Weekend 610.0 (It’s like glass, when we break)
“Man faces the darkening shadows of his life. His passage to the grave.” — Philip K. Dick (1) A couple of quotes from The Fighting Temeraire by Sam Willis: Moreover, Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Winston Smith
Weekend 609.2
“…although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory Continue Reading →
Weekend 609.1 (Nemo me impune lacessit)
“Limestone Roof is like the Arts & Culture section of the Wall Street Journal.” — Lionel Trilling Football, Bermuda, Naruto, Playmobil, and the British. It’s amazing HOW all my favorites Continue Reading →
Weekend 609.0
Rewatched The Princess and the Pilot on Tubi. This is beautiful storytelling. The character development is exceptionally rich, and the themes are timeless (honor, duty, grief, sadness, discrimination, self-control, and Continue Reading →
Football News
(1) ‘I get it’ – Page accepts boos after Gibraltar draw (BBC) (2) Sachiel Ming rescues point for Bermuda in World Cup qualifier (The Royal Gazette) (3) Bruce Arena on Continue Reading →
A moon made of ice…
(1) At the symphony, the danger of AI marches on in ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ by Jeremy Reynolds (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) (2) Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32 (YouTube) (3) Animation from Continue Reading →
Weekend 608.0 (…in this house of make believe)
(1) “Age of Revolutions”: An Exercise in Reading History Backward (Imaginative Conversative) Perhaps one of the best merits of the book is that it admits that liberalism is in grave Continue Reading →
Weekend 607.1 (In a world that gets lost in making plans…)
(1) If you know you know. (2) Another AOE DE campaign. (3) A photo of ‘Day’ by NY TIMES photographer Eddie Hausner. (3a) Eddie Hausner, 76, Who Held Lens to Continue Reading →
Up the Saints!
“It’s a bit written in the stars, sometimes it’s not meant to be.” — Daniel Farke (Leeds Manager) The Saints defeated Leeds United 1-0 at Wembley and have been promoted Continue Reading →
Weekend 607.0
“Happiness is a mystery like religion, and should never be rationalized.” — G. K. Chesterton I’m in a creative drought (it happens). I got nothing. It’s a long weekend and Continue Reading →