Things that totally suck – Page 10

Historical Voice Stilled Forever

January 13, 2023 Kim du Toit History, Tragedy

I see with extreme regret that historian Paul Johnson has died. Shit.

There is a very good case that Johnson’s History Of The American People should be required source material for high school U.S. History classes.

And his History Of The Jews and History Of Christianity (along with Jacques Barzun’s From Dawn To Decadence) should be part of World History classes in both high school and university curricula.

Oh, for heaven’s sake: if you read all of Paul Johnson’s history books and absorb just a third of the material, you’ll still be one of the most educated people on the planet.

He will most definitely be missed.

No More Men

January 12, 2023 Kim du Toit Mocking Furriners, Two-Minute Hate

So this is what we’ve come to:

Whatever happened to handshakes? Can tongue-fencing be far off? Can anyone imagine Churchill and De Gaulle greeting each other like this? Girlyboys, the lot of them.

I think my breakfast gin is going to be a double.

Shit Houses

December 15, 2022 Kim du Toit Architecture, Modernism, Two-Minute Hate

…is the (bowdlerized) title of this badly-edited video, wherein some mouthy Brit shouts about crap architecture in an annoying whine, but whose script could have been written by me except I would have inserted more swear words.

And there’s a genuinely-terrifying moment at about 3:25 which will make you want to commit murders.

Right after that horror, there’s an annoying advertorial (hey, the guy has to pay the bills somehow), but you can fast-forward a couple-three minutes if you want.

Here’s another example of the kind of thing he’s talking about, and that I hate with a passion.

Never an errant hijacked airliner when you need one.

Just What We Needed

December 8, 2022 Kim du Toit Feminazis, Hippie Filth, Veggies & Vegans

Apparently, Massachusetts is going to allow topless sunbathing om Nantucket Island.

This would occasion no more than a yawn from me, ordinarily, but allow me to point out the kind of people who live on Nantucket (and other islands off the MA coast):

Not that we need any more reasons to never visit Massachusetts, mind you.

(And before anyone gets after me, let me tell you that I’ve been to Nantucket, Block and Martha’s Vineyard in summer — and if anything, the above pics are quite flattering.)

Less Beauty In The World

December 6, 2022 Kim du Toit Bad News

I once wrote that Kirstie Alley was one of the five sexiest women in the world. And now she’s gone (thank you, cancer, you fucking bastard).

My absolute favorite of her movies: Sibling Rivalry.

Yeah, I know that she later ballooned out and was seven kinds of crazy, including Scientology. Don’t care. She had the world’s sexiest eyes, and laugh.

R.I.P., you gorgeous creature.