I won't be the first to link this, but it's so alive it's hard to resist. He dishes on Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando, Bono, Cyndi Lauper... pretty much everyone he thinks of.
[Marlon] Brando used to go cha-cha dancing with us. He could dance his ass off. He was the most charming motherfucker you ever met. He’d fuck anything. Anything! He’d fuck a mailbox. James Baldwin. Richard Pryor. Marvin Gaye.
He slept with them? How do you know that? [Frowns.] Come on, man. He did not give a fuck! You like Brazilian music?
After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just the start of his heartbreaking journey
Hannah Levesque makes very detailed custom paper architectural models.
Family HomeA Taste of California
Many more photos on Levesque's site, including close-ups and interior details. Wonderful stuff. There, you can order a custom job, or even purchase a DIY kit.
A while back, I posted Towers of Silence, which features vultures, and today this video popped up on my feed. Lovely little story with some close-up vulture footage giving a perspective I'd never seen before. Short, just a couple minutes long, but covers vulture romance, arthritis, stem cell surgery, and more.
Some of you know I have a canine roommate named Shakedown. That's her, above. I get complimented on her name pretty much every time I tell it to someone. It's always nice to hear, though I'm sure she's sick of me getting the credit. She's always claimed to have whispered it in my ear while I was sleeping.
I love naming things. Not just dogs. And though I'm biased, I think I have a knack for it. That said, I do know two better namers: Bob Mortimer and David Simon. Some of Mortimer's inventions include Top-heavy Ken, Slow Colin, Barbara Lighthouse, Mary Candles, and Mickey the Drink. Some of Simon's are Snot-boogie, Cheese, Bunk, Carver, and Stringer Bell.
Below is my list of quality dog names. (I also have one of horrible dog names, though I won't share it in case your dog's name is on it.)
Lincoln's List of Great Dog Names
Countdown Bardo Fair Play Flowers Finch Flossy Gillan (GILL anne) Grenier (GRAIN-yr) Ogden Brightly Go Compy Kapow!* Pantone Birch Mighty* (small dogs only, please) Ida (I-da, not E-da) Evans Lautrec (La-TREK) Goffin Mox Catch Snake Oil Mon Gateau (aka Monga) Fisty Grapes* Cohen Tez Lap-lap Truce Shimmy Bricko / Bricka Goulash Softy Congo Poplar Eleh (L.A.) Campy Mist Fixer Alef
Here's what I'm proposing: have a dog you need named? Choose one of the names above and, if you can afford it, every year of your dog's life, donate ten bucks of your local currency to a dog shelter. Preferably a no-kill shelter.
Don't know any shelters? I'll suggest Galgo del Sol in Spain. They do great work and focus mostly on Galgos and Podencos (the Spanish and Portuguese equivalent to the American Greyhound). They're also pretty great at naming dogs.
Am I kidding with this? Nope.
I sorta stole this idea from Bob Mortimer, who once proposed it with cat names and the annual donations went to him. Bob's a comedian. I'm not. I just like naming things and helping dogs.
*Not a dog name of my invention, so you should only donate $5 annually for these ones, as someone else did the heavy lifting. I met Grapes in Toronto, Mighty in West Hollywood, and Kapow! is an agility champ.
