Tag: Things of beauty

Art, music, whatever

Pure Everything

Drive Time

Take a couple hours out of your evening, and see what you get when you obey no rules other than the ones you set for yourself, and make absolutely no compromises, anywhere.

And all this happened in 1993.

Brilliant.

Then came the sequel.  And a trip through Gordon’s Garage, via the T.50(s) racing car.  (You would never guess what Murray’s “daily driver” car is — but it has featured on this website before.)

By the way, you should watch the last episode especially, because it’s going to form the basis for a massive series of posts from me.

Background

Beauty

Here’s my current wallpaper (right-click to embiggen and copy, if you want):

Every time New Wife sees this pic, by the way, she gives a little sigh because she used to live under a thatched roof, back in Ye Olde Days.

Good Old Days

Gratuitous Chick Pics

…those being the good old days when Formula One had balls, and grid girls hadn’t been banned.

As the US Grand Prix takes place in Austin this weekend, here’s a reminder of what F1 used to look like:



…a.k.a. “Why young men risk their lives racing fast cars.”

And they accuse me of being an old-fashioned traditionalist.

Both Desirable

Gratuitous Chick Pics, Toys

I see that Queen’s Gambit  hottie Anya Taylor-Joy is modeling Jaeger-LeCoultre watches now:

…but I have to say, her beauty is a strange one, because:

Anyway, here are a few more reference pics so you can make up your own mind:

And the more errr descriptive ones:

But that’s not really what I want to talk about here today.  Rather, I want to talk about Jaeger-LeCoultre watches, of which I’ve never owned a single one but I’d love to because they are just flat-out classy:

Of course, they do produce watches for more errr  modern tastes:

…and frankly, I think they’re both pig-ugly — aimed no doubt at the Russian Billionaire’s Son Set or else Arab sheiks, neither of which are known for their refined taste.

Hell, I’d take one of Jaeger’s second-hand and (very much-) older watches over either of those “modern” ones:

…just as I’d take Gina over Anya:

But you all knew that.