Grace, Style, and Class

A sure way to get a link from this blog is to have a post with The Rigg.

Way to Go, Keith!

Keith Richards: I like his taste in books.

Life-Saving Advice

No, they don't use a garden hose.

I left Andy's office with some written instructions, and a prescription for a product called ''MoviPrep,'' which comes in a box large enough to hold a microwave oven. I will discuss MoviPrep in detail later; for now suffice it to say that we must never allow it to fall into the hands of America's enemies.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/02/11/427603_p2/dave-barry-a-journey-into-my-colon.html#storylink=cpy

Read the rest here as Dave Barry recalls his colonoscopy and makes a request.

And his request is quite wise.

[HT: Instapundit.com]

Miscellaneous and Fast

Steven Pressfield on thinking in metaphors.

Dear 16-Year-Old Me: Don't Go to Law School.

The trailer for "The Rookie."

A short video on Hadrian's Wall.

Michael P. Maslanka with some tips for trial attorneys.

Back by popular demand: Zero Mostel singing "Comedy Tonight."

Portlandia: "Hide and Seek."

Victor Davis Hanson on what history doesn't change.

Wyeth and Hoving

This is both unusual and fascinating:

A video of Andrew Wyeth painting a portrait of Thomas Hoving. Note the instruction regarding what Hoving should do while posing.

Emma Peterson, Singer

At Cultural Offering: Emma Peterson is a reminder of how much talent is hidden out there.

I suspect it won't be hidden for long.

First Paragraph

The original plan, which Lord knows didn't mean very much when that plan had been made by Jim Clark, was that we would test the boat quickly in the North Sea and then sail it across the Atlantic Ocean. If nothing went too badly wrong, it would take us six days to sail down to the Canary Islands and another ten to the Caribbean. I had seen Clark in so many different situations that I felt sure I knew him, and the range of behavior he was capable of. But there is nothing like sixteen days on the high seas with a small group of people who have a lot of doubts about each other to test one's assumptions about human character. On the Atlantic crossing Hyperion would carry only the captain and his seven crew members, one or two computer programmers, Clark and me.

- From The New New Thing: A Silicon Valley Story by Michael Lewis

Art Break: Sundblom

Art Contrarian looks at the work of illustrator Haddon Sundblom.

The picture above is from a car advertisement. Didn't they know about the appeal of seeing cars on rainy, twisting roads?

Becoming

If you dress like them, talk like them, associate with them, watch their shows on television, listen to their music, laugh at their jokes, adopt their values, hear only their opinions, seek their approval, and look down on their critics, you'd better hope that "they" are admirable and worthy people because, over time, you will be one of them.

Quote of the Day

Appeasers believe that if you keep throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian.

- Heywood Broun