Fun: Tom Hanks Is A Lot of Animals
Thanks to the Tumblr blog Tom Hanks Is A Lot of Animals, we can all enjoy images like this one:
Biographies
Wallis Simpson: On the Comeback Trail?
“Too ambitious, too ruthless, too greedy, too mannish, too sexual, too cruel, too divorced, too pro-German and too American.”Speaking of “American harlot” Wallis Simpson, she’s apparently on the comeback trail.
Guy Trundle, You Scalawag, Happy Birthday!
Amidst the delightful run-up to the royal wedding, take a moment today to sing “happy birthday, you naughty man” to Guy Trundle.
A Strange Easter Poem for a Strange Easter Bunny
Dear strange Super Easter BunnyOutside the Ermenegildo Zegna,With your utility belt of Peeps and Astroturf,You seem slightly less than sunnyAnd slightly less than regnant,But no one can deny your gusto/verve.
Friday Movie Zingers
Samuel L. Jackson narrates African Cats, Disney’s new documentary about life on the savannah.
Just a Nice Photo: Barack Obama and His Cardboard Wife
President Barack Obama poses with a photo cutout of his wife, Michelle, during a visit to Miami Central High School in Florida last month. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza.)See photos of the real Michelle Obama >>
Chris Hondros’s Final Images
Amazing last photos of house-to-house fighting by photojournalist Chris Hondros, killed in Libya yesterday.{ Hat tip: Daily Dish }
Every Last Photo Ever Taken of Good Old Abe Lincoln
Every known photo of Abraham Lincoln from 1846 until his death in 1865. He was about 37 years old in that first shot, 56 when he died. My faves are …..
Luther Vandross Would Have Turned 60 Today
Honey-voiced crooner Luther Vandross would have turned 60 today, had he not died (alas) in 2005. Never in perfect health, Vandross had a stroke and lapsed into a coma in 2003, snapped out of it long enough to collect accolades (and Grammys) for his album Dance
Startling Outbreak of Sanity in Arizona
Arizona Govenor Jan Brewer vetoes bills putting guns on campus and requiring proof of citizenship from Obama in 2012.”I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on Earth to submit their early baptismal circumcisi