Cary Grant’s Suit
April 29th, 2008
"It’s fun to think of it as ‘dusty’ blue because of what befalls it later. It’s by far the best suit in the movie, in the movies, perhaps the whole world."
Archive for April, 2008
Surgeons give hope to blind with successful ‘bionic eye’ operations
April 29th, 2008
Best part? It's called the Argus II. Argus is the name of several mythic figures, including Argus Panoptes (the hundred-eyed giant), Odysseus' faithful dog, and both the shipwright of the Argo and also a shipwrecked traveller rescued by Jason.
Search for the “Confectionary Behemoth”
April 28th, 2008
From the abstract for a story in today's New York Times about the acquisition of Wrigley's by Mars, Inc. Seems like the phrase only occurs in syndication of the story, but is worthy of a surrealist master.