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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Juxtaposin’: Halos
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Movies, Photography
Tagged david lynch, Juxtaposin', Laura Palmer, Lillian Gish, Sheryl Lee, twin peaks
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Movie Still Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A woman inspects some travel posters in Jacques Tati’s PLAYTIME (1967). Click on the image to enlarge.
If I Must Have a Master, My Master Should Be a Great Man
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
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing
Tagged branding game, France, Honore de Balzac, The Duchess of Langeaise
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Unillumined Corridors
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
Posted in History, Politics and Economics
Tagged England, Granville Thorndyke, Roger Scruton
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Nerds Who Aren’t As Smart As They Think They Are, The First in a Possible Series
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
Posted in Education, Sports
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Anne Wojcicki, intellectuals, nerds, New York Yankees
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“Ultrasociety” by Peter Turchin
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
Naked Lady of the Week: Lauren Crist
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
Posted in Photography, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged Czech Republic, Lauren Crist, naked lady of the week, nude photography
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Quote Du Jour
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
Pope Brody Issues an Encyclical
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
Posted in Movies
Tagged Feminism, Louis C.K., Pepperidge Farm Remembers, Richard Brody, The New Yorker
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Juxtaposin’: Manhatta(n)
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Posted in Movies
Tagged avant-garde movies, Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand, Woody Allen
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