So, I started reading Lileks again this week. He was there when I started my blogging days back in the early 2000s. I read his weekday blog (the Bleat) every day at the start of my workday.
I'm not really sure what prompted me to start reading him again. (But is it a coincidence that I also rewatched this favorite-of-mine YouTube Time Travel video the same week?)
I return to Lileks in a similar way to how swallows return to Capistrano or like Halley's Comet returns. (Infrequently and . . . regularly? . . . no--let's say predictably.)
As I typed the Capistrano reference, I wonder . . . does anyone know that reference? And other than my own Looney Tunes memories . . . do I even know the reference?
Well, the Internet provides--sort of.
This is what I heard in my head when I thought of the Looney Tunes clip. (Go to about the 2 minute mark to hear it.)
But this is the visuals that I thought of, combined with the song from the previous clip. And this is from a very different cartoon altogether. (Who knew that this song was so popular that it needed multiple references?)
This guy probably knew that it needed multiple references.
So, there you go for this week. Some randomness bolstered by some video clips. But watching these clips is much, much better than watching college football today or even pro football tomorrow.
Do you think Bing Crosby watched lots of football? Maybe in a movie, but in actual life?
Do you think there is a football team in Capistrano? (Probably yes, given that it is California.)
Despite all of that, DON'T DO IT!
Until next week . . .
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