Weekend 527.0 (RW388)

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Winston Smith

“I’m attracted to decay. I suppose; in a way to ugliness too. A derelict house gets me.” — Laurence Stephen Lowry I’ll organize my thoughts later into something coherent but Continue Reading →

Weekend 526.1 (Atomic Silence)

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Winston Smith

(1) Brompton has revealed plans to invest as much as £100m in a new UK factory that will secure its place as the UK’s biggest bicycle manufacturer. (Business Matters: UKs Continue Reading →

Weekend 526.0 (palaces made of lime and stone)

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Winston Smith

“People simply refused to believe what was happening…” Finished The Brothers York by Thomas Penn. Some more quotes, substitutions, archeological curiosities, and final thoughts (and what comes next). Quotes “Late Continue Reading →

D1496-RF

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Winston Smith

(1) Spurs should be just as worried as Saints about Hasenhuttl (Football365) (2) NARUTO SHIPPUDEN meets @PLAYMOBILUSA (Action Figure Insider)

Weekend 524.2 (seditious persons…covetous rule…singular lucre)

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Winston Smith

Quotes from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn: “He [Edward IV] was comfortable enough to schedule in a diversionary loop, a pilgrimage through East Anglia to the Continue Reading →

Weekend 523.1

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Winston Smith

“Judica me, Deus, discerne causam meum de gente non sancta.” Psalm 42 Quotes from The Brothers York: An English Tragedy by Thomas Penn: “Meanwhile, shortly before sunset on Thursday 18 Continue Reading →

Weekend 523.0 (Hereford)

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Winston Smith

I was in Hereford this weekend for football, food, and history. This was my first trip¹ since Walsingham in November. The genesis of this trip was a bit unusual. My Continue Reading →

Weekend 522.0

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Winston Smith

I don’t know that much about William R. Hearst but he was rabidly anti-communist so that makes him A-OKAY in my book. It’s time to smoke out the commies in Continue Reading →

Weekend 521.3

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Winston Smith

“It’s been remarked many times that Walt was Mickey, Mickey was Walt—and nowhere is that more evident than in the iconic scenes of Mickey eagerly improvising an airplane and taking Continue Reading →

Weekend 521.2