This story — told by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson — is my favorite example of long-term planning ever. The story may be apocryphal, but in this case, I’m following the advice of the guy from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: if you’ve got a choice between printing truth and legend…print the legend.
Tag Archives: Culture
Um, Is It Just Me…
Or does the “alien” captured on video that’s making the rounds look a lot like the old-school Punisher logo? I’m not joking. Is this just a dude in a black Punisher t-shirt standing outside a window?
And Finally…
And This One's For Laurenn…
Some People Have Their Priorities Straight.
I've Been Watching Too Much British TV Recently
After watching two episodes of Life On Mars in a row, I almost called my dad “Guv” when he came into the living room a few minutes ago. Reminds me of when Alex was in the middle of watching the first season of The Wire on DVD and, when his mom called him up, called […]
The Enemy Inside
Ben Rubenstein has written a great piece over at PopMatters about the problem with being both a music critic and a friend of musicians. Call it the Stillwater Syndrome. This is always a problem — as a critic, it’s your job to be honest and uncompromising. As a human, it’s your job to want your […]
Memorial Day
Tomorrow is Memorial Day, when we Americans give our remembrance of those Americans who’ve died fighting for this country. (Estimates of the numbers vary wildly, but let’s say about 1.8 million Americans total since the War of Independence.) In point of fact, most Americans mark Memorial Day as the psychological beginning of summer. Personally, I […]
Dodging The Rain Men
Had a long talk with — or rather, I ranted deliriously for about a half hour or more in my (quite literally) malnourished state at — my friend Gary today, about why I’m getting so fucking sick of the Internet. It was a long and meandering rant, much of which I don’t remember, other than […]
This Made Me Laugh
(via Welcome To Room 116, which looks to be an interesting art blog.)