I wrote a piece - ostensibly about obscure 50s Westerns - but really about how "heroism" underwent a conceptual sea change in the 60s. We all kind of assume Clint Eastwood is the more "adult" archetype, the matured version of a hero. But are we right? https://t.co/6k8yzyFjaV

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IT’S WILD THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO SAVE SOMETHING AS A PDF IS TO LIE TO YOUR COMPUTER THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO PRINT IT 😭😭😭

The thing about living in the south is, you can leave a high security research lab, on the campus of a top tier R-1 research university to go to an appointment with a world renowned medical expert but this will inevitably involve driving down Hog Mountain Rd.

Amused by this quote from Alvin York about commanding officer. Appalachian meets Yankee lol "He was the first New Englander I ever knowed… I was kinder surprised at his knowledge of the Bible. It made me happy to know my battalion commander was familiar with the word of God."

almost two year old female daughter has internalized the concept of small talk, but only has one question to ask: “what’s your gob?” (job). if she senses “conversation” is happening she will ask everyone this, in a circle, repeatedly. if you ask her, she says “being baby”.

Another strange fact: Chamberlain's wife (then-girlfriend) lived for a while in Savannah. She was baffled to find a well-thumbed copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the shelf of her hosts. Public opinion (and the efficacy of book bans) less simple than it may appear in retrospect.

There's plenty about Little Round Top that was less Hollywood than Michael Shaara led us to believe (tactical significance mainly), but in one way, it was even more dramatic. Chamberlain didn't just have one but two brothers there. He sent the civilian to the back of the lines.

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Aliens (completely bewildered): so the groundhog Me: is clairvoyant, yes

Took some photos in a Manhattan movie theater a few years ago that look like concept art for Bioshock

Sad that kids today don't know film noir.

Woke prospector be like: there’s gold in they/them hills

"Call this miracle, if you please...but what is miracle but seeing for a moment through a veil which for ordinary sense and mood hangs thick and dark? Christ rose to show us that death has no power over those like him." -Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, preaching on Easter

My father was homeless at the age of 12. His mother was addicted to drugs and his father had left the home. He lived on the street until he was old enough to join the military and go into Vietnam. He never played a sport or went to a prom. Yet, when I was born he became the best

May I present you this edit of Catherine O'Hara as Joan Crawford without further comment

Ok so I made a tiny carrot glock to see if I can get a laugh out of him.

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (1955) Perhaps the best director's commentary ever. John Sturges shares more film info, history and knowledge in the first five minutes than other directors can in two hours. Paul Thomas Anderson said this commentary is better than four years of film school.

@lymanstoneky On a serious note, I do think pretty much every system has a point at which they have to appeal to mystery, and many of the differences boiled down to where you feel comfortable/see Scripture doing so. And I actually do think that’s legitimate.

WELL, THE HEIGHTS START WUTHERIN' AND THEY DON'T STOP WUTHERIN'

Huge W for French. You actually do have to hand this one to them.