'Just make sure someone gets killed with a chainsaw.'

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Recommending the Low Life

I have tried and tried to get my friends to read Jeremy Clarke's weekly columns in The Spectator (the British mag—The American Spectator, a completely different publication, is much more political, or maybe both are equally political only I'm too unfamiliar with UK politics to see it). For the most part, I have failed. I'm not sure why—maybe none of my friends has a sense of humor.

But you—you—you have a sense of humor. So you should definitely read this. You might think it's pointless. But does it really need a point? You might think that it comes with too little background information, that you don't know who this Clarke person is, why he's in Switzerland, why he cares if anyone knows Taki, and, most importantly, who the heck is Trev? But these are small matters. Trev is just this guy with a surreal problem. And Jeremy Clarke is nothing if not the best at painting a picture of surreal problems.

(I can actually explain who Trev is if anyone cares to ask. He was introduced into the Low Life several years ago, when Jeremy was infatuated with Sharon. But really, if you give him a chance, it's a great read without knowing all about Sharon.)

Plot Device

Pretty cool short by Red Giant:


Plot Device from Red Giant on Vimeo.

Unintentional faces

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2011/06/unintentional-faces-in-objects.html

The blue and red one in the middle is clearly going to eat that kid once the photographer looks away.

This is ancient history, I know, but it's still hysterical every time I read it:

I will not read your f***ing script