Happy Endings

Just to clear things up, I'm referencing the film, Happy Endings.

Still digesting whether it was good or bad (right now, I'm thinking a mix of both), but I can't get over Maggie Gyllenhall's performance. This is the first time I have ever found her to be really attractive; she's always been the "kid-sister" role for me. Not here. Oozes appeal, much more than sex.

At the end she sang Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" (actual performance).

My thoughts went back to this week. Huge step forward.

Full Nerd Video

From an earlier post about nerdy ladies, here is the full video. Just jaw-dropping.





Devendra Banhart at the Rainbow House - Director's Cut from Oliver Peoples on Vimeo.



Think I may need to start wearing Oliver Peoples.

Be well. Do good.
BG

Incredible Documentary

Trailer

I highly recommend a documentary I just watched on HBO: "Sergio"
- about Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative to the Secretary-General Kofi Annan
- covers his life's work in the UN and how he died from an attack on the UN office in Iraq (2003)

Amazing.

Be well. Do good.
BG

one lesson in vanity

 

222. Don’t boast about projects in progress. Celebrate their completion.

Via Rules for my Unborn Son

What I need to do

1. learn how to play the guitar
2. learn how to sing in tune
3. raise an adorable daughter

...Correction: New Quote of the Week

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

 - Robert Anson Heinlein 

Quote of the Week via Blog of the Week

89. When speaking with a journalist, choose your words carefully.

rules for my unborn son

A few days late, but still great

Three Kings

Be Well, Do Good.

BG

My latest super-power

Legit.

Presidential Bunghole

Straight from the mouth of our former President LBJ.

I'm sure that at the time, most of these comments were commonplace. It's good to see the human side of our leaders.

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.

Fascinatingly Sexy Nerds

For whatever reason I have been subjected to a number of experts lately, all of whom are females. There is something to be said about the incredible appeal of someone who masters a subject, no pun intended.

Coupled with the inherent nerdy-ness of most of these ladies, I can't help but let my jaw drop when I see a photo like the one above, courtesy of Kempt. I need to switch environments so I have more of this kind of nerds around.

Do well, be good.

BG

Without Sleep, I still dream

Spending the last few days on calls with Singapore until the early hours of the morning, my brain has moved from reality to surreality.

 

In the recesses of my memory from last Autumn

Vivid memories lost from a previous era of my life return with the full color and emotion of the day I lived them. Almost in tears for things that have been buried for months or even years, I tripped across a memory of Clooney's film last year. I was impressed with the retro-color scheme, which combined with the Spy-storyline appeals to my appreciation for James Bond, Jason Bourne, and to a much lesser degree, Mission Impossible films.

Let's just hope that the medium conveying this message doesn't self-destruct in 6 seconds.

Be well, do good.

BG