Weekend 338.0

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Winston Smith

(1) How theme parks like Disney World left the middle class behind (Washington Post) (2) The Brave Old Temeraire by James Duff Our friends depart, and are forgot, As time Continue Reading →

Weekend 337.0

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Winston Smith

“If we love, we are running; and the more consistently we love, the faster we run.” – St. Augustine Kurt Vonnegut delivered the commencement address at my brother’s graduation from Continue Reading →

Weekend 336.0

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Winston Smith

“Genius is the infinite capacity for taking pains.” – Thomas Carlyle?

le coup d’oeil de génie

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Winston Smith

Finished the Michael Korda tome on Ike. I still need to excerpt quotes, but love that his favorite painter was J.M.W. Turner. He “owned” a watercolor of Culzean Castle (by Continue Reading →

Weekend 335.0

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Winston Smith

“…the fate of two great nations seems to be determined by some god-damned things called LSTs and LCIs.” – Winston Churchill

Weekend 334.0

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Winston Smith

“Like always sticks to like. If you live an abandoned sort of life, only abandoned people will attach themselves to you. Start living a good life, and you’ll see how Continue Reading →

A Gen Xers Top 20 Video Game List

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Winston Smith

Get out that David Bowie record and grab a can of Jolt Cola because it’s time to rank my Top 20 all-time favorite video games. The rankings are based on Continue Reading →

Weekend 333.0 (Planetesimals)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Winston Smith

Steve Ross was at the center of two great documentaries- Atari: Game Over and Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos. The subject matter of Continue Reading →

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