fiction, mostly

A Brit a Day [#1109]

2013-05-20T08:29:00.000-07:00

Just a guy filling up his tank at a service station--nothing to see here.

A Brit a Day [#1108]

2013-05-19T12:14:00.001-07:00

This post is for Benedict Cumberbatch fans as well: Here, you can almost imagine Alan Rickman singing Elton John's 'Candle in the Wind.'

A Brit a Day [#1107]

2013-05-18T12:41:00.000-07:00

Just bringing these back because....

....this week I got this:

A Brit a Day [#1106]

2013-05-17T17:54:00.003-07:00

A beautiful man. A great photo shoot. A large file. Perfection.

A Brit a Day [#1105]

2013-05-16T17:33:00.003-07:00

I have something very cool for you to keep an eye on and it's here.

A Brit a Day [#1104]

2013-05-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

Every time I look at this picture of Matt Smith, and I've looked at it many times, I think 'He rows for Dartmouth.'

A Brit a Day [#1103]

2013-05-14T14:51:00.002-07:00

Let the Top Gear Fan Art Fringe Festival begin! I can only take credit for the name, none of the art. Above, an installation of a matchbox-sized Ford GT [I think, I'm only guessing] into the pages of one of Jeremy Clarkson's books.

A Brit a Day [#1102]

2013-05-13T17:52:00.001-07:00

I'm glad it rains a lot in London, because Mr. James May looks pretty darn good in the damp.

A Brit a Day [#1101]

2013-05-12T15:41:00.002-07:00

In order to make sure that attributions and credit go to all the right people, I'm going to link you to a post on my Tumblr page here instead of trying to re-create it on this blog. And happy Mother's Day!

A Brit a Day [#1100]

2013-05-11T16:53:00.000-07:00

I only subscribe to one channel on Youtube, and I do that only because I want to be the first to know when Friday comes and there is a new installment of 'James May's Q & A' on HeadSqueezeTV. If you haven't checked it out, you must, and you can see this week's vid here:

http://youtu.be/C3sr7_0FyPA

And because he is such an adorable pedant, they always include an 'Extra' of JM saying whatever comes into his head about the subject at hand, and here is that:

http://youtu.be/NeJEkdSo0Yc

Knock yourselves out!

A Brit a Day [#1099]

2013-05-10T12:00:00.000-07:00

That little smattering of hair that peeks out of a man's shirt collar?: Almost proof of an Intelligent Designer.

Corollary?: If the Intelligent Designer exists, she is almost certainly a woman.

A Brit a Day [#1098]

2013-05-09T19:22:00.003-07:00

Henry Ian Cusick: A friend of mine once said he is "made of the pretty." Ummm hmmm.

A Brit a Day [#1097]

2013-05-08T15:22:00.000-07:00

The addition of Clara to the world of the Doctor makes the past losses of beloved characters a little easier to bear.

A Brit a Day [#1096]

2013-05-07T18:50:00.000-07:00

I was going to start an onslaught of Top Gear related fan art today, but this gorgeous piece found on DeviantArt begged to be shown. God, I can hardly wait for Thor 2. [all credit to the artist]

A Brit a Day [#1095]

2013-05-06T17:59:00.000-07:00

About 'Top Gear': 'The programme is quite loosely constructed,’ says May. ‘Most of it is made up of out-takes. Which is why when people ring up and ask for out-takes, we have to say we’re terribly sorry but we’ve already shown them.’

Read more at http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/feature/lets-do-lunch-james-may/2258

A Brit a Day [#1094]

2013-05-05T00:30:00.000-07:00

I loved the movie "Snowcake." Search for it and watch it if you find it.

A Brit a Day [#1093]

2013-05-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

The latest photos of Tom Hiddleston from a Vogue spread clearly show that he is already in the mindset to play wartime photographer Robert Capa. Here's a little about Capa's life from an article I found while reading “LIFE FILE | THE AMERICAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION :: MOSCOW 1959 ::: as seen by HOWARD SOCHUREK + CARL MYDANS,” an entry on designKULTUR--

Capa decided to forgo his usual holiday trip to New York at the end of 1953. He was at loose ends creatively, torn between photography and writing, which he did well. His back was seriously bothering him and he was still evading marriage. Early in 1954, however, he received an offer from Japan he could not refuse: to bring a Magnum exhibition to Japan, and to shoot whatever picture stories he wanted, with new Japanese cameras and lenses. In April he flew off to Tokyo. All was going well until, in late April, he accepted a Life assignment to substitute for Howard Sochurek in covering what proved to be the last weeks of the French war in Indochina. I phoned him to try to talk him out of going, saying, ‘it’s not our war.’ He went anyway, and on May 25 died instantly when he stepped on a land mine.

A Brit a Day [#1092]

2013-05-03T09:12:00.000-07:00

I don't know if it shows in my blog, but I don't have the all-consuming, vagina-weeping crush on Tom Hiddleston that I once had. But if anything, now that I don't look at him through rose-tinted glasses, I admire him more than ever. Read what he wrote for Harper's Bazaar about Live Below The Line here.

A Brit a Day [#1091]

2013-05-02T08:07:00.001-07:00

Beautiful memories of Ian Cusick at the Sunset on the Beach premiere of 'Lost's' final season, Honolulu, January 2010. [Photo not mine.]

A Brit a Day [#1090]

2013-05-01T19:05:00.001-07:00

Had to. It's the first of May.

A Brit a Day [#1089]

2013-04-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

The sleek, straight black hair of Loki that once brought a nation to its knees has apparently become a relic of the past. I've been holding on to this fantastic piece of fan art [not mine, all credit to the artist] for quite some time, but now it must be shown!

A Brit a Day [#1088]

2013-04-29T16:29:00.002-07:00

[Above] For your enjoyment, the top of James May's head, before snow fell on the mountain.

A Brit a Day [#1087]

2013-04-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

In honor of the Olivier Awards, enjoy Formalwear!Alan.

A Brit a Day [#1086]

2013-04-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

Here's Davy Jones in 1965. How I loved that guy. He passed away last year at the age of only 66, way too young.

My dad died when I was 29 [a looong time ago, about a month after the Berlin Wall fell], and at 68 years of age, I remember thinking that he had had a good, long life. Now, it seems like he was taken in the prime of his life. And the same is true of Davy Jones.

A Brit a Day [#1085]

2013-04-26T18:38:00.003-07:00

It's the last weekend in April, and spring is going by like a bullet train. In less than 2 months, summer will be here, Wimbledon will open, and Tom Hiddleston might be showing us how to make a Pimms Cup again.