Interview with a safecracker.
A criminal safecracker also needs different knowledge and skills, beyond the technical, that I don’t have or need. I don’t need to know how to avoid leaving evidence, circumvent an alarm system, plan a get-away, or fence-stolen goods.
Old photo of one of my favorite snarky wise-ass poets, John Cooper Clarke. He’s still around, having survived both his star turn and extended heroin use, and regularly appears on BBC radio and is the subject of a UK TV special that’s on this week.
The spurious rule about not ending sentences with prepositions is a remnant of Latin grammar, in which a preposition was the one word that a writer could not end a sentence with.
In this version of the John Malkovich iPhone ad by Slacktory, Siri’s joke is funny.
Man’s best friend
A different perspective of recent history. Incredible photo.
The lead singer of Iron Maiden offers Boeing 757 flying lessons.
Imperial Walker from the 1800s.
Took an incredible tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard today. Biking through its streets, you can imagine the buzz of constant construction and shipbuilding during World War 2.
From Admirals Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Most of the oldest structures along Admirals Row will be demolished to make way for a supermarket.
