Author Archives: Blowhard, Esq.

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About Blowhard, Esq.

Amateur, dilettante, wannabe.

Architects That Don’t Suck: John Gaw Meem

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: John Gaw Meem — native of Brazil, an amateur architect trained as a civil engineer — popularized the Pueblo Revival style in New Mexico. This 1992 New York Times article, which notes that Meem “married the spirit of native pueblo … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: One of the gates at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Click on the image to enlarge.

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Naked Lady of the Week: Lorna Morgan

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: No one fills out a sweater like Welsh native Lorna Morgan. Her creamy skin, dark tresses, cherubic dimples, and — let’s not mince words — huge tits have been a mainstay of big boob sites for 15 years. … Continue reading →

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Restore, Don’t Redesign, Pershing Square

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Today the L.A. City Council announced an international competition to redesign Pershing Square located in the heart of downtown. The existing design by AIA Gold Medal winner Ricardo Legorreta, which dates from 1994, has been widely hated for … Continue reading →

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Google: We’re Not Evil, We Promise!

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The latest candy-colored Android update is called Lollipop, the new holding company is called Alphabet, and the sans-serif logo redesign looks fit for a franchise of daycare centers. Someone is trying really hard to look cutesy and nonthreatening.

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Naked Lady of the Week: Gianna Michaels

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: One of the most popular of the major mainstream porn stars of the last decade, Seattle native Gianna Michaels is known for her curvy figure, enthusiastic performances, boisterous laugh, and the naughty gleam in her eye. Isn’t it … Continue reading →

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Art Du Jour

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Adolphe William Bouguereau, “Orestes Pursued by the Furies,” 1862. An interesting quote: Bouguereau was the grand master of the French art establishment and set the bar for those painters who aspired to commercial success in the second half … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Mia Khalifa

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Like all right-thinking people, we here at UR are big believers in Diversity™. Models featured in past installments have hailed from all over the world including Russia, eastern Ukraine, western Ukraine, northern Ukraine, and southern Ukraine. Therefore, it … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A courtyard I stumbled across at Barnard College, on Broadway across the street from Columbia University. Click on the images to enlarge.

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Ideas So Stupid Only An Intellectual Would Believe Them, A Continuing Series

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Via this essay, time to add another entry to my Enemies List — David Shields: These books made David Shields’s “Reality Hunger” (2010) seem prescient. An earnest “manifesto” against the traditional novel (which Shields finds “unbelievably predictable, tired, … Continue reading →

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