Monthly Archives: November 2017

Juxtaposin’: Halos

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:  

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Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on November 26, 2017 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A woman inspects some travel posters in Jacques Tati’s PLAYTIME (1967). Click on the image to enlarge.

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If I Must Have a Master, My Master Should Be a Great Man

Posted on November 24, 2017 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: By this time it was about midnight. One of her servants, waiting with her pelisse, went down to order her carriage. On her way home she fell naturally enough to musing over M. de Montriveau’s prediction. … Continue reading →

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Unillumined Corridors

Posted on November 23, 2017 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: People live in a tiny time-slice of the present moment, which they carry forward with them. But nothing remains. And there’s nothing in their experience which reverberates down the centuries, because the centuries to them are … Continue reading →

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Nerds Who Aren’t As Smart As They Think They Are, The First in a Possible Series

Posted on November 22, 2017 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In this NYT profile of 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki, Anne’s mother Esther has this to say about her daughter dating Yankee* Alex Rodriguez: “I liked A-Rod, he was a very nice man,” Esther Wojcicki told me. “He … Continue reading →

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“Ultrasociety” by Peter Turchin

Posted on November 22, 2017 by

Paleo Retiree writes: The book’s complete title: “Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth.” A stimulating, clear, fast and provocative attempt to explain via the principles of cultural evolution and population biology how humans … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Lauren Crist

Posted on November 17, 2017 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: What quality of Lauren’s is most appealing, her fairy-like litheness, or the smidge of peasanty inelegance that graces some of her features, like her nose or chin? I don’t want to judge either quality in isolation. … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Post-Modern Left imagines a system of 'systemic oppression' so devious that it allows every adult to vote, own property, work any job, move anywhere, marry anyone, learn anything, and say anything. — Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) November … Continue reading →

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Pope Brody Issues an Encyclical

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Like the Pope issuing a bull, New Yorker film critic Richard Brody has declared Louis CK’s I LOVE YOU, DADDY to be a “disgusting movie that should never have been acquired for distribution in the first place.” … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Manhatta(n)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

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