The Ex-President’s Argo
My friend Jonathan loaned his copy of Argo to George H. W. Bush, who loved it.
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Joshuah Bearman
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Joshuah Bearman has written about CIA missions, jewel thieves, deranged private investigators, aspiring Fabios, bitter rivalry among dueling Santa Clauses, and the metaphysical implications of being the world's greatest Pac Man player. His article for Wired became the movie Argo.
a very smart little man in an evening dress suit
George Murray Levick, in the early twentieth century, on Scott’s expedition to antarctica: “When seen for the first time, the Adélie penguin gives you the impression of a very smart…
There’s a black hole in the Perseus galaxy cluster and it’s singing a sad tune in the key of B flat
Actually, its entire tune is the note B-flat, but 57 octaves lower than middle-C, or one million billion lower than what the human ear can hear. It is “the deepest note ever…
“The world is one magical motherfucker.”
From the Bill Hicks Story. Who are you? And why are you here?
The last place where the post office tries to decipher your bad handwriting
Or just impossible addresses, like “the one addressed to the house ‘down the street from the drugstore on the corner’ or one intended for ‘the place next to the red…
R.I.P. Harry Weathersby Stamps, ladies’ man, natty dresser, accomplished traveler, hater of Daylight Savings Time
A wildly entertaining obit from the Biloxi Sun Herald: He despised phonies, his 1969 Volvo (which he also loved), know-it-all Yankees, Southerners who used the words “veranda” and “porte cochere”…
The Other Argo
In 2007 Rumpus pal Joshuah Bearman wrote a Wired article that became the movie Argo. Originally there was a different opening to this article, called The Bond Opening.
Baghdad Country Club
The following is an excerpt from “Baghdad Country Club” by Joshuah Bearman. You can find the full story on The Atavist. *** Iraqis have a word, barra, which means “out there,” and…
Man Has Sex with 1000 Cars!
Or: Looks like someone caught the Love Bug! (Get it?) Seriously, for real.
A Little Obvious, But the Craft Is Still Compelling
Religious buildings built out of guns and ammo.