Monthly Archives: December 2013

NOT The Beatles

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Another in the series. Spotlighting The Spongetones, doing Beatles soundalike music for 25 years.

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Linkage

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Is secondhand smoke really as bad, health-wise, as it’s made out to be? New York City moves to ban the use of e-cigarettes in public places because it sends the message that smoking is socially acceptable. … Continue reading →

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Three Erotic Tarzans

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912): To Jane the strange apparition of this god-like man was as wine to sick nerves. From the description which Clayton and her father and Mr. Philander had given her, she knew that … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Click on the image to enlarge. Rouen Cathedral in Rouen, France.

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Careful With That Metaphor!

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: We are often cautioned to make judicious use of metaphors in communicating.  It’s good advice.  It’s tempting to want to employ metaphor’s coattails as ladders to climb the commanding heights of the mountaintop of ideas.  But it is easy … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: If that were true, I’d wear it on my ass. — Biophysicist and fragrance writer Luca Turin, when asked about Gabrielle Chanel’s dictum that perfume should be worn “wherever one wants to be kissed”.* *It sounds ever … Continue reading →

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Artisanal + Pumpkin Spice

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: But is it fair trade?

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Art Du Jour

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889), oil on canvas Related Blowhard, Esq. shared another enigmatic Sargent portrait in this Gilded Age image gallery. So did I, in my first post. Read about Terry and … Continue reading →

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Alcohol Abstainers Die Sooner

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: In news that will be welcome to much of the UR crew, turns out that teetotalers don’t have much to live for. Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than … Continue reading →

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The Image Shapers and the Pressure to Conform

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: This is what female children are up against…

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