We interrupt this panic attack…

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1. Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OPL says

   October 11, 2011 at 8:02 am

   Darwinian jackpot!!!

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OPL says

     October 11, 2011 at 6:28 pm

     As nice as this picture is, though, the gold standard for bad-Catholic/good-writer/prolific-paterfamilias portraits has got to be Evelyn Waugh and his brood in 1959:

     http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw13460/Evelyn-Waugh-with-his-family?LinkID=mp11684&role=sit&rNo=1

     See how surly, hostile, even THUGGISH they all look! Can’t you imagine Evelyn siccing Meg and Septimus on a poacher? And Auberon’s practically a droog in tweed.

     I find that this Waugh portrait pairs surprisingly well with this little ditty by Avenged Sevenfold:

     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OZs7IoWTvc

     That’s not to take anything away from your picture. It is really good, too.

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     • Paul S. says

       October 11, 2011 at 8:03 pm

       Good song. Never seen that picture before. Thanks. Love Waugh, esp. Brideshead and Crouchback.

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       • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OPL says

         October 11, 2011 at 8:42 pm

         We aim to please!

         My kid brother’s in the Army and introduced me to the song; Avenged Sevenfold are apparently a major purveyor of the ‘Joe jams’ that blare while people are working out, doing maintenance on weapons, etc.

         One wonders what Ryder or (especially) Crouchback would make of ‘Welcome to the Family’!

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     • Matthew Lickona says

       October 16, 2011 at 6:23 am

       That’s a great great photo.

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       • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OPL says

         October 16, 2011 at 10:08 am

         We aim to please!

         I’d say that that Waugh photo would make a good basis for an Edward Gorey picture, but it practically is one already.

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2. Jonathan Potter says

   October 12, 2011 at 2:52 pm

   I like the idea of taking a break from the panic attack. Panicking is hard work.

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OPL says

     October 12, 2011 at 7:38 pm

     The trick is to do like Tom Sawyer with the fence: Instead of doing the panicking yourself, outsource and monetize it. E.g., Korrektiv could run alarming ads about the need to stockpile gold (or electric generators, copies of ‘House of Words’, water purification tablets, whatever). People panic, people click. Sow the wind of panic; reap the whirlwind of skrilla. All without breaking a sweat.

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