…I’m back from a tour of the American History Museum, the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial and the Albert Einstein Memorial, the lingering endorphins from the unexpected walk are in full Old Star Trek combat music mode with the fever engaged by my mild sunburn, I’m draining a pitcher of homemade lemonade that’s been carefully fortified with Skyy Vodka (hey, I didn’t buy it) and I’ve just sat down and read the entire print run of Warren Ellis’ Transmetropolitan.
Fear me.
Moe
PS: God, I love Saturdays.
UPDATE: In comments, Dave Schuler of the Glittering Eye completely wrecks my naive suppostions with a post explaining the Lincoln hands. Curse you, Dave Schuler! Curse you!
Well, not really.
how was the WWII monument? I’m hearing mixed reviews.
I understand why, but on the whole I liked it. There were ducks, and children playing in the wading pool, and the place was designed for people to gather around a central point and sit and laugh and eat their lunches on their way to the Lincoln Memorial*. In a way, that’s the best memorial to a war, I think.
Moe
*Apropos of nothing, but that statue of Lincoln’s considerably more hard-as*ed looking than I remembered. I looked at it and got the feeling that he was frozen in the act of getting up and clocking somebody with that clenched fist of his.
That might have just been the steps, though: the other thing that I realized was that we had picked One Big Building to remember Abe with. 🙂
Well from the photos I saw it looked as if they got it about perfect, but others have been complaining…”others” always will though.
the other thing that I realized was that we had picked One Big Building to remember Abe with. 🙂
Yeah, kind of makes you wonder what’s really under all those steps, eh?
“Yeah, kind of makes you wonder what’s really under all those steps, eh?”
Moo hoo ha ha.
Edward, there are about seventy people on a particular website who could have told you never to ask me things like that. 🙂
Moe
Edward, there are about seventy people on a particular website who could have told you never to ask me things like that. 🙂
I’m feeling fearless…do tell.
It’s one of those long, involved, stories… well, no, it’s not; among a certain segment of the gamer community I have a reputation for being a touch weird. Not too many people though (and tanjit).
I’m not in the gamer community, but in my world “weird” gets you bonus points.
Really, though, I’m just curious what other suspect is under the monument.
Moe:
I looked at it and got the feeling that he was frozen in the act of getting up and clocking somebody with that clenched fist of his.
It’s not clenched and it does have meaning. But it’s getting past my bedtime. I’ll blog about it tomorrow morning and put a link up.
A—L
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC is dominated by the heroic sculture of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is portrayed as seated in a serene and composed but somehow inviting manner. His left hand is closed and resting on the arm…
A—L
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC is dominated by the heroic sculture of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is portrayed as seated in a serene and composed but somehow inviting manner. His left hand is closed and resting on the arm…
Moe:
My post on the hidden meaning of the Lincoln Memorial is up.