Althouse: Be.

July 18, 2007

Be.

25 comments:

Meade said...: "e"; 7/18/07, 9:08 PM
Beth said...: Here? Now?; 7/18/07, 9:30 PM
Peter Hoh said...: No other place to be.; 7/18/07, 9:38 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: Not two bees?; 7/18/07, 10:30 PM
Bea Arthur said...: Bea stings.; 7/18/07, 10:38 PM
Meade said...: "chin"; 7/18/07, 10:40 PM
Fox said...: I would really love bees if they didn't hurt so much.; 7/18/07, 11:28 PM
XWL said...: No LOLBees style captioning?

"I'M On UR Bloom Gettin' Mah Pollenz!!!!"

(Bees just aren't cute, this picture's in trouble, then)

And I'm going to pretend that this photo thread is a semi-open thread and go off topic.

What's wrong with these people?; 7/19/07, 12:30 AM
Anonymous said...: Could this be the best Althouse photo yet?

I think so.

You should publish a book!; 7/19/07, 4:38 AM
Meade said...: "ops"; 7/19/07, 5:04 AM
Justin said...: Be

...or not.; 7/19/07, 7:07 AM
bill said...: Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz); 7/19/07, 8:15 AM
MadisonMan said...: Eric before the accident?; 7/19/07, 8:33 AM
Bissage said...: (1) bill, I enjoyed the heck out of that. Thanks!

(2) Anybody remember Bizzy Buzz Buzz?

(3) No YouTube YouTube video video. Drat! Drat!; 7/19/07, 8:40 AM
Sofa King said...: Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso-fact half not be.

But half the bee has got to be, vis-a-vis its entity. You see?

But can a bee be said to be or not to be an entire bee, when half the bee is not a bee, due to some ancient injury?; 7/19/07, 8:56 AM
Maxine Weiss said...: I'm really beginning to hate nature, what with being forced to view these endless, excessive photos and all.; 7/19/07, 10:31 AM
J. Cricket said...: Maxine, don't worry! These aren't really "nature" photos!!

They are all tweaked to death--kinda like Annie's hair. God knows the natural state of that mess. And God knows what these flowers actually look like after A-House changes the colors and contrast and everything else that an actual nature photographer would never do.; 7/19/07, 12:31 PM
Bissage said...: The following should be read using a David Attenborough voice:

And, . . ., here, . . ., we see, . . ., let me just move these branches aside, . . ., if you look closely, . . ., ah, yes, . . ., there it is, . . ., you’ll see a Zen Garden absolutely brimming with the undomesticated, feral variety of the common, household AJD.

Stand back, though, . . ., don't get too close, . . ., for it is easily startled and prone to unpredictable, flailing bouts of inane, mindless hostility, . . ., that, . . ., while harmless to its intended victim, . . ., leave the AJD itself, . . ., and its surroundings, . . ., badly soiled with fecal matter and in need of a thorough cleansing.; 7/19/07, 1:50 PM
Meade said...: AJD, Those voices you hear, the ones that God knows come from inside your head... do they ever mention to you what an actual moronic pussy you are?; 7/19/07, 2:46 PM
Peter Hoh said...: AJD, you really think that the photos in National Geographic are not subject to any tweaking?; 7/19/07, 4:02 PM
reader_iam said...: Forced? No. No one's being forced.

And thank goodness: after, especially, Meade's last comment and, to a lesser extent AJD's, it's good to know one always has a choice as to what one pays attention to on the web.; 7/19/07, 4:03 PM
Maxine Weiss said...: Actually one is being forced, if they click on the Althouse Blog when those pictures are at the top of the blog. You can't look away---that's force. You can ignore a lot of things, but in-your-face nature isn't one of 'em.

Kind of like a burning cross----you simply can't look away.

A fair analogy, I think.

Dramatic, but fair.

Peace, Maxine; 7/19/07, 4:50 PM
MadisonMan said...: It's true. I am forcing Maxine to look at these pictures.

Do not look away. Walk towards the beautiful flowers. Do not resist. Do not resist.; 7/19/07, 5:04 PM
Anonymous said...: This picture, which is simply too stunning for words, looks absolutely fantastic on a large field of black.

I pasted it into an email and set the background to black.

I could stare at it all day.

Almost makes me want to be a bee.; 7/19/07, 6:13 PM
Judith Brodhead said...: This flower is so beautifully symmetrical - and the color is great. I wore a dress to a wedding this weekend just this color.; 7/24/07, 12:35 AM