“Detailing his stories in meticulous and carefully crafted artwork, Chris Ware lays out an irresistibly beautiful world of deficits and defects. While nowadays a seemingly endless archive of superhero comics Continue Reading →
Are the benefits of a bike ride negated by a sweet crêpe? (1) The Dead Dream of the Dirigible (2) Lichtenstein Before (and After) the Pop Hits (WSJ) “At the Continue Reading →
…and all the rest from the weekend (and a superb one at that). Also, composing a post on ‘Julia’ but it will have to wait until I blow the dust Continue Reading →
I attended Bike Expo New York on Saturday and rode the Brompton from Grand Central to Basketball City (Pier 36). This was the inaugural show and the venue/format/programming was good. Continue Reading →
(1) How to Live Unhappily Ever After: Augusten Burroughs on the upside of being downbeat, and embracing loss and anger “But holes are interesting things. As it happens, we human Continue Reading →
(1) Brave New World (is Here!) (2) Rebel Cel (WSJ) (2a) A related quote from Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination by Neal Gabler It was Zack Schwartz, Continue Reading →
(1) What Will Survive of Us Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and is Continue Reading →
(1) I would run to you (advertisement for NIKE) (1a) Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus (WSJ) (2) Suddenly Simple: Authentic, organic and local isn’t just about your food—American minimalist Continue Reading →
(1) Man Bites Dog “The Obama administration was from the outset a clown car heading for disaster, the unholy issue of ’30s mobsters and ’60s Marxists, slickly packaged for a Continue Reading →
“And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, Continue Reading →