Living A Tom Wolfe Novel Every Single Day Of My Life

After she pulled an Althouse, and backed Obama before Romney, I still don't understand why Gawker is one of the few outlets providing this kind of political coverage:

 

Breathy Reaganite Peggy Noonan has lived. She has stayed in a hotel, traveled to darkest Brooklyn, and even seen a Mexican.

Truly living a life of danger:

But thankfully, unlike Althouse, Peggy's never deigned to show "the other half" her travel photos,...

 

James Arthur Ray: The Sweat Lodge Killer's Evolution From NewAge Master Of The Universe To Dirty Hippie

Ray at the height of his fame, after doing Oprah, and The Secret, and killing people.

And here's our boy after he got busted for three deaths in (where else?) that hot bed of NewAge gullibility spirituality, Sedona Arizona.

This is Jay Ray during his trial, totally stressed, after he'd spent every dime he scammed on a defense that netted him only two lousy years in prison.

And this was the guru in July - released on probation, to scam and/or kill again,...

 

There's No Good Title For A Post On My Title Problems

So there now seems to be a glitch in Blogger's widget, which only allows TMR's title to show if I have a photo behind it. Not a big deal - I've got enough of 'em - but it is one more photo-related headache for me to deal with. (Other bloggers have it so easy,...)

And I've wasted 11 hours fixing this bullshit.

That's Banksy's piece behind today's title, so here's a documentary on him. If you're artistically inclined, he's got a LOT of good images and ideas out there.

I'll get back to blogging after I eat,...

I Pray For Everyone I Meet Before I Damn Them To Hell

Super-Earth GJ 1214b, 40 light years away, 'is rich in water with a thick, steamy atmosphere'

Gravity-defying hairstyles from Sixties Nigeria by photographer J.D. Ojeikere

GhettoTracker.com Allows Users to Track Ghettos, Rate Them as Good or Bad

Atheist murdered after heated religious debate with God-fearing friend

Holding their tongues: Pentecostals in the US are giving up on their incomprehensible babbling

The President Of France Has Been Captured (On Film)

"Now, as the world waits to see whether American lawmakers will vote the same way as their British counterparts, France is left in the uncomfortable situation of the schoolboy who's been talking big in the playground only to find that the two big mates who were backing him up have disappeared."

Same Paper, Two Deaths, Nobody Puts 2 + 2 Together

Marian McPartland, pioneering female jazz pianist, dies at 95 (The lady in the yellow dress).

Jean Bach dies at 94; made Oscar-nominated jazz documentary (above).

 

Prepare Yourselves: You're Gonna See Something New

Once I'd read this for the third time, and still found it funny, I figured I ought to post it:

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Sunday that there has been "no change" in the country's 2013 growth forecast, after it appeared the figure had been revised downward. 

"There was no change in the growth forecast as I have read it," the minister told journalists in Paris. 

"I have not made any revision on the forecast of growth in France," he said.

Atta boy. I'm never sure which is more delusional: 

The way French socialists keep hoping it'll work, or the way we're sold it is, despite all evidence. 

I found some old photos I'd taken in France, so you'll be able to compare for yourselves,...

 

The (Black) Kids Are Alright

Earl Sweatshirt, 19.