the facts of life

You called?  

and the fact is, in a perfect world the facts of life are revealed to your delicately budding sensibilities in the presence of none other than America’s Sweetheart and Sexiest Man Alive, George Clooney

I, apparently, grew up in a perfect world. And so did you. Who knew?

what is he doing with that hand? Can he come over and do it here?

The simple fact of life for George Clooney, however, is that the poor man will never, as long as he lives and no matter what he achieves, including Oscars, Sexiest Man Alive Hall of Fame status, earning a coveted internship on the good ship Fugger, even achieving the Presidency, bringing about world peace and/or saving the planet from paparazzi/mutants/asteroids/misunderstood minorities gone bad, he will never live down this haircut.

Work that mullet, boy!

You take the gel,
You take the bangs,
You take them both and there you have the ‘do Clooney.
The view ew-ee!
That's quite the Flock of Seagulls quiff, dear

There’s a time you gotta go afro
You’re growin’ out,
You know about the blowdryer.
Oh no, feathers!

When the look never seems,
To be working without the Brylcreem.
And suddenly you’re finding out,
The Caesar look will help you out.
The greying works too.
Hot Dippity-do!
A goatee pour vous?

It takes Christophe to get it right,
But you’re learnin the facts of life.
Learnin the facts of life.
Learnin the facts of life.
Learnin the facts of li-fe.

Tootie, as usual, gets the best lines.

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quiz: which Lord of the Rings/Alice in Wonderland character are you?

Yeah, I’m reaching a bit with this one. It’s not tremendously recherche, and the chances are that every fanboy and Figwit-lover has already posted it on their Livejournal, but still, there is a compelling reason for posting this.

It makes me look totally cool.

You scored as Frodo Baggins.

Frodo Baggins
90%
Gimli
90%
Eowyn of Rohan
87%
Peregrin Took (Pippin)
80%
Gandalf the Grey
73%
Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry)
73%
Aragorn
73%
Saruman the White
70%
Legolas
67%
Galadriel
57%
Arwen of Rivendell
53%
Gollum
53%
Samwise Gamgee
47%
Boromir
33%

Which Lord of the Rings character are you most like?
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Whereas this does not:

You scored as Tweedle Dee & Dum. Yes, you’re both – because they’re exactly the same. You’re quite dumb, and blatantly oblivious to most things going on around you. You love to tell stories and screw around. You’re loveable, but sometimes extremely annoying.

Tweedle Dee & Dum
81%
Alice
75%
The Mad Hatter
69%
White Rabbit
56%
Cheshire Cat
56%
Queen of Hearts
50%
Caterpillar
50%

Which Alice in Wonderland Character are YOU?
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all this useless beauty

Carousel to nowhere 

 

Is it better to have been loved and lost, than never to have been loved at all? These sites, galleries of photographs of an abandoned Japanese amusement resort (click on the pictures for more) raise some intriguing questions about the nature of beauty and loss.

roller coaster in fog

If we’re being honest it seems pretty clear that, had we seen this place when it was going strong, we would probably (as the jaded grownups we have become) consider this to be a pretty tacky amusement park, which is a bit like calling something a pretty water-resistant duck. Amusement parks are amusing, but they are rarely sophisticated or ironic. And they are rarely beautiful.

But now look.

roller coaster

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quiz: which of the Ancient Greek Muses are you?

Polyhymnia 

And so we continue on Intellectual Day, here at the ol’ raincoaster blog. This quiz reminds me of the time one of the guys at the station on Barney Miller was giving a costume party and Wojo wanted to go. “Great,” said Dietrich. “It’s Come As Your Favorite 4th-Century BC Philosopher.” Of course, I would have to be ahead of my time…by about two centuries.

You scored as Polyhymnia. You are Polyhymnia, the muse of sacred poetry. Religion is the biggest part of your life, and you’re not afraid to let everyone else know. You are kind of shy and not great at letting people know who you really are.

Polyhymnia
88%
Thalia
81%
Erato
69%
Calliope
69%
Terpischore
69%
Clio
63%
Melpomene
63%
Euterpe
63%
Urania
50%

Thalia...but she's weirder looking than Polyhymnia, so I had to use her instead

Which of the Greek Muses are you?
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pic o’ the day: a mystery picture!

Can you guess what it is? Click to find out.

click to solve the mysterious mystery