February 19, 2003
Exactly Right
Whenever I'm tempted to link to something by James Lileks, I start by choosing an excerpt of his great prose. Finding one excerpt insufficient, the post inevitably grows. ("Once You Pop, You Can't Stop!") Wary of copying his entire post, I give up.
CGHill has it exactly right here:
Excerpting Lileks is rather like fixating on Marilyn Monroe a square inch at a time...
Here's the full Lileks. "Read the whole thing."
Update: And here's the whole Marilyn:
I think they both deserve our attention.
Methinks perhaps I should withdraw the comment; I doubt there's one inch on here that's even slightly square.
Posted by: CGHill at 04:19 PMAnd if I'd been paying attention to my typing instead of to the photo, I'd have rendered it "one inch on her", which is what I was supposed to have said, instead of "one inch on here", which borders on TMI.
Posted by: CGHill at 04:19 PMYour doubt is likely correct, but please leave the comment up, so we might ponder the issue inch-by-inch...
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 04:19 PMDid you have to add the second comment? I was hoping to quote your original comment as an endorsement of this site, not that sight.
Posted by: Oscar Jr. at 04:20 PM
