In early 1967, The Beatles gathered to have pictures taken for the "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. In the pre-photoshop, pre-computer generated image era, if you wanted to pose with a group of famous people, this is how you did it. The flashy blonde in front of the palm tree is the English actress Diana Dors, who was once married to Richard Dawson. I like this picture because it shows my two favorite Beatles being themselves.
There's no ducking the fact that a picture like this will cure you of any mallard-y.
There is a name for this entire school of art. I'm doggoned if I can think of it, but it's interesting. Another cool thing it to take a picture of whatever is right behind your monitor and then use that as your wallpaper.
I looked behind my monitor in hopes of recreating this illusion, but there is a modem, two speakers, and a flash drive, all of which have been seen over and over.
The caption that went with this picture said, "I moved to Montana for work and now this is my commute." Hard to compete with that!
This is a golden monkey, made in Panama between the 9th and 15 centuries. The monkey is holding his tail. This is probably priced beyond the means of most Americans, but really, who would not treasure this elegant addition to their home decor?
There is evidence that Bill Murray simply lives in order to pose with every single living American. Because he means so much to me, I will now share the explanation for his T-shirt for those few among us who have not memorized all the dialogue from "Caddyshack."
" A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-lagunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice."
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