The Templar Knight permits himself a bit of home tourism to Westminster Abbey and reveals a fact I had not known: That the Abbey, which is the chief ceremonial center of the British Monarchy, was largely built by one of England’s lesser-known Kings, Henry III. He was the son of King John and the father… Read More Westminster Abbey and its Forgotten Patron
Good man.
May be even funnier than normal Lileks, be such a thing concievable. You get the dryness with a hint of frenzy. Went downstairs and turned on the TV and was amused to see I’d left off watching “They Live,” which is The Matrix except with a wrestler. Heh. But that’s on OTC pain pills. Wait… Read More Lileks on Drugs
Love Your Movies, which had the sagacity and good taste to like my post from yesterday, has an exhaustive and mostly truth-telling list of what Hollywood is throwing at us this solstice: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. I actually think this will do pretty well. It will bring in the Zombieland audience — people who like… Read More The Summer Blockbusters Will Bust the Blocks. In Summer.
Don Surber pulls the plug. He will be missed.
Dana Loesch is funny. Via Other McCain.
Mixed Tape Masterpiece culls the cream of 80’s Pop for you. Radio VII, side A, track 2: “The One I Love” by R.E.M..
Last week, I pulled a minor quip in my headline about Spike Lee’s Twitter fiasco. So when I saw this, I thought I’d hit the blogger jackpot. But no, it’s some guy at the Washinton Examiner, stealing my joke. Accusations of drama-queenery are of course entirely just.
The hangdog in me would like to roll my eyes at Stacy McCain for his outbursts and general drama-queenery about BlogCon. Looked at from my point of view, Stacy needs to get over not being the popular girl. This isn’t my first blog; It’s my fifth. I have never gotten a million hits; I’ve never… Read More Blogging is Hard.
Including a picture taken by the missus.
Content Blues 