Monthly Archives: November 2013

Anyone Really Still Give a Shit What These Guys Think?

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This is a modified version of the December 2013 cover of Wired that I pulled from the magazine’s website: Do these guys still sell magazines? Are people clamoring to hear what they have to say? Hey, I’m … Continue reading →

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Another Kind of Diversity

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The left’s ideological blinders have caused it to miss the obvious: that there can be such a thing as “too much” diversity.  Should it really be all that shocking that high levels of difference can result in a … Continue reading →

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Diversity Update

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: We here at UR enjoy tracking and marveling at the phenomenon of Diversity. What an overwhelming spectacle it has become, and what a lot of cultural and political energy it has attracted and absorbed. How to account … Continue reading →

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Notes on “My Chauffeur”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Crown International production from 1986 is perkily hit-and-miss. It seems like an attempt to do a modern-day screwball comedy with some Dickensian elements (there are some real shockeroos, plot-wise), but the tone is mostly off — it’s … Continue reading →

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Fanservice

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: I picked up the first seven issues of Red Hood and the Outlaws from the same digital comics sale that netted me those Batman comics. As I noted (briefly) in that post, Red Hood and the … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Few of the tens of thousands of whores in London gave their virginities either to gentlemen, or to young, or old men — or to men at all. Their own low class lads had them. The street … Continue reading →

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Art/Architecture Du Jour

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. The mid-13th century stained glass windows of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, France.

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Linkage

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The high-flying paeans these women write to their bodies are a hoot. (H/T Advocatus Diaboli) Porno kitsch. (H/T Glynn Marshes) I love a good funny gif. Lloyd Fonvielle has some nice things to say about a … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, Back at Stately Wayne Manor…

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: I had been hearing good things about the new Batman comics written by Scott Snyder and drawn (mostly) by Greg Capullo. They were offered at a steep discount on one of the read-your-comics-on-an-iPad-apps so I thought … Continue reading →

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The LAX Theme Building

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: OK, so how much of my trad architecture cred do I lose by saying that I love this Jetsons-Googie-Jet Age-swoopy-blobby work? Has SHAG ever had an art show here? If not, why not? First, a few shots of … Continue reading →

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