Monthly Archives: September 2012

The Camera Loves…

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Anne Hathaway is a national treasure. Thanks to Paleo Retiree for some of the links and Fabrizio del Wrongo for the tags.

Posted in Movies, Performers, Sex | Tagged actresses, animated GIFs, Anne Hathaway, big-girl goosey awkwardness, cute, girly fragility, glamour, goofiness, Havoc, Love and Other Drugs, NSFW | 5 Comments

Fenster writes: You may recall the historian Taylor Branch got a lot of attention for his call, in The Atlantic, for college athletes to be paid. His long article was, in my view, longer on sermonizing than it was on … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Sports | Tagged athletics, colleges, sports, Sports Illustrated, Taylor Branch, universities | 1 Comment

Question Lady Question

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: What’s your preferred way to get some exercise?

Posted in Food and health | 7 Comments

“Margin Call”

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Margin Call” is an ensemble drama that treats the 2008 financial meltdown as a race-against-time thriller. Written and directed by newcomer J. C. Chandor, the movie takes you behind the hermetic glass sheathing of a prominent … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics | Tagged finance, Honey Badger, J.C. Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Margin Call, movies, Star Wars | 7 Comments

A Sociopath Confesses, in a Manner of Speaking

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: James Fallon is a neuroscientist who a few years ago, late in life, figured out from his science he was a sociopath. Daniel Kahneman, in Thinking Fast and Slow, makes a distinction between System One thinking (what your … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged James Fallon, neuroscience, sociopathy | 5 Comments

Archie Time Travels to Our Present Day (1972)

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Fenster

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Quiz o’ th’ Day!

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Fenster

Fenster writes: What are the following? –Intelligent Bullet –Pastelogram –Utopian Turtletop –Mongoose Civique 1. Four trendy new drinks offered at Harry’s Bar in Venice to kick off The International Year of the Cocktail? 2. The text to tattoos found on … Continue reading →

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Infographic of the Day

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Taken from Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Humor | Tagged Austin Kleon, creativity, Maureen McHugh, writing | 3 Comments

Thomas Keller’s Bouchon

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is Vegas a better food town than New York or L.A.? Very well could be. Celebrity chefs have joints at virtually every hotel. Hell, the Palazzo and Venetian alone have two restaurants from Emeril, three places from Mario Batali, … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Photography, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged Bouchon, celebrity chefs, Emeril Lagasse, Las Vegas, Mario Batali, The Palazzo, The Venetian, Thomas Keller, Wolfgang Puck | 10 Comments

“Gradiva”

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A beyond-pretentious and dirty-minded Alain Robbe-Grillet art-sex movie from 2006. He made it at the age of 84! — gives an aging, dirty-minded man hope. An art historian in Morocco looking into Delacroix’s visit to North Africa … Continue reading →