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May 5, 2020
The Bogart Advantage
It’s a close call but this might be one of those rare instances where the movie outperforms the book. The flick does have an unfair advantage though with Bogart as the lead… For a crash course on a category that can be hard to pin down, Nicholas Ray’s psychologically complex “In a Lonely Place” has …
May 4, 2020
Say what you will…
Be it be an exploration of loneliness or light or whatever, but ”Nighthawks,” to me, is the most colorful expression of the beautiful bleakness of noir that I know… From Those who say Edward Hopper is the artist of social distancing may be wrong: But while some Hopper experts appreciate the wave of [social media] …
May 3, 2020
Starbucks and Mocha
The New York Times’ recent piece Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed is actually a quite serious look at human nature, racism, the environment… but here is a fun selection from it that belies its erudition: Melville had read Jeremiah Reynolds’s violent account of a sperm whale “white as wool,” named — …
May 2, 2020
We are what we… read?
At least according to the Big Think article The Books You Read Really Make You Who You Are: “The takeaway from all [the studies] is that no matter the culture, humans are intimately attached to stories. They’re part of our makeup as a species. Stories can literally transport us into the mind and body of …
May 1, 2020
Just Imagine
Imagine what the response would have been if these heavily armed “protesters“ were of any other race than white… – A lot of dead and incarcerated non-white “protesters,” that’s what the response would have been for those of you with failed imaginations. Now, try to imagine that none of these “protesters” are trump cultists emboldened …
April 30, 2020
Only 4 out of 10…
10 Classic Crime Books That Have Stood the Test of Time Got me some work to do. #amreading #butnotenoughbritishcrimenovelsobviously
April 28, 2020
There’s a fun meme going around that asks…
Why is it Iron-Man and not Fe-Male? If you can’t come up with the answer right away don’t worry… Periodically table it and it will eventually come to you. #humpdayhumor
April 27, 2020
Pets sleeping…
…is actually a form of human therapy. UPDATE: Shift Change
April 26, 2020
A Sunday Song to Spark the Spirit and Summon the Moves of the Dance
Time to forget for a moment the madness and mayhem and the apocalyptic fever dreams and just close your eyes and imagine you’re out on the dance floor with the most delectable babe* of your dreams groovin’ it to this new release written and performed by my youngest son and produced by my eldest son… …
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April 24, 2020
Show me a cultist who doesn’t believe they are a cultist…
And I’ll show you a cultist. #dontdrinkthekoolaid #orthebleach
