“The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the ocean was not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge.” ~Daniel Boorstin, The Discoverers, p. 86 Yesterday I took a day trip to Sage Hen Reservoir. I had asked my friend Kevin Laughlin for recommendations and he gave me his top three. … Continue reading It Was A Sage Hen Kinda Day
From My Journal - 10-20-13 Torino, Italy Sitting in my apartment looking through the window, opaque by fog, buses going by, last night the neighbors were running up and down, loud talk, outside the world walked by and I wonder why. Why am I here, why I must question why. My wife lies … Continue reading From My Journal – 10-23-13
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. Igor Stravinsky The Saints Among Us Here at the Profound Bartender Rescue and Preservation Society we get a lot of artists, scholars, poets, philosophers and Very Deep Thinkers. It is a very quiet place. Everyone is working on themselves; … Continue reading The Saints Among Us
The Incredibles 2: My Review There is a parallel here and so we must go back in time. Walt Disney, when he died in 1966, left behind a huge machine of entertainment. The company has since taken his design and continued to run the huge machine and make a lot of money. Walt Disney took … Continue reading The Incredibles 2: My Review
My Review: Don’t Miss It! That is, if you are interested in learning about one the most influential people of our times. If you are interested in learning about the strange bond of friendship and respect between her and her anti-her, the equally brilliant Justice Antonin Scalia. You’ll smile when you see her appearing as a … Continue reading RBG: My Review
"Television is like the American toaster, you push the button and the same thing pops up everytime." Alfred Hitchcock The New Golden Age of Hollywood I was wrong. I romanticized the era from 1920 to 1960 in Hollywood as a golden era. This was when movie making was done right with the best directors, actors, … Continue reading The New Golden Age of Hollywood
Don’t Love You Like Anything (song lyrics) Don’t love you like no bumblin’ bee Don’t love you like the ocean Like a tree with leaves in motion Or any kind of simile Don’t love you like any-other-thing You’re just you I love you More than any metaphor More than poetical expression More than … Continue reading Don’t Love You Like Anything
Today, May 29, 2018, the day after Memorial Day, I weigh as much as I have in recorded history. Since our system of weights and measures was standardized. Since the great Depression, the latest recession, and the birth of Impression-ism. It is a sobering number. I knew, as I stepped upon the scale as … Continue reading Weight, Weight. Don’t Tell Me!*
"I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department." Joseph R. McCarthy Red Rousing Rhetoric There is an old joke in … Continue reading Red Rousing Rhetoric
"I am blessed beyond reason with women friends." Jane Fonda Book Club: My Pre-Review I've not seen it yet but I'm sure I will. I enjoy a little comedy now and then. Having only seen the trailer, that is an easy conclusion. One visit to Book Club on IMDB can build our anticipation. What a … Continue reading Book Club: My Pre-Review
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