"The strongest poison ever known / Came from Caesar's laurel crown."

[larryhammer]

A review of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition as a satirical dystopian novel. "This vision of humanity’s predicament has echoes of Samuel Beckett at some of his more nihilistic moments – except that Beckett allows his tramps to speak for themselves, and when they do they’re often quite cheerful. The sufferers of DSM-5, meanwhile, have no voice; they’re only interrogated by a pitiless system of categorizations with no ability to speak back." (via)

A late link is better than none: Commander Chris Hadfield records "Space Oddity" aboard the ISS. Well, just the vocals, guitar, and video were recorded in space -- the rest of the tracks were groundside. Still -- "SPACE ODDITY" IN SPACE. (via)

Instant better Thomas Kinkade paintings: just add Star Wars. The guy is better at vehicles than figures, though. See also added Cthulhu. (via)

---L.

Subject quote from "Auguries of Innocence," William Blake.

Comments

[larryhammer]

It is brill.