibrillator to reset my heartbeat. CLEAR! Since they had to put me under, that meant no food. …
