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Category Archives: Books Publishing and Writing
Might Makes Right!
Fenster writes: Or might makes right? As always, it’s your decision. Which reminds me. You can make fun of Dan Brown all you want (and here is a spirited defense of his latest oovruh). But The DaVinci Code was if … Continue reading
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Paleo Retiree writes: Should all Americans be given a basic monthly income? Con artist of the year. “I’m 40 years old going on 65,” says an ex-lineman. “God knows what I’ll feel like when I’m actually 65 years old.” Why … Continue reading
Egalitarianism Question
Paleo Retiree writes: Shouldn’t the anti-stereotyping crowd be more worked-up than they are about the habit bookstores have of segregating some magazines into “Men’s Interest” and “Women’s Interest” sections? Isn’t it unfair to make — no, to impose — the … Continue reading
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Tagged politics, sex, magazines, gender
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Blowhard, Esq. writes: GQ presents its list of the 21 books from the 21st century every man who wants to bang an NPR listener should read. The intro says they spent “months” creating the list which is surprising given that it … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Architecture
Tagged Big Brother, in vitro meat, Los Angeles, Photoshop
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The Glamour of Farming
Blowhard, Esq. writes: During this year’s Super Bowl, only one ad caught my attention. Take a look:
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Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I got a kick out of this Steve Sailer piece on the Niall Ferguson-John Maynard Keynes controversy. Hoping to eventually pick up this new release from TASCHEN. I love TASCHEN. I just wish I wasn’t too much of … Continue reading
Vocabulary Building Word of the Day
Fenster writes: Here’s something I did not know. The word “gunsel” has two meanings. In its most common slang usage, it refers to a criminal carrying a gun. But in earlier convict slang, the word had a quite different meaning: … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies
Tagged gunsel, Ryan Gosling, vocabulary
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“I Was Looking for a Street”
Blowhard, Esq. writes: As the quote I posted a few days ago implied, I just read the first volume of crime writer Charles Willeford’s memoirs. It might be one of the best things I’ve ever read. The book covers the … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, Charles Willeford, Great Depression, Los Angeles, memoirs
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Quote of the Day
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Thinking, when you first try it, is very difficult. I had never tried to think before, seriously, I mean, and I didn’t quite know how to go about the process. Most people, under ordinary circumstances, living with … Continue reading
Quote of the Day
Blowhard, Esq. writes: “A few miles from here a frost-stiffened wood waits and keeps watch above a mere; the overhanging bank is a maze of tree-roots mirrored in its surface. At night there, something uncanny happens: the water burns. And … Continue reading
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