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Nov 22
Lyndon B. Johnson, as Senate majority leader in 1957, giving Theodore F. Green, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “the treatment.” 

Johnson relied on two main tactics. The first involved direct persuasion, or “The Treatment.” He didn’t delegate his lobbying to other people. Instead he took on the job himself. When searching for a vote, Johnson confronted colleagues in the Senate hallways. He cornered them and leaned into their face as he explained why he needed their vote. He would pull out facts and figures from his pockets, refusing to budge until he heard that they were with him.

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Lyndon B. Johnson, as Senate majority leader in 1957, giving Theodore F. Green, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “the treatment.”

Johnson relied on two main tactics. The first involved direct persuasion, or “The Treatment.” He didn’t delegate his lobbying to other people. Instead he took on the job himself. When searching for a vote, Johnson confronted colleagues in the Senate hallways. He cornered them and leaned into their face as he explained why he needed their vote. He would pull out facts and figures from his pockets, refusing to budge until he heard that they were with him.

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Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints pwn3s the St. Louis Rams. (via)

Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints pwn3s the St. Louis Rams. (via)


Drinking buddy.

Drinking buddy.


Nov 21
Liana contemplates her masterpiece. (via)

Liana contemplates her masterpiece. (via)


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Dream Bitches - Hierarchy Island

You didn’t have to stay with me to kill me in my sleep.

Is this the best song of 2009 that was actually released in 2008? Is that the stupidest sentence of 2009?


Nov 20


IT’S FURIE FRIDAY!
Art by Matt Furie.

IT’S FURIE FRIDAY!

Art by Matt Furie.


Georgia Hardstark at the Mountain Lion Ranch, looking like she’s down to sell you some uppers from her mom’s medicine cabinet. This is before she spilled beer on my car. (flickr)

Georgia Hardstark at the Mountain Lion Ranch, looking like she’s down to sell you some uppers from her mom’s medicine cabinet. This is before she spilled beer on my car. (flickr)


Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)

Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)


Nov 19
All in the family. Lots of good stuff on the blog right now.
laurataylor:

missed these guys!
ianbroyles:

gpoyw: glad i brought donuts edition.
laurenlemon:

The Wet Shirts.
I’ve never really worked in the company of other photographers. This bunch? They’re regulars at it. It’s fascinating - watching other people shoot, work, interact, and light the same exact space you’re shooting, working, interacting and lighting. There’s always something to learn from others, and I’m glad to be making myself step out of my sheltered comfort level. Plus! Turns out they happen to be real good company, and show up to photoshoots with donuts.

All in the family. Lots of good stuff on the blog right now.

laurataylor:

missed these guys!

ianbroyles:

gpoyw: glad i brought donuts edition.

laurenlemon:

The Wet Shirts.

I’ve never really worked in the company of other photographers. This bunch? They’re regulars at it. It’s fascinating - watching other people shoot, work, interact, and light the same exact space you’re shooting, working, interacting and lighting. There’s always something to learn from others, and I’m glad to be making myself step out of my sheltered comfort level. Plus! Turns out they happen to be real good company, and show up to photoshoots with donuts.



Whoa. This one was unexpected.

BEAST focuses on a struggling young sculptor named Colette. A client known only as Beast wants his portrait carved out of a block of marble and offers her a deal too good to be true.  In short order, Beast turns out to be more than he seems and the marble’s true origins are far more sinister than Colette ever realized.

BEAST got under my skin. I don’t think you could really call it a horror book…it has a grimy atmosphere and anxiety that’s more subtle and slithery than all that. Churchland is relatively unknown and she draws the hell out of her story. The art is gorgeous…if the last page is to be believed, she did the whole book in pencil and crayon. Uncomfortably inspiring. Preview here.

Whoa. This one was unexpected.

BEAST focuses on a struggling young sculptor named Colette. A client known only as Beast wants his portrait carved out of a block of marble and offers her a deal too good to be true. In short order, Beast turns out to be more than he seems and the marble’s true origins are far more sinister than Colette ever realized.

BEAST got under my skin. I don’t think you could really call it a horror book…it has a grimy atmosphere and anxiety that’s more subtle and slithery than all that. Churchland is relatively unknown and she draws the hell out of her story. The art is gorgeous…if the last page is to be believed, she did the whole book in pencil and crayon. Uncomfortably inspiring. Preview here.


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T. Rex - The Slider


Nov 18
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 YES IAN YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!!

(via ianbroyles)

YES IAN YES! A THOUSAND TIMES YES!!


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