Miscellaneous nonsense
In lieu of a substantive post, here are some random links.
For anyone who has ever operated a sewing machine: famous last words, cosplay edition.
“Oh look, a Windows ME install disc!” (Via Eve Tushnet.)
George Lucas is no engineer. (Via First Things.)
Someday I may forgive Dale Price for posting this. (Alarming fact: Before Star Trek, Shatner acted (if that is the word) in the pilot for a teevee show about Alexander the Great, costarring Adam West.)
Does the use of accordions violate the principles of just war?
For what it’s worth (very little), I’m now on Facebook. This was research for work, believe it or not.
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August 21st, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Wow — I think the 1978 Shatner is a *hoot.* (And at least he didn’t try to sing.) Who knew he’d end up making his real career out of exactly that kind of mock-serious self-parody?
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Accordions, no. Bagpipes, yes. That’s why the wily Scots use them.
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
For anyone who has ever operated a sewing machine…
“How hard can it be?”
August 24th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Man, bagpipes are militant and aggressive in a way that accordions just can’t replicate. Bagpipe playing involves standing in one place & copious spitting. It’s ideal for linear warfare, where you’re encouraging men to stand the line & not move an inch. Accordions, on the other hand, are all motion and wacky wild swinging arms, like a mechanized bearhug in action. It’s demonstrative and friendly in a fundamentally nonthreatening manner.