Strangely Popular nerdsholmferret 3/7 '25

Remember that you are dust, and also these bits of trivia:

This science-fictional character had the prime directives "Serve the public trust.  Protect the innocent.  Uphold the law."

This capital city has an unofficial slogan urging its inhabitants to keep it weird.

This politician appeared in a short film depicting his 1896 Republican nomination for the presidency.

Portrayed by Frank Langella, Adam Sandler, and Nicholas Cage, this is the most portrayed literary character.

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I'm pretty sure that I know 4, and if 1 is who I think it is, the actor who portrayed that character has a PhD in Italian Renaissance art.

Lindsay Harris Friel
Dedicated to his wife and son, both of whom never allowed reading Latin in bed.
nerdsholmferret
You clearly know more than I do about this.
Lindsay Harris Friel
Only due to your pointer, of course.



"De pictura by Leon Battista Alberti (1404?-1472) is the earliest surviving treatise on visual art written in humanist Latin by an ostensible practitioner of painting. "

Ostensible? Dang.



"In painting Alberti achieved nothing of any great importance or beauty", wrote Vasari.



Everybody's a critic.
nerdsholmferret
I am dust, Robocop, and Portland, Oregon?
rone
Portland may be weird and Oregon's largest city, but non-weird Salem is the capital of Oregon. Weird.
nerdsholmferret
Hmm, excellent point. The only other "keep it weird" city i know is Santa Cruz, CA, which is also not a capital.
rone