Daily Archives: April 20, 2007

Ironic, Iranic, Irenic

And ride in triumph through Persepolis! Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles? […] Is it not passing brave to be a king, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? –Marlowe, Tambulaine (Part One) I’m not one to run … Continue reading

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Um. Wow.

The Pantheon dome and its oculus as the Moon and the Earth. (From APoD.)

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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One…

“Boy meets pig. Boy frames pig as a jewel thief. Boy loses pig, and has all his leather-clad supermodel/cat-burglar sidekicks karate-chopped into submission by pig. It’s practically the world’s oldest story.” (From the “Inventory” feature at Onion AV Club. The … Continue reading

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