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(1) YouTube 80s (1a) WarGames Soundtrack(1b) Cobra Kai Season 3, All Easter Eggs & References Explained! (1c) Every Video Game in ‘Ready Player One’ Explained By Author Ernest Cline
Category Archives: Books
Weekend 474.3
“Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. You will be hollow. We shall squeeze you Continue Reading →
Weekend 474.2 (Fur Coat or Underwear?)
(1) A couple more from Tomorrow-land by Joseph Tirella: “Each group ultimately wanted the same thing—as Leary later said, ‘to weaken faith and conformity to the 1950s social order’—but each would Continue Reading →
Weekend 473.1
“Michelangelo and Walt Disney are the stars of my show.” — Robert Moses (1) A quote from Tomorrow-land by Joseph Tirella: “Although not one to share the spotlight—or the credit—Moses Continue Reading →
Question Answered
My one oversized box arrived from the US. I shipped a couple of books and have answered the question — if you were on a deserted island and could only Continue Reading →
Weekend 467.0
(1) A quote from Brick: A Social History by Carolyne Haynes: “Bricks do not stand alone, they work best with a sticky material to bind them together. So, wound into Continue Reading →
Weekend 465.0
“The danger of these expeditions was no doubt very great, but the spoils were in proportion, and there was not a boy or man of the seafaring population of Devon Continue Reading →
Modernity in miniature
(1) I’ve clipped the blog post title from a chapter in the excellently written British Rail Architecture 1948-97 by David Lawrence. “For centuries architects have used miniature versions of their Continue Reading →
Weekend 461.1
(1) A quote from Walt Disney and the Quest for Community: “The EPCOT philosophy continued in other ways. Disney’s favorite community topic was transportation, be it model railroading or promoting Continue Reading →
Weekend 461.0
(1) Miss Prim At Clear Creek (The American Conservative) “It is a simple tale that speaks of something that has been in the human heart since always: the search for Continue Reading →