Category Archives: Personal reflections

Another Kind of Diversity

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The left’s ideological blinders have caused it to miss the obvious: that there can be such a thing as “too much” diversity.  Should it really be all that shocking that high levels of difference can result in a … Continue reading →

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A Quick Jaunt Back to the 80s, and to Ireland and Spain

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: For me, the 60s was music and the 70s was film and the 80s were . . . . . . the 80s were . . . . . . Bueller? . . . Bueller? . . . … Continue reading →

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Time Machine

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Everyone has the fantasy wish of going back in time for a brief visit.  But assuming you had only one trip you could take, where would you go?  I’ve thought about this quite a lot.  Obsessively, actually. Some … Continue reading →

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My Meme Master and Me

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I am not sure I fully buy the notion of memes as self-replicating counterparts of self-interested genes.  At least I would want to understand better the means by which those presumably selfish little idea critters hop from host … Continue reading →

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Koch, the Movie, and Change

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I wrote here about Ed Koch on the day he died.  That was also the day that the documentary film about him by Neil Barsky was released in theaters.  I missed it there, but caught it in DVD. … Continue reading →

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Historical Note

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes Tiresome-Old-Fart-Reflections Alert … Younger people seem convinced that nothing as awful as what we’re currently enduring has ever been seen before. But the mood in the U.S. in the late ’70s (when I was a young adult) … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Sandy Memories

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The Question Lady and I were in town — that’d be New York City — a year ago, when Hurricane Sandy hit. It was quite a little adventure. For one thing, the hurricane itself was sort of … Continue reading →

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Blog Milestone

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Earlier today, we passed 200,000 unique views on the blog. About half of that traffic is probably bots, but we’ll take it. Thanks, bots! Remy decided to celebrate with some hooping.

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Perspective

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: Now how cool is this? You’re looking at a celestial scene that is located about 8,000 light years distance from earth within our own galaxy. But keep looking. See that big star in the lower central area of the … Continue reading →

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A Movie Idea

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Someone should write a movie satire about a world-famous novelist, a prince of the academic set, who gets writer’s block and tries to cure it by authoring trashy romance novels under a pseudonym. As he’s accepting honorary … Continue reading →

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