The Dude abides in the classic Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski, but did you know that the character played by Jeff Bridges is based on a real life dude?
Your response should be "whoa man, you just blew my mind!", because reacting to this earth- shattering news in any other way makes you a Nihilist.
Plant your peepers on this doc by Jeff Feuerzeig and do some abiding of your own...
--via Boing Boing