Monthly Archives: October 2012

Question Lady Question

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: What is the best way to be self-critical?

Posted in Personal reflections | 4 Comments

Anti-Harassment Training, Today’s Roasted Goat Bones?

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: The Ancient Greeks sacrificed goats to the gods, then roasted them and examined the cracked and burned bones for signs of The Gods’ beneficence. We have corporate Anti-(sexual) Harassment Training programs, which serve double duty as modern … Continue reading →

Posted in Sex | 10 Comments

“An American Affair”

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I bought the DVD of this 2009 movie because Gretchen Mol is in it. It turns out to be a small historical suspense fantasia, set in 1963 in Georgetown, about a teenage boy from an uptight family … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics | Tagged Gretchen Mol, JFK, Mary Pinchot Meyer, movies, Ross Thomas | 9 Comments

Question Lady Question

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: What do you think about the direction Apple’s now taking itself in since Jobs died?

Posted in Technology | 7 Comments

The Last Bookstore

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: While in downtown L.A. this weekend, we checked out a hip new shop called, ominously and ironically, The Last Bookstore.

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Photography, The Good Life | Tagged book store, Los Angeles, poetry slam, pulps | 11 Comments

Linkathon

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This Kevin Lamb mini-memoir of life at Newsweek parallels my own experience at the magazine almost exactly. Steve Sailer wants to know, how real is “stereotype threat”? Wheat has changed a lot since the 1960s. Paleo/Primal guru … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Music, Politics and Economics | Tagged food, Kara Newman, Mark Sisson, Paleo, politics, Steve Sailer, Will. S. | 4 Comments

Question Lady Question

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Question Lady

The Question Lady writes: What’s the best movie theme music?

Posted in Music | 11 Comments

Crass?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I still haven’t become totally accustomed to crass advertising. I suppose I should like it, but mostly I feel unsettled by it. The last thing I want to be thinking about while watching The History Channel … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal reflections, Sex, Television, Women men and fashion | Tagged Advertising, Balls, Duluth Trading Company, Jared Diamond, Sean Connery, Zardoz | 8 Comments

Catholics, Carnitas, and Holy Death in Los Angeles

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Yesterday I spent the day walking around downtown Los Angeles with faunafrailty, who has been known to show up in the comments here occasionally. During my leisurely Sunday stroll, my keen observational faculties revealed something that might elude … Continue reading →