The original Wookiee, Peter Mayhew. Dead at 74.
Medic!
This week, on another episode of “Ow, my balls.” I shouldn’t really find humor in other people’s pain, but these are pretty funny. Lots of the mishaps happened on the football pitch. I’ve always wondered why FIFA can’t pony up for a decent stretcher to haul injured players off the field.
Little Shafts Of Light
A bastard classic! From Letters of Note …
At the height of World War II on April 6th, 1943, the British Ambassador to Moscow, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, wrote a letter to Foreign Office minister Lord Reginald Pembroke in an effort to simply brighten up his day–a letter which has since become a classic piece of correspondence for reasons that will soon become obvious. The letter is indeed hilarious, and proof, if it were needed, that name-based punnery and mild xenophobia did a roaring trade long before the Internet was fired up.
In this photo, Kerr is fourth from left in the pinstripe suit.
Give Me A Clue
https://youtu.be/cz5Dei5O3xY
Whatever happened to these guys? Unfortunately, time marches on.
Late of the Pier broke up in 2010, and drummer Ross Dawson died suddenly (and tragically!) a few years ago.
Remember This Money-Grubbing Asshole?
This was televangelist Robert Tilton’s usual spiel, swindling every last penny from poor folks who were at the end of the proverbial rope. What a piece of shit.
https://youtu.be/me2H7Ja93Wg
And I’m sure you’re all familiar with this series of videos in which some video-editing genius used Tilton’s ridiculous facial expressions, pauses, and verbal tics to hilarious effect.
But I had not seen this video. This is another kind of genius. Anyway, enjoy or don’t.
Kid(s) A
I wish I had a music teacher like this when I was in school. This guy gets all these kids to sing Optimistic by Radiohead, and they killed it. So good to see young kids from diverse backgrounds exposed to artists like this. Check out this guys You Tube page. They cover some pretty good songs, not just the modern crap that passes for music these days…
Oh, And This
DON’T WATCH THIS until you’ve seen Game of Thrones, season eight, episode tres.
Bastards … Assemble!
This movie exceeded my expectations in every way imaginable. I’m ready to discuss, spoilers and all.
Those Wacky Yugoslavians
Apparently their talent for album art rivaled that of their auto industry. There are far more online than I have time to pass along, but here are a few of the best (?).
Abandoned Homes On Billionaires Row
This is bonkers.
Inside billionaires Row, London’s rotting derelict mansions worth 350 million pound a third of the mansions on the most expensive stretch of London’s “billionaires row” are standing empty several huge mansions have fallen into ruin after being abandoned for a quarter of a century.
I explored all that I could wear such risky explore.