The Explorers Club
No. LXXX - The architecturally odd Citigroup Center on the island of Manhattan.





The Lego model below is not entirely accurate, but it is entirely amusing.




The Buddy System
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones
Marion Ravenwood

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones
Short Round
Willie Scott

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones
Henry Jones, Sr.
Sallah
Marcus Brody

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones
Marion Williams
Mutt Jones*
Harold Oxley
Mac McHale

Logically, then, if there is a fifth Indiana Jones film, Indy and Mutt's company will be comprised of a membership of no fewer than six.

*As Marion, who presents naming issues herself, states, Mutt was born out of wedlock as Henry Jones III three months before she began dating future R.A.F. war hero Colin Williams; so, even though Mutt introduces himself to Indy as "Mutt Williams" in the malt shop, and clearly believes himself to be the late Colin's son, it is entirely possible that his surname was never legally changed to his stepfather's. His formal name may yet remain Henry Jones III, not Henry Williams.

And even though the minister calls her Marion Ravenwood during her wedding to Indiana, there is every reason to believe that Marion's name was changed to Marion Williams upon her marriage to Colin, and remained such long into her widowhood. Perhaps when a widow remarries it is customary to reference her again by her maiden name during the ceremony? By the end of the picture I think it safe to assume that her name is now Marion Jones. (Not to be confused with the disgraced athlete-cum-steroid junkie.)

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
They Might Be Giants, "Upside Down Frown" from The Else (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Not a song about the incredibly annoying phrase "turn that frown upside down," but the tale of a man whose smile and frown are both inverted, and the resulting social awkwardness.