Vertigo by Mahdi Chowdhury
To prepare for his role as Travis Bickle in “Taxi Driver” (1976), De Niro really worked as a Taxi Driver in NYC, twelve hours a day for a month. He also studied mental illness.
Robert De Niros official NYC taxicab driver’s license
THIS DESCRIBES MY DAD!!
Your dad owned an Apple before you did and he’s got the Macintosh Classic to prove it. Back when Steve Jobs was a mere mortal, your dad was a keystroke king of Cupertino freshness. He could command+option and control+shift shortcuts while flipping floppies. His body processor fired megabyte chills every time his fingers force closed an app and his wallet revolted at the thought of giving it up to Gates. Flying the rebel rainbow was in his blood and he’s been part of the Mac army since before PCs knew there was a fight.
So hipsters, when you’re anxiously awaiting the next Macworld Keynote while showing off your bitten fruit brand marked skin and looking down on PC owners for defiling the free WI-FI with their laptops at the local coffee shop, remember this…
Your dad can still Command Z your ass if you step out of line.
Big thank you to Nathan for today’s photo.
Photo of the Day
An American family in the early ’60s. My mom’s family. There is so much class in this photo.
Photo of the day
I love old family photos. Everybody looks so great! Just as the capabilities of cameras change, cultures and styles change. For better or worse.
This photo (I think) shows my grandpa sitting with my mom in the yard when she was at a very young age. I love the look of the photo as well as the memories it preserves.