Weekend 485.0

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Winston Smith

(1) A quote from How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of your Life by Pat Williams with Jim Denney: “Walt Disney was a walking paradox. He was Continue Reading →

Woke Disney

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Winston Smith

Disney is being upended by a bunch of rag tag content creators who know authenticity left the mouse house sometime between Eisner and Iger (and is hitting its virtue-signaling apex Continue Reading →

Weekend 484.0 [(Art)ifact]

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Winston Smith

This weekend post is all-over the place but IF you ever read my profile on Flickr it makes perfect sense. It’s been ALMOST one year since I finished KH3 (March Continue Reading →

Grim Grinning Milestones

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Winston Smith

Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of fifteen-days to flatten the curve. Still drafting a post on Walt and the Walt Disney Co. but Sarah Hoyt linked to this on Chicago Continue Reading →

Weekend 479.0

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Winston Smith

“O Lord, let me know my end and the number of days left to me; show me how fleeting my life is.” — Daily Meditations on the Psalms Reflection: When Continue Reading →

Weekend 473.1

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Winston Smith

“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 →

Weekend 469.0

Posted on October 10, 2020 by Winston Smith

(1) There’s a Chinese restaurant in Hammersmith that looks like it belongs in Twilight Town or San Fransokyo. (2) History: (3) Don’t Defend Columbus—Celebrate Him (City Journal)

Walt Disney

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Winston Smith

Do you remember being younger and hearing old geezers tell you things like ‘that’s a slippery slope?’ What happens if we’ve slipped and are now in the midst of a Continue Reading →

Tomorrowland Speedway

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Winston Smith

(1) A scanned image from The Art of Walt Disney World Resort. The design is from Disney Imagineer George McGinnis. (2) #10 from the Limestone Roof Photo Archives.

Weekend 461.1

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Winston Smith

(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 →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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