Weekend 157.0
When Earth’s Last Picture Is Painted When Earth’s last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried, When the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has Continue Reading →
As true…
…today and it was then. “The problem was that Mumford, along with many other “progressives,” had a rather inflated sense of self-importance.” – James Mauro, Twilight at the World of Continue Reading →
Weekend 156.0
(1) 12 Awesome Airplane Paint Jobs (2) How to Turn a Recession into a Depression (2a) “As hostility to businessmen grows, politicians tax them more heavily, while debasing and inflating Continue Reading →
Tin(y) Cars
A bit of a puff piece (see below) on Sergio Marchionne but I’m excited about the FIAT 500. “At first glance Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne could pass for a humanities Continue Reading →
Farewell La Ronda
NOT farewell Lafawnduh. Post-Mortem on La Ronda in Architectural Digest For 1st Anniversary of DemolitionAddison Mizner
Weekend 155.0
Q: Why don’t you BLOG any more? A: Depression. It’s half-true. I’ve also been buried at the office. (1) BMW, Daimler Test Electric Scooters (2) What Should the Government Do Continue Reading →
Weekend 154.0
Memo to Hawking: There’s Still Room for God Reflections on the American Landscape The Genius of the Tinkerer
Mystery Solved: Why Obama crated Sir Winston
How Obama Thinks While the senior Obama called for Africa to free itself from the neocolonial influence of Europe and specifically Britain, he knew when he came to America in Continue Reading →
Weekend 153.1
Just finished Hamlet’s BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age and this excerpt from Lady Gaga and the death of sex seems apropos. Generation Continue Reading →
Weekend 153.0
(1) Icon of a Fair, a Borough, the World (Wall Street Journal) (2) Critical Mass: A new art competition gives lie to the concept that only the experts know what Continue Reading →