Is there a business here?
UX…
“This stealthy undertaking was not an act of robbery or espionage but rather a crucial operation in what would become an association called UX, for “Urban eXperiment.” UX is sort of like an artist’s collective, but far from being avant-garde—confronting audiences by pushing the boundaries of the new—its only audience is itself. More surprising still, its work is often radically conservative, intemperate in its devotion to the old. Through meticulous infiltration, UX members have carried out shocking acts of cultural preservation and repair, with an ethos of “restoring those invisible parts of our patrimony that the government has abandoned or doesn’t have the means to maintain.” The group claims to have conducted 15 such covert restorations, often in centuries-old spaces, all over Paris.”
Colbert vs. Todd…
Colbert has found an obvious target for ridicule and exploited it. It’s been the best comedy since Bush…
“It all started when Colbert announced that, as permitted by Citizens United, he planned to form a super PAC (“Making a better tomorrow, tomorrow”). As he explained to his viewers, his hope was that “Colbert Nation could have a voice, in the form of my voice, shouted through a megaphone made of cash … the American dream. And that dream is simple. That anyone, no matter who they are, if they are determined, if they are willing to work hard enough, someday they could grow up to create a legal entity which could then receive unlimited corporate funds, which could be used to influence our elections.”
And Chuck Todd is out of his depth. He’s forgotten that politics is there for a reason. He is the triumph of form over function!
“Colbert took the mainstream by storm in interview after interview that schooled Americans about the insanity of Citizens United and garnered blowback from NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd, who complained that Colbert is “making a mockery of the system” and questioned whether the real agenda was to “educate the public about the dangers of money and politics … or simply to marginalize the Republican Party?” Then came the un-ironic defenses of the irony of Colbert and the obligatory navel-gazing about whether Colbert is in fact effecting real change or in peril of succumbing to “irony fatigue.”
Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United..
Yosemite…
Snow…
We’ll be ruled over by robots…
Wes Anderson From Above…
Just completed a 12.81 km run …
Just completed a 12.81 km run – Injured. . http://t.co/135KuyHv #RunKeeper
Kangaroo Island…
“Kangaroo Island sounds like a sarcastic nickname for Australia itself: fitting, in a sense, because it’s almost like a compressed version of how Australia looks in your head as a child. It’s known as Australia’s Galapagos because of its abundance of wildlife. There are creatures everywhere. Kangaroos hop along the roadside, koalas laze in trees, echidnas shuffle through the undergrowth: it’s like a huge safari park with no fencing.”
Charlie Brooker swims with the fishes in Australia | Travel | The Guardian
There are good and bad periods when your travelling. Places that exceed and places that disappoint.
There are also places that leave a perfect memory. Didn’t know about the island before I went, would recommend it to anyone.
More Olympic fun…
“The years spent poring over spreadsheets and models are about to be put to the test under the glare of a world media not necessarily predisposed to London after the cheerful kicking doled out to previous Games by our press.”
London 2012 faces hurdles on the home stretch | Owen Gibson | Sport | The Guardian.