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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.

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Paleo Retiree writes: Razib’s blogging is now to be found here. “Rescuing the female body from commercialization and commodification is one of the great tasks that lies before our civilization,” writes Lloyd Fonvielle. Read our interview with Lloyd here. Is … Continue reading

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GoPro Hijinks

Paleo Retiree writes: If people are going to persist in amusing themselves by doing physically risky things, may there at least be a GoPro camera attached.

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Cocktail Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: Filipino food is something that’s having a moment in downtown NYC, so — trend-chasers that we are — The Question Lady and I have been checking it out. Thumbs up so far. Filipino food is related to … Continue reading

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“Rise: Blood Hunter”

Paleo Retiree writes: Not-great but we-watched-it-all-the-way-thru-anyway erotic vampire revenge thriller, directed by the Venezuelan-born Sebastian Gutierrez. Lucy Liu plays an LA Weekly reporter who’s unhappy about having been turned into a vampire, and who sets out to track down the cult … Continue reading

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Uninhibited Sexy Fun? Or the End of All Good Things?

Paleo Retiree writes: http://vimeo.com/80118132

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The Kind of Thing They’re Doing to Downtown

Paleo Retiree writes: Walking around the hipster downtown neighborhood of the Lower East Side the other evening, I ran across a construction site. Here’s a pic of what’s going up: For context’s sake — and, where architecture and urbanism go, … Continue reading

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Umami Burger, and Some Reflections About Culture and SoCal

Paleo Retiree writes: Though L.A. partisan Blowhard, Esq. has been urging the Question Lady and me to give Umami Burger a try for a couple of years, we’ve never found time during our L.A. visits to indulge. So how convenient … Continue reading

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Nonexistent Trend Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: Philadelphia.

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Paleo Retiree writes: More fascinating thinking from HBD*Chick about inbreeding and outbreeding, this time as they pertain to Anglo-Saxon England. Thanks to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, we’re able to peep at the superdeluxe lifestyles of Mexican drug lords. Will S. … Continue reading

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Diversity Update

Paleo Retiree writes: We here at UR enjoy tracking and marveling at the phenomenon of Diversity. What an overwhelming spectacle it has become, and what a lot of cultural and political energy it has attracted and absorbed. How to account … Continue reading

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