The Belly of the Beast
I can't figure out Log Cabin Republicans. It would seem to me like an African-American joining the Ku Klux Klan. And I wonder who thought up the name. "Log cabin" suggests the hardscrabble life of pioneers roughing it in the woods. Maybe it has to do with all those rumors about Abe Lincoln. Or maybe they know something we don't about Davy Crockett and all them b'ar hunters. It reminds me of the joke about the newbie at a logging camp up north, where the men don't see a woman for months at a time. "What do you guys do for sex?" he asks an old-timer soon after he's arrived. "The Chinese cook," he's told. He's of course repulsed, but after a couple of months he's horny enough to give it a try. "But," he tells the old-timer, "is there any way I can do it without anyone knowing?" The old-timer tells him only seven people will know. "Seven?" he asks. "Sure. There's you, me, and the Chinese cook, and then there's the four guys who have to hold the Chinese cook down."
posted by John M Crowther @ 7:43 AM
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Are Anthony's mother and Jeremy's mother in any way related or is just the same hairdresser? If they are in fact related it would account for their offspring's behavior. I thought Jeremy showed a lot of talent as a painter and could never understand why his mother was so discouraging. If he ends up someday in the Castro or West Hollywood looking for someone to understand him I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
Yet again it's a budgetary problem. I can only afford one hairdresser, and an incompetent one at that. Since his first love is his job waiting tables at Ivy I can't expect too much.
My apologies. Up until today I had no idea that representational artists had these budgetary problems, and, now that I think about it, it must have cost Cezanne a lot of francs to stock up on all those apples, peaches and pears he used in his still-lifes. No wonder Picasso and Braque took to Cubism. It was cheaper… Hang in there, John, and whatever happens, don’t sell the crwth.
Makes you wonder where Braque got that model who descended the staircase for him. She had it even less together than Britney.
Yes, I believe Braque used the very same model who descended the staircase for Marcel Duchamp. They all lived in the same Left Bank hotel. Even then she was so jittery that when Picasso who lived above them fell in love and wanted to marry her, she kept slipping away. Film buffs will recognize her in the “Stairway to Paradise” number Georges Guétary sings in Minnelli’s “American in Paris.”
Funny cartoon, John C. I suggest, il professore, that we take up a collection for Anthony's and Jeremy's mothers to treat them to a day at a beauty salon. For the sake of the children, of course.
Lee,
You're absolutely right and while we're at it, let's get Jeremy his own TV set and a psychiatrist.
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