Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Now that’s a car. Look at the taillights, large enough to see from a mile away. And the chrome, thick chrome on the outside and a chrome inlay to give it yet more style. Even the small, square backup lights are separated from the red by chrome.
Notice the tailgate handle, now that’s a handle. Thick and beefy as an axe handle. It had to be, the tailgate (there’s a word you don’t hear anymore) it’s attached to weighed 400 lbs. You warp your fingers, all five, around that thing and turn, hard, it’s not for the heterosexuals of today. While you didn’t have to be Steve Austin, you had to be a MAN to open that one.
Talk about style, look at the cutout for the key. They could’ve done what they do now and moved the key hole where they wouldn’t have to make a cutout of the faux wood paneling. But no, Ford said cut it out, we’ve got style and our customers will like it.
And that spoiler/ back window wind deflector thingy. It has the wood paneling on it too, just because. Now doubt in my mind that chroming the whole thing would have been easier and cheaper. But again, Ford said, no make it stylish.
Lastly, but certainly not least, check out that bumper, now that’s a bumper. Big as truck bumper of today, maybe bigger. It took a gallon of gas per mile just to move those bumpers done the road. Quick story concerning those, back in the day I owned a ‘79 Ford LTD with those same bumpers . Got rear ended one day. The little Japanese car who hit me, the front end was crushed, the engine meeting the firewall, no doubt the car was totaled. As I looked at that mess, I turned to look at the backend of the LTD, and guess what. Nothing, not a scratch, dent, nothing. OK, a small smear of paint that I later hand buffed out by hand but the disparity in damages in the two cars was startling. It’s why I drive an American car today, a Ford actually. Survived a rollover in another Ford which only adds to my decision.
- tim | 10/14/2010 @ 06:37Yeah, watching Steve Austin correct the parking job of a Mini Cooper nowadays would inspire no reaction at all, except maybe for a flurry of giggle fits.
We were watching the Six Million Dollar Man defuse a bomb, and I was struck by something I had completely missed when the episodes were new: The complete lack of special effects, apart from the slow motion. I could tell he was running really fast by the way people reacted, but apart from that it was nothing. Just a stunt man who looked a little bit like Lee Majors, showing off a really good running style in slo-mo. With music.
Using your own creativity while watching the teevee, and letting the people who put the show together take credit for something that came out of your head. Good times.
- mkfreeberg | 10/14/2010 @ 07:35