Art in the times of Recession

The NYTimes page on Youtube comes up with some interesting features - like the following one about a young artist's struggle and how he is happily surviving at 1000$ per month, unlike many of his 5000$ per month salaried friends:

Another P G Wodehouse Moment

.. and another - this one a fight between Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. For a real treat, listen to it here, at the very begninning of Chapter 9... 

... and for the text, skip to the beginning of Chapter 9  in the Gutenberg text.

Other P G Wodehouse moments: 1

A P.G. Wodehouse Moment

I listened to it at the end of the 8th Chapter (here), and absolutely loved the one particular line italicized below.

Dialogue between Bertram Wooster and Tuppy Glossop (Bertie going first).

Context: Bertram Wooster’s manservant, Jeeves, is renowned for his ability to apply his keen intellect to solve all problems domestic, and Bertie’s friends and relatives flock to him for his counsel. Bertie Wooster is jealous of Jeeves’s fame, and  decides to step in and take over as the fixer of his pal’s engagement, his aunt’s gambling debts and old school-mate’s desire to propose marriage. But as we see in this conversation, his "clients" do not hold him in the greatest of confidence... 

"And at dinner you will push, as arranged?"

"Absolutely as arranged."

"Fine."

"It's an excellent idea. One of Jeeves's best. You can tell him from me, when you see him, that I'm much obliged."

The cigarette fell from my fingers. It was as though somebody had slapped Bertram Wooster across the face with a wet dish-rag.

"You aren't suggesting that you think this scheme I have been sketching out is Jeeves's?"

"Of course it is. It's no good trying to kid me, Bertie. You wouldn't have thought of a wheeze like that in a million years."

There was a pause. I drew myself up to my full height; then, seeing that he wasn't looking at me, lowered myself again.

"Come, Glossop," I said coldly, "we had better be going. It is time we were dressing for dinner."

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Collection of Awesome Photoshop Tutorials

http://gormly.com/blog/?cat=15

just amazing what the Web has to offer...

Time to fill taxes

Here's a video from the Virginia Tax Department, encouraging online filing of taxes:

Which is inspired by who else but Bob Dylan - here's the original:

The Tax video has a superhero called Phil (look closely to notice him in the background). Cute little fellow, Phil. To see more of him, see the following video:

early morning trivia

Here's some trivia that i found... while browsing the Net today morning...

We know of Hutch, the telecom company. Here's what it means in English:

hutch
noun
1 a box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits, ferrets, or other small domesticated animals : a rabbit hutch.
2 a storage chest.
• a cupboard or dresser typically with open shelves above.

some time-pass

found this interesting pic:

http://yourscene.latimes.com/mycapture/photos/Image.aspx?ImageID=163236&EventID=474195&CategoryID=17991&Sort=&CollectionID=0

a road named Zzyzx Road...

it actually exists on the way from LA to Las Vegas

now... with such an interesting name, Las Vegas nearby... ppl have even made movies named on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx

1 of these movies is disputed to be one of the lowest grossing movies ever (30 usd)... however many ppl say that it was a good movie... movie also has a website

www.zyzzyxrdthemovie.com

now i for one would like to see the movie...