Weekend 332.0

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Eminent domain on steroids? New bill threatens cities, towns (Fairfield Citizen) (2) How Bad Religion Has Bequeathed Us ‘An Anxious Age’ (The Federalist)

Weekend 331.0

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Winston Smith

“To be an acorn is to have a taste for being an oak tree.” – Thomas Merton

Weekend 330.0 (Spring????)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Bike-share programs to tour great cities (USA Today) (2) Jessie Burton: A Week in the Life of the Novelist (WSJ)

Weekend 329.0

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Winston Smith

Sunset Boulevard (1949) GILLIS: May I say you smell real special. BETTY: It must be my new shampoo. GILLIS: That’s no shampoo. It’s more like a pile of freshly laundered Continue Reading →

Four Roses

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Winston Smith

My favorite bourbon mentioned in a movie [French Connection II] with my favorite actor [Gene Hackman]. I’d like a…Four Roses, straight up, and water on the side. Quoi? Four Roses, Continue Reading →

Weekend 328.0

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) In Japan, Dog Owners Feel Abandoned as Sony Stops Supporting ‘Aibo’ (WSJ) (2) Playing House (Metropolis)

Were you dazzled by the same constellation?

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Coffee: Words from a Grad Student/Addict

Weekend 327.0 (2015 Winter Retreat)

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Winston Smith

CliffsNotes provided by “Let’s Be Still” from The Head and the Heart (see related). I spent the weekend at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA. It was a great weekend Continue Reading →

Weekend 326.0 (Is this the real deal?)

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Winston Smith

***Update: The storm was kind of a bust and ridiculously over-hyped (shocker)*** We’re expecting a little snow here in New England so I biked to the diner for breakfast and Continue Reading →

Weekend 325.0

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) Look At Life: Living with Cars 1964 (YouTube)