Monday, September 28, 2015

'Public enemy he calls me!'

Francis Ford Coppola vs. John Milius

The only thing that could make this conversation better would be copious amounts of red wine.  (Why isn't there copious amounts of red wine here?)

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Yogi Berra (RIP)

"In theory there's no difference between practice and theory.  But in practice, there is."  -- Yogi Berra
Heh heh, never heard that one before. It's true. Yogi was 100% right almost all the time.


Thursday, September 17, 2015

19th Century Political Cartoon search

I had a hankering to see how political satire was visualized in post-Civil War USA. I'm a little surprised (pleased) how few of these panels I actually understand. Some of them I don't get the humor, some I have no idea what they're even referring to; I point this out because I was expecting that the most enduring images would relate to historical events/trends that I had studied at some point. Nope, it appears that in the 1800s everybody bitched about everything all the time. My, how times haven't changed. Also, I'm not sure if people were fatter back then or if cartoonists just had bigger eyes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=19th+century+political+cartoons&rlz=1C1CHTV_enUS539US540&espv=2&biw=1242&bih=619&site=webhp&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CBwQsARqFQoTCNLIuZ62_8cCFcU_Pgodv-cLuA&dpr=1.1#imgrc=Tw-EBDbFWvamOM%3A

This is the one I was expecting to find:

2015 FIBA America 3rd Place Game Highlights

The final minute of this game was amazing. Canada was the clear favorite in this tourney, waaaaaay more talent than everyone else.  Had to eke out a bronze medal at the buzzer against host team Mexico.  ....Oh, Canada.  Still, that last minute was superb sport.

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

War Babies -- 'Terrorists'

Yup.  

'You have burned so very bright'

One of my favorite film scenes ever.  I would've preferred this clip included the elevator ride up to the penthouse but no matter, this is good stuff.

Frisky Dingo -- 'Killface Focus Group'

When I read that Donald Trump was encouraging Kanye West to run for President, I immediately thought of Killface fretting over the choice of Taquil as his running mate.  Couldn't find that scene but this one kinda works too.

Tuesday, September 1, 2015