Monthly Archives: October 2014

Naked Lady of the Week: RedHotSillyFecker

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sometimes it’s nice to have exotic beauties photographed in far-flung locales using the latest hi-def equipment and other times all you need is the girl next door in her bedroom with an iPhone. Like TheDiggityDank, Irish cutie RedHotSillyFecker … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life | Tagged amateur porn, glasses, Irish lasses, naked lady of the week, Reddit, redhotsillyfecker | 3 Comments

Happy Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Source. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Art, Photography, Sex | Tagged Halloween, Pin-Ups | 3 Comments

Who Needs Architects?

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A few weeks ago, inspired by the book Buildings Without Architects, I put together a number posts about vernacular architecture. That book was no doubt inspired by another, Bernard Rudofsky’s Architecture Without Architects. Have any of you read it? I … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged anarchism, Bernard Rudofsky, spontaneous order, traditionalism, vernacular architecture | 7 Comments

Food-and-Eating Smackdown: Bobby Flay’s Gato vs. Madison Square Eats

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: In one corner: Gato, located in NYC’s NoHo, and the latest creation of celebrity chef Bobby Flay. The Question Lady and I have been eating Flay’s food since the days of his pre-Food Network restaurant Miracle Grill. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, The Good Life | Tagged bobby flay, chefs, food, food carts, gato, hipsters, locavore, Madison Square Eats, restaurants | 8 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Why are progressives abandoning due process? A Nobel judge thinks writing programs are killing Western literature. Shorter New Yorker: “Oh dear, what if this accessible and fun book leads kids to more accessible and fun books instead of … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | 4 Comments

Pulp Du Jour

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A book published by the excellent Hard Case Crime, art by Ron Lesser. Author Lester Dent was also the inventor of the Master Pulp Fiction Plot.

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Hard Case Crime, Lester Dent, pulps, Ron Lesser | 1 Comment

“The Human Scale” (2012)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I thought this documentary, an introduction to the theory and work of Danish urbanist Jan Gehl, was OK. Gehl’s thesis, which hardly seems remarkable but goes to show the state we’re in, is that public spaces are more … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Movies | Tagged Andreas Dalsgaard, documentaries, Jan Gehl, urbanism | 11 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Le Château Frontenac, Quebec, designed by Bruce Price. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Bruce Price, canada, hotels, Quebec | 1 Comment

Showtune Saturday: “Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop”

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: I will confess to not being a Will Ferrell fan at all (with the exception of his turn as Bob Woodward in Andrew Fleming’s very underrated Dick) but if anyone could harness the manic lunacy of Kenneth … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Movies, Music | Tagged dancing nazis, mel brooks, showtune saturday, the guten tag hop-clop, the producers, will ferrell | Leave a comment

Naked Lady of the Week: Tracy Ryan

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The pride of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Tracy Ryan, who sometimes goes by Tracy Smith or Avalon, is about the most modelish-looking sex star I can think of. Or maybe “modelish” isn’t exactly right — her hawt-yet-wholesome looks suggest … Continue reading →