I see this link from over at the kotkorg :

Artist Jeremiah Palecek has recently been painting pieces inspired by video games

I say to myself, "What a bunch of dorky ballyhoo. Some nerd painting video games. This is like a pack of losers all lubed up with nerd cream and then polished up for the 5th of dorktember."

So I link on over, cause what, am I supposed to do some actual work or sumthin? I scroll down mocking each "painting" more than its predecessor, when what should scroll into view but the Mona Lisa of gaming artwork. I stare dumbfounded at its glory, for I am but a lowly simpleton, a neanderthal attempting to glean some understanding from the grail. I'm enthralled by its glow yet too simple to fully comprehend its beauty, too feeble and inexperienced to understand its grace and history. I am an ignorant thug who chops down the tree of knowledge because I fear what it has to offer. That tree bares beautiful, golden eggs my friends, and flying, jousting ostriches. Fucking awesome.

kottke.org ends its micropatron sponsorship for an ad revenue model. I say for the better.

filed under: how to avoid the work you should really be doing...

I'd have to say that this is my favorite, but then I've always been partial to geeks.

"When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing." --Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

100 Best First Lines from Novels. (via ko)

A brief clip from Errol Morris of Donald Trump discussing Citizen Cane - via kottke.org.

Simply surreal...

Errol Morris: If you could give Charles Foster Kane advice, what would you say to him?

Donald Trump: Get yourself a different woman.