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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.

“Creepiness” Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: Am I reading this right: No more flirting at work?

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Narrow Streets

Paleo Retiree writes: Enjoy a beautiful collection of photos of narrow streets — and wonder, as I often do, why the U.S. doesn’t have many more attractive streets than it does. Crazy, utopian concept: A street shouldn’t be just a … Continue reading

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Linkage

Paleo Retiree writes: A terrific blogpost by George Hunka about the legendary publisher Barney Rosset and his great Grove Press. I did a q&a with George, who’s also a first-class playwright, back at my old blog: Part One, Part Two. … Continue reading

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Confidence

Paleo Retiree writes: My tax dollars helped pay for this piece of feel-good-about-yourself propaganda: But, hey, maybe this is a message that’s urgently needed … because we all know that, if today’s girls and young women are lacking in anything, … Continue reading

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Overgeneralization Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: It often seems to me that one of the big diffs between men and women is that many women believe that the world can be made into a safe place —  like a big progressive school, with … Continue reading

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Official Buildings, Old vs. New

Paleo Retiree writes: As I was scrolling through some pics I snapped during a trip the Question Lady and I took through the Midwest a few years ago, I was struck — for about the zillionth time — by the … Continue reading

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The Skills Some People Develop

Paleo Retiree writes: Was trickery (CGI? editing tomfoolery?) involved, can anyone tell? In any case, I want to point out what a shrewdly constructed little piece of entertainment this 37 second long, all-in-one-shot clip is. Here’s how it goes: Closeup … Continue reading

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Prison/School

Paleo Retiree writes: Which is the prison, which is the school? Shouldn’t the architecture be giving us more of a hint than it is? And why do we sentence children to spend many years of long days in buildings that … Continue reading

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Linkage

Paleo Retiree writes: Bill Kauffman praises Jesse Walker’s new book. World’s toughest women? Should AP classes be open-access? Is anti-racism worse than racism? The Golden Age of the Moustache. Lloyd Fonvielle thinks “Two Weeks in Another Town” may be “the best … Continue reading

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“Penny Flame’s Expert Guide to Rough Sex”

Paleo Retiree writes: A Vivid production written, hosted, and directed by a young porn star, the short dark-haired beauty Penny Flame. It’s a mildly interesting, mildly amusing, and mildly hot watch. Rough sex here mostly seems to mean spanking, choking, … Continue reading

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