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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.

More Ads Everywhere

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: That’s a snapshot of a departure/arrival screen in a California airport. How do you feel about the fact that an ad is taking up the right-hand quarter of the screen? A few days before flying to California … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Humor, Personal reflections | Tagged , , , | 9 Comments

Actually Kind of Enough

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A trendlet I’ve been noticing recently is one that has built on another trendlet I first noticed some years ago. Here are some visuals to illustrate: Oops, forgot to use highlighter in those final examples — but … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Education | 29 Comments

“Straw Dogs” (2011)

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I was a little wary about watching Rod Lurie’s remake of “Straw Dogs.” Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 thriller is a genuine landmark — one of the most notorious, controversial films in movie history, and for plenty of good … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

The Propaganda The Corner ATM Machine Is Selling

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This month in Diversity at the corner ATM machine: How do so many people who champion diversity and multiculturalism persuade themselves that they’re radicals speaking daring, defiant truth to the cruel powers that be? Diversity and multiculturalism … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Politics and Economics | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

New Blog Features

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: In our eternal quest to keep our visitors entertained and provoked, we’ve come up with a few new features. Because one of my great pleasures in life is passing along cool links, but also because I don’t … Continue reading →

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Design Coincidence?

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: On the top: the design for Apple’s new headquarters. On the bottom, the headquarters of Britain’s GCHQ, an intelligence agency that does electronic surveillance and is said to have links with PRISM. Are giant circles the shape … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Commercial art, Photography, Politics and Economics | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

“Copperhead”: An Interview With Bill Kauffman

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The movie I’ve most been looking forward to this year is “Copperhead,” which opens in many cities this Friday. That’s partly because it was directed by Ron Maxwell, who has made two of the movies that real … Continue reading →

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Eating in Louisville

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The Question Lady and I recently returned from a week-long stay in Louisville, Kentucky, our second time there. She had a date to perform her dynamite one-woman show at the wonderful Bard’s Town Theatre, and we decided … Continue reading →

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“Swimming Pool” (1969)

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The 1969 Alain Delon/Romy Schneider/Maurice Ronet/Jane Birkin movie, co-written by Jean-Carriere Carrière and directed by Jacques Deray. Sexy/playful/ sinister erotic games in a villa near St. Tropez, and pure bliss for me. Delon is a vain, jaded, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

“Survival Island”

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Enjoyably cheesy, made-for-Showtime flick from 2005 that crosses a shipwrecked-on-a-Caribbean-island adventure story with a lot of heavy-breathing  sexual suspense. For most of the movie, Billy Zane, Kelly Brook and Juan Pablo Di Pace (a fiery young Latin … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments