Monthly Archives: April 2014

Michael Jordan’s Home Is For Sale

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: If you would like to live in the equivalent of a department store environment, this may be the home for you.

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Linkage

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Some droll and nonsense-free musings on our beloved political parties by Jack Donovan. Andrew Sullivan responds to readers who are upset by his stance on the ouster of Brendan Eich. We’re gonna need a bigger boat. … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour: Hôtel de Ville, Paris

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Hôtel de Ville in Paris, 1871, after it was burned by the Paris Commune. The Hôtel de Ville today. Click on the images to enlarge.

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Music Du Jour: Chvrches

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I don’t know what outré group I’m now associated with (hipsters? emo? Confederate Army?) but I’ve been listening to the new Chvrches* album nonstop. A trio from Glasgow, Scotland, they make danceable synth pop with great vocal melodies … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley Is Losing Its Cachet

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: It would seem that overweening hubris has now settled into Silicon Valley like a thick, noxious cloud. The prey have become the hunters.  And trust is being lost.

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Lyrics Du Jour

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Published in 1916. Nobody ever sings about the bad girls, because the bad girls are sad, And ev’ry body sings about the good girls, because the good girls are glad. Till you’ve been round ‘em once or twice, … Continue reading →

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Umami Burger, Revisited

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Paleo Retiree has blogged about the phenomenon that is Umami Burger. When I learned that the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX had a UB, it was decided that it would be our last meal on this … Continue reading →

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Plus Ça Change…

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: It would be unfair to suggest that all universities in the Renaissance were sterile, conformist places; they often hosted vigorous discussion and dissent. But verbal sparring matches (“disputations”) could amount to point-scoring contests decided by nimble rhetoric, … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Explore Angkor Wat. Racism or not? Are you a positive person or a negative person? Given how dull many jobs are, I’m surprised this kind of thing doesn’t happen a lot more often. Felix Baumgartner — the … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour: Egypt and The Holy Land

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via Bauman Rare Books: Inquisitive Western minds first glimpsed the mysteries of Egypt and the Middle East in detail through David Roberts’ folio-sized Holy Land, issued in 41 parts from 1842 to 1849 and containing 250 full-page hand-colored lithographs … Continue reading →

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