Crabby O'Rourke

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“The only people who love to write are bloggers.

“Blogs are free. And they are worth it.”

-- P. J. O'Rourke

Mr. O'Rourke was on C-SPAN'S Book-TV's "In Depth." I enjoy his speaking engagements, but four hours of him is perhaps too much.

Regarding the context of the quote above, Mr. O'Rourke was explaining that writing is just a job to him, what he must do for his daily bread and to feed the family. He finds more spiritual fulfillment in putting together shelves in the garage. One cannot help wondering if that might have something to do with the purpose for which he writes.

One could crack that reading him is something of a job, too. And not spiritually fulfilling.

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Crabby O'Rourke

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“The only people who love to write are bloggers.

“Blogs are free. And they are worth it.”

-- P. J. O'Rourke

Mr. O'Rourke was on C-SPAN'S Book-TV's "In Depth." I enjoy his speaking engagements, but four hours of him is perhaps too much.

Regarding the context of the quote above, Mr. O'Rourke was explaining that writing is just a job to him, what he must do for his daily bread and to feed the family. He finds more spiritual fulfillment in putting together shelves in the garage. One cannot help wondering if that might have something to do with the purpose for which he writes.

One could crack that reading him is something of a job, too. And not spiritually fulfilling.

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Whorshipping Angelina Jolie

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It looks like we might have made that Angelina Jolie painting too complicated. Evidently, it is simply about our celebrity worship:

On her blog, Kretz, 43, said the painting addresses "the celebrity worship cycle." She said she chose Jolie for the subject "because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her 'unattainable' beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status."

Kate Kretz is the artist, and the painting is called "Blessed Art Thou." It just seems to me, if the painting is about celebrity worship, Jolie's garment should have been cut to show her legs, with the top transparent to show off her breasts better.


(Source: Martha Waggoner for ABC News)

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Whorshipping Angelina Jolie

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It looks like we might have made that Angelina Jolie painting too complicated. Evidently, it is simply about our celebrity worship:

On her blog, Kretz, 43, said the painting addresses "the celebrity worship cycle." She said she chose Jolie for the subject "because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her 'unattainable' beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status."

Kate Kretz is the artist, and the painting is called "Blessed Art Thou." It just seems to me, if the painting is about celebrity worship, Jolie's garment should have been cut to show her legs, with the top transparent to show off her breasts better.


(Source: Martha Waggoner for ABC News)

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Sexy Rome

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In preparation for the upcoming second season of HBO's "Rome," they are airing the first episodes. Monk is happily reminded of how heavily they relied on hawt-babe nudity and hard-pounding sex. That started to dwindle by the end of the first season. Monk just knows that this will probably be extinguished altogether for the second season.

Once they hook a large enough audience, they go frigid. "The Sopranos" is a big example of this that comes to mind. I suppose they start thinking of syndication money, and they want to sell the networks something they can air. What a pity! Who wants diluted entertainment?

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Sexy Rome

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In preparation for the upcoming second season of HBO's "Rome," they are airing the first episodes. Monk is happily reminded of how heavily they relied on hawt-babe nudity and hard-pounding sex. That started to dwindle by the end of the first season. Monk just knows that this will probably be extinguished altogether for the second season.

Once they hook a large enough audience, they go frigid. "The Sopranos" is a big example of this that comes to mind. I suppose they start thinking of syndication money, and they want to sell the networks something they can air. What a pity! Who wants diluted entertainment?

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