Jeff Zucker started his new gig at CNN World Wide on a bass note. He brought back the twenty year old audio tag done by James Earl Jones. I don’t know why I find that so cool, but when they got rid of the JEJ’s voice on the news network, I really kind of missed it.
I wonder if the JEJ would do a little something for PhotoCine News. I can hear it now; “This is PCN.”
Don’t look at me so funny, I can dream.
Two of my favorite obsessions; James Bond and the English language. Geoffrey Pullum tells us why it’s shaken, not stirred rather than shaken but not stirred.
My favorite quote of the piece: “To anyone who finds that linguistic study is a worthless finicking with trifles, I would reply that life consists of little things; the important matter is to see them largely.”
At the stroke of midnight on New Years eve I was high atop a San Francisco rooftop drinking champaign and freezing my tits off. The next day my friends asked me if I enjoyed the fireworks display in the south-eastern sky.
Fireworks display?
Over my second cup of coffee and second round of Advil these same friends were kind enough to help me remember that I indeed had a good time the previous night. For those of you who, like me, may be a little fuzzy about your New Years Eve details – In Focus has a spectacular collection of photography of New Years Celebrations Around the World.
It’s kind of sweet how the whole Indiana Jones mystery ended up. The details are here at the the University of Chicago blog.
A fabulous story from the admissions department of the University of Chicago. Personally, I hope the mystery is never solved.
This extraordinary video of the known universe is based on actual astronomical observations. Take my word for it. Watch this full screen at high definition.
