Well I’m glad Jimbo rose to the occassion and decided to mention a certain humorous story on his weblog. After all, I’m trying to raise the standards over here…

This is another image which inspires me. Taken from Jim Breen’s Ukiyo-E Gallery, which has plenty of other links to other ukiyo-e galleries on the internet.

Excellent, most excellent. Turns out the Coen Brothers based The Big Lebowski on a real ‘Dude’ who they met in the early 80’s. Jeff Dowd goes by the moniker ‘the Dude’ and served as the model for Jeff Bridges’ character in the 1998 movie.

His Dudeness is a film producer known for his laid back lifestyle and boisterous charm. Damn, I feel like spending the afternoon bowling and drinking Caucasians now. Seeing as I am a veritable Dude myself, this sounds like a damn good idea.

Whatever happens, the Dude abides man, the Dude abides.