Weekend 415.1

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Winston Smith

“Because he grew up in a railroad town, Disney loved trains; his love for locomotives was so great, he had a 1/8th scale railroad built in the backyard of his Continue Reading →

Weekend 415.0

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Winston Smith

“As Rembrandt’s own life moves toward the shadows of old age, as his success wanes, and the exterior splendor of his life diminishes, he comes more in touch with the Continue Reading →

Weekend 414.0 (…that’s how our minds, create creations…)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Winston Smith

Quotes from The Thinking Fan’s Guide To Walt Disney World: EPCOT by Aaron Wallace. This is a well-written/researched book from a writer very passionate about EPCOT. It’s also creatively formatted Continue Reading →

Weekend 413.0

Posted on March 17, 2018 by Winston Smith

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell (1) The Reckoning of the Continue Reading →

Weekend 412.0

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Winston Smith

Quiet weekend. I took a look at my list of personal goals for 2018 (hastily drafted during my holiday sabbatical) and was frightened by the lack of progress. (1) Route Continue Reading →

Weekend 411.0

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Museum piece: a show at the Cooper Hewitt explores design and technology (Wallpaper*) (2) Caricature: Or, Guston’s Graphic Novel by Chris Ware (The New York Review of Books)

Weekend 410.1 (AOE 3 / 2V3 / Yucatan War)

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Winston Smith

This was an all out European showdown in the Americas on a map called Yucatan. The sovereign(s) involved were the British, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. The British (red) were Continue Reading →

Weekend 410.0

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) New York’s finest purveyor of pencils champions low-tech design (Wallpaper*)

Weekend 409.0

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Winston Smith

“When he [Rembrandt] painted The Return of the Prodigal Son, he had lived a life marked by great self-confidence, success, and fame, followed by many painful losses, disappointments, and failures. Continue Reading →

Weekend 408.0

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Winston Smith

(1) Market news: painting of Richmond Hill has to stay in the UK (The Telegraph) (1a) Richmond Hill in the Summer of 1862 by Jasper Francis Cropsey (Flickr) “This is Continue Reading →