Category Archives: Personal reflections

Crowd-Parenting

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Upon boarding my Virgin Australia flight to the USA, the following message tsk-tsked at me from the launch screen of my seat-back video: There are a few important points to remember while using the System. We’re in … Continue reading →

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Trattoria Machiavelli

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: On my just-concluded trip to New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, I indulged myself in food and drink on a truly Lucullan scale. One restaurant we visited, Machiavelli on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was the destination … Continue reading →

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Creepshot or Not?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This young lady was walking along the sidewalk in front of me … Her sundress was hiking up … Does my snap of her qualify as a Creepshot? Some arguments pro and con, or so it seems … Continue reading →

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The Metro Theater

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Blowhard, Esq.’s recent post on the glorious Art Deco Pantages Theater brought to mind another theater of the same era in New York that has unfortunately been a casualty of New York’s notorious real estate developer wars: … Continue reading →

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Gin Soaked Boy

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I drink a bit too much for someone with my family history.  Suffice it to say here that there have been some things in the family past involving Swedish genes, three-day alcoholic benders in cheap Worcester hotels, sub-zero … Continue reading →

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Fear Factor

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: I find this heartening. In an op-ed on France for the LA Times, Pascal Bruckner cites fear as one of the most significant factor’s in that country’s unsettling decline. For the French have become afraid of everything: … Continue reading →

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Russians!

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Musing Du Jour: Are GoPro videos and dashcam videos the most exciting audiovisual-thru-time things being made these days? What movies can compare?

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What Meaning Is This?

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Re-reading this post from last November at Sasha’s blog: Not long ago, I was wondering at how some words got to have two opposite meanings. There were two I knew of immediately: sanction, which means both “to allow” … Continue reading →

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Creepshot or Not?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A pic I fired off last summer in NYC’s Washington Square Park: The case, as far as I can tell, for this snap being deemed a Creepshot: 1) Skin. 2) I didn’t ask my subjects for permission, … Continue reading →

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Creepshots Or Not: Isla Vista

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: As an artsbuff and an enthusiastic snapshooter, I was fascinated by the debate that kicked up a while back about “creepshots.” (Gawker and Jezebel attack; Reddit bans a few sub-Reddits.) Briefly: young women protested that photographers shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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