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About Paleo Retiree

Onetime media flunky and movie buff and very glad to have left that mess behind. Formerly Michael Blowhard of the cultureblog 2Blowhards.com. Now a rootless parasite and bon vivant on a quest to find the perfectly-crafted artisanal cocktail.

Trendwatch

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Have we reached Peak Bone Broth? More evidence:

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Linkage

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A good piece about how globalism is under siege. Jonathan Haidt on how nationalism may be superseding globalism. Zoning turns 100. Is the Collegiate Gothic style in architecture racist? Why, architecturally speaking, are corporate campuses so bad? … Continue reading →

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Hapa, Live

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: My wife and I recently caught and loved a show by a legendary Hawaiian folk band. “Hapa” means mixed, as in a part-Hawaiian/part-white person. The group Hapa performs traditional Hawaiian music, featuring beautiful melodies, harmonies and values — … Continue reading →

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Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: View post on imgur.com Bonus Bond: one of the great moments of onscreen Game:

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Lee Hazlewood and “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'”

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Today I learned that producer/writer Lee Hazlewood urged Nancy Sinatra to sing “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’” as if she were “a sixteen-year-old girl who fucks truck drivers.” Friends who know Lee Hazlewood’s work better than … Continue reading →

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“I, Psychopath” and “God’s Angry Man”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Have you run into Sam Vaknin? He’s quite a phenomenon. Vaknin is a self-described narcissist who has, primarily online, made a name for himself as an expert on narcissism. Hundreds of thousands of people have watched his … Continue reading →

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Brexit Readings

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been loving following the in-the-wake-of-Brexit debates. Interesting times, to put it mildly. Here are some of the essays, op-eds and articles that I’ve gotten the most out of. Was the EU formed in order to avoid … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Irony du jour 1. Irony du jour 2. Meet the inventor of the selfie. Why do our elites cling to liberalism as if it were a religion? Jim Kalb has some hunches. Tyler Cowen’s recent conversation with … Continue reading →

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Architecture and Color

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes:

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“Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell”

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A brightly-colored, super-polished confection starring Gina Lollobrigida that crosses two genres of its era: the marriage-is-impossible farce and the Americans-touring-Europe-by-bus comedy. (I watched in on this disc.) My wife hated it, and we both wondered if it might not … Continue reading →

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