I have a ton to do and am going to have a mini-vacation in Miami, so this will be the last you’ll hear from me until either Tuesday night or Wednesday. I’ll keep the poll on the favorite new character open until then, which has more implications than you may realize.
To keep yourselves entertained until then, make sure to check out my archives to see if there is any Frank J. goodness you missed. Plus, I assume every fan of this site has read my Nuke the Moon treatise, but I just wanted to mention it just in case. The Nuke the Moon t-shirt may be coming soon.
I guess you could also check out the other blogs on my blogroll, but God know I never do 🙂 Actually, Stephen Den Beste has an interesting discussion on blogrolls (and also links to me, reinforcing bad behavior in me since it seems that if I write something bad about a blog, they’ll link me). He makes his blogroll small and uses it to promote new blogs that needs traffic. I don’t agree with everything he says (I don’t think 90% of blogs out there are crap; just there aren’t as many out there that distinguish themselves enough to be daily views). So, here’s something to discuss amongst yourselves while I’m gone, should I be like Den Beste and just promote new and worthy blogs on my blogroll, should I make it an exclusive club like Bill Whittle’s site, or should I put about everyone on like the puppy blender.
Talking about promoting new blogs, I want to promote On the Fritz once again, which instantly became a daily read of mine. And I just finally noticed that the background of the banner is Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (yes, I just pointed that out to show how smart I am; I’m still trying to think of a way to casually mention my SAT scores in a post). I also like Inoperable Terran who is a great linker. Unlike Den Beste, I like linkers because I have the attention span of a monkey on crack.
Another way to entertain yourself while I’m gone is to poke this bunny (just don’t tell Anna; she might get belligerent). Also, you can join in on Jay Solo’s contest to come up with what IMAO means (I put in an entry).
I’ve gotten a little behind on e-mails, but if Eugene Volokh can respond to every e-mail, God knows I don’t have an excuse not to. So I will get back to you eventually if you took the time to write me.
Thanks to all you guys who read my site. I love writing this stuff and almost wish I didn’t have a well-paying 9 to 5 job to get in the way of it (actually, I work 7:45 to 5:30 usually; does anyone actually work 9 to 5?). See you guys later.
Ha! Ha! Pretty funny, Frank, the way you “link” to On The Fritz by providing a broken link! You crack me up! I like exclamation points!
Oh! The correct URL?!
http://www.fritzliess.com/movabletype/
Free promotion; you get what you pay for.
I would (as though you care) have a blend of Whittle and, say, Rachel Lucas: A select group of blogs linked who are your close acquaintances and another section of those you regularly read but aren’t really on personal terms with.
I work 8:45 to 5, is that close enough?
Frank,
I chose Guernica primarily because the liberal press tried to make an issue out of a tapestry reproduction of the mural at the U.N. being covered up with a blue curtain during Colin Powell’s press conference. They tried to make it seem as if some kind of statement was being made, when the only reason why it was covered up was so people on camera wouldn’t appear to have arms and legs sticking out of their heads on TV.
Guernica has been adopted by many as strictly an antiwar symbol. But, when the mural was created, Picasso was making a bold statement about a very specific event. In 1937, Adolf Hitler assisted fellow fascist dictator Francisco Franco by using a small Basque village in Northern Spain — Guernica — for bombing practice, killing hundreds of innocent civilians.
I believe that Guernica should rightly be used to symbolize the evils of fascism and totalitarian governments, not to protest the necessity of waging war to combat them. It is unfortunate that an artist of Picasso’s stature did not create a masterpiece depicting the gassing of the Kurds by Saddam Hussein. The two events are so very similar.
Unfortunately, Picasso did not live to see the return of democracy to Spain. I think he would have been glad to know that the Spanish people see the mural as an icon for freedom, not as a message in support of blind pacifism. After all, it was the unwillingness of governments like England and France to get involved that allowed the bombing to happen.
Picasso was always evasive when asked to explain the symbolism of Guernica. He said, “It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
I chose to interpret Guernica as a call to action against evil dicators and terrorists.
Just hurry up and get back. No new Frank J. stuff for 3 days. ARGH! I’m going into withdrawls just thinking about it.
No more vacations for one full year!
Don’t worry everybody, Scrappleface is still updating.
Monkey on crack? Isn’t that redundant?
Not that you ever need ideas/subjects for ridicule/and or mayhem, but GB Trudeax from Doonsbury is severly in need of an ass-whupin’ or maybe even a killin’ or a stranglin’. Enjoy the time in MIA, will re-read the nuke the moon and the early rumsfeld stuff to placate my need for IMAO.us new stuff in your absence
To whom at the FDA should we wtite regarding this unwarranted abridgement of my freedom to read?
Have a nice time, Frank. Don’t worry about us here waiting around for your swift return. We’ll find some way to occupy ourselves. Come to think of it, I’ve been meaning to add myself to your blogroll for quite some time….
I guess Venomous Kate’s vote it for a blogroll where I just let about anyone on it 🙂