Isn’t the Light OK?

If the Bacon Coun­cil of Elders knocked on my door one day and informed me that I am deli­cious and there­fore must become bacon, I would not hes­i­tate to hand over my measly life.
– Bill Corbett

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In the heady, high-concept, coke-fueled days of 80’s Hol­ly­wood, it was rumored that some movies got pro­duced sim­ply on the basis of hav­ing an easily-communicated premise, like “Think ‘Grem­lins’ in the Sahara!” Fre­quently, these premises would sim­ply be a join­ing of two dif­fer­ent movies into one (“It’s ‘Week­end at Bernie’s’ […]

Some of you already know what this rep­re­sents.
Those of you who don’t — any guesses?

Curse you Dan­ger­mouse! I can’t hear the Bea­t­les’ “Julia” with­out hear­ing Jay-Z say­ing “Y’all tuned into the muh­fuh great­est!” now. #

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It strikes me that EXIT signs would look to a native speaker of Latin like red-lit signs that say HE LEAVES.
David Fos­ter Wal­lace — Infi­nite Jest
I don’t have many favorite authors, but David Fos­ter Wal­lace was one of them. Some­thing about the way he could be incred­i­bly intel­lec­tual, deep, funny, non­sen­si­cal, and yet, down-to-earth (some­times all […]