A great book like The Lord of the Rings takes the "infinite", transcendental themes of brotherhood and sacrifice, and turns them into "finite" words on a page.
Words (made "incarnate" by language) whose goal is to turn you back to the infinite by embracing those ideals.
Perhaps that old vision of the American city is still possible.
If we design streets around people, and demand more beauty of the public realm, we might be surprised at the result - economic and otherwise...
John Mulaney: "Without sound, we wouldn't have been able to hear such classic lines as 'You're gonna need a bigger boat,' 'I'll have what she's having' and 'He was in the Amazon with my mother when she was researching spiders just before she died.'" https://t.co/UNgGySGz3r
The Federal Railroad Administration is conducting a study to evaluate restoring daily, long-distance, intercity train service.
Their initial proposal would add 15 long-distance routes, serving 61 additional metropolitan areas and creating a true national network.
8 year old me would feel so vindicated that Barbie has domestically out grossed Indiana Jones World Wide considering I was made fun of for playing with dolls rather than my Indy Lego set 💅🏼
Support your local / family owned / small theme parks.
Although Worlds of Fun was the original reason for our trip this past weekend, we decided to take a detour on the way home to visit Lost Island Theme Park. It was a beyond worthwhile decision as it stole the show.
Do people ever talk about what happens in the years after you drop one of your hyper fixations?
Like when friends and family still expect you to know everything about a topic/celebrity/IP that you no longer know everything about?
Okay who wants a little thread on why Ryan Gosling, a certified smokeshow, looks so bad in the Barbie movie, and how you can apply it to your own wardrobe?