Sunday, May 10, 2009

Brideshead Revisited [1981] - A Catholic Epic ?

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Brideshead Revisited was adapted by the BBC as a television miniseries and released in 1981. It premiered on American PBS, and was an immedi...
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Friday, May 8, 2009

Manny Ramirez Caught Using Drugs

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Let me be clear:  I've never been a Dodger fan. I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. When the Giants moved west in 1958, I watche...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The Pedestrian Book of Wrongs - How Not to Cross the Street

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I've been thinking for a long time about transportation behavior. As I become older, I seem to get more impatient and frustrated with th...
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The Archetype of Decadence - on a Photograph of Clarence John Laughlin

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Take a moment to look at this photograph, by Clarence John Laughlin [1905-1985], entitled "Mother" Brown [1945].  At first glance,...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Grammar Gestapo

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The misuse of the word "like" has gotten completely out of hand. Like has been under assault for decades. Back in the 1950's, ...
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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Quarantine - Are Viruses God's Little Mickey Finn?

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What kind of a god would create viruses?  If the universe was created through "intelligent design" what possible purpose would vir...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Minimalism Part II - Creeley's THIRTY THINGS [1974]

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Robert Creeley presents an interesting instance of a post-Modernist writer whose career was to a considerable extent the "story" o...
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