Getting Gruntled

As an addendum to the new years’ post, I found a quote today that I think I’d like to work into my next big graffiti project:

“Negotium populo Romano melius quam otium committi.” — Appius Claudius, 196

Literally, it says that Romans understand work better then leisure. This is more or less the same as saying “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”, but with larger circumstances. The fall of the vast Roman Empire seems a bit more of a “big picture” than does one dude being sort of nerdy and antisocial.

I’d also like to point out that there is a plethora of hilarious visual fodder at GIS, albeit largely either copyrighted or copyrighted without a “sharing” option, so you can go and look at them in the wild, so that I don’t get sued or anything. Looks like the Creative Commons people have a long way to go in making the creative community aware.

I was looking for a video that I had bookmarked a while back to share here, but can’t seem to locate it. It was a sort of remix of video from the classic animated special, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and a hilarious mix by DJ Kid Koala called “Tricks n Treats”.

The special is celebrating it’s 40th year in rotation, according to NPR and it’s still just as awesome every year.

The Peanuts specials are built to stand the test of time…. Like Tom Sawyer, every time you experience the story, there is more honest, basic truth there for you to discover, especially in different phases of life.

This is one of my favorite parts…. it’s amusing, yet sad at the same time. Good fodder for teen angst later on for Good old Charlie Brown.