Monthly Archives: October 2015

Retro Model Du Jour

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Related This good Gil Elvgren book by Taschen can be had for under $15.

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To Hell with The Other White Meat

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Food and music are important things, no? When asking people to distill down their musical tastes there is the concept of Desert Island Discs. Where food is concerned there is the concept of the last meal.  .   … Continue reading →

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Non-Color at the High Line

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Because I’m apparently someone who, once I’ve noticed something, can’t help noticing it over and over again, here’s another posting in what I guess is turning into a series about the way our new designers and developers … Continue reading →

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Pop Science, Five Ways

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: As should be obvious to regular readers, I’m hardly a scientific type. Music, food, drink, and art are more my speed. But every once in a while my brain drifts briefly to rationality and I enjoy learning … Continue reading →

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Ideal Secretary Du Jour

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

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Hillary’s Open Mouth

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Is there any woman who isn’t a porn star who’s photographed with her mouth wide open more regularly than Hillary Clinton? Related I marveled at how often we’re seeing mouths wide open in photos these days.

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Mostly Naked Lady of the Week: Tessa Fowler

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Playboy’s announcement earlier this week to cease publishing nudes, like all great Aristotelian tragedies, was both surprising and inevitable. Given that we’ve had freely available Internet porn catering to all proclivities for about two decades, it’s surprising the … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Will a free speech case few took note of prove to be the most significant decision of the Supreme Court’s current term? I thought this line was pretty funny: “Robert Post, the dean of Yale Law School and … Continue reading →

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Listing Books: Anti-Modernism

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s funny how after over a century of a near-stranglehold on elite sensibilities, modernism refuses to give an inch in the art world. Whether in novels, gallery art, architecture, fashion, or music, the implicit (or even at times, … Continue reading →

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A Magnificence Suitable to a People Who Styled Themselves the Masters of the World

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The only merit of the administration of Carinus that history could record, or poetry celebrate, was the uncommon splendor with which, in his own and his brother’s name, he exhibited the Roman games of the theatre, … Continue reading →

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