Libya

This armed Libyan resident is not messing around. Members Only jacket, shotgun and axe.

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YouTubes are infallible.

- From Mother Jones: Texas state rep. Leo Berman explaining to Reeve Hamilton why he suspects the President of the United States was not born in the United States. He saw it on YouTube, duh.

Happy Monday

By Brock Davis for a Wired article.

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Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man: Looks retarded, acts retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cars, autistic, sho’, not retarded. You got Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump: Slow yes, retarded maybe, but he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping pong competition, that ain’t retarded. Peter Sellers, Being There: Infantile yes, retarded no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don’t buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I Am Sam: Went full retard, went home empty handed.

- Wisdom of Kirk Lazarus

A.O. Scott’s Oscar Formula

Love Scott:

I don’t know if I’d go that far, but the movie does have the advantages of 1) being more an actor’s movie than its rival, with an established cast of non-American thespians; 2) being a costume drama set during the rise of Nazism; 3) being the story of someone struggling with a disability; and 4) being a hit with critics and audiences alike. To put it in mathematical if perhaps cynical terms: Hitler + handicap + Shakespeare + $100 million = best picture.

Terry x Monica

Terry Richardson and Monica Lewinsky at Ed Ruscha’s new show at Gagosian in LA.

Weekend Update

On Saturday after working out at the gym with my buddy Tony, we walked over to Rai Rai Ken for an early dinner of ramen. One of the options on the menu under “extra toppings” included…butter. So naturally I tried ramen for the first time with butter.

It’s Friday!

My slight tweak to Steve Seeley’s art.

Umbrella Cat

Today’s rainy weather in New York City reminds me of the umbrella cat that made the rounds a few weeks ago.

Most Beautiful Sweater in the World

Want. NEED.

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