No compromises. No accommodation. No surrender. Be everything that Donald Trump and his supporters want to destroy. Embody the very soul of what they hate. And then make them fucking choke on you. Site Editorial 11/10/16 | Eruditorum Press Source: eruditorumpress.com
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Wearing a bolo tie and his trademark fedora, Mr. Cohen dryly made light in his acceptance speech of the fact that none of his records had ever been honored at the Grammys. “As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I’d get a Grammy …
It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. Chuck Palahniuk, Diary (via Tim Ferriss)
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Globe Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”
We saw the theatrical streaming of the Globe Theatre’s The Merchant of Venice recently, as that’s Liz’s favorite Shakespeare play. It’s a play that always raises more questions than it answers. There is no catharsis. The tragedies may be littered with bodies by their bloody ends, but there is the sense of an ending, of …
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She once said Picasso gave her the “best lesson in composition” she ever received when he told her to “constantly renew yourself; avoid using the recipes that you have already found.” This counsel she took to heart. On Germaine Tailleferre | Open Letters Monthly – an Arts and Literature Review Source: openlettersmonthly.com
“More Fool Me” by Stephen Fry (audiobook)
More Fool Me is Fry’s third book of memoirs, and covers roughly the years 1986-2001, when he was professionally and personally flying high, not least due to incredible quantities of cocaine and vodka that fueled his addictive, rather needy personality. I listened to the audiobook version, as read by Fry, and it’s a far better experience …
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Denver, October 2016
Liz presented at the AMWA conference, so I tagged along and cavorted at will. From the mental grab-bag:
Who’s Working for Who?
I traveled with Liz to Denver CO for a few days while she attended a conference while I cavorted. For this brief trip, I carried a Chromebook, a Kindle Paperwhite, an iPod Touch 5g, a retro Tracfone-powered flip phone, a digital camera, multiple chargers, and 2 paperbacks. This agglomeration of tech accumulated bit by bit …
Google Me This: “The Lost Art of *”
I was cleaning out my Evernote inbox and saw two topics side by side: “The Lost Art of Memorizing Poetry” and the “The Lost Art of Illustrating Your Favorite Books.” How many Lost Arts could there be? Are they really lost, were they superseded, or are they underground? Have the practitioners and teachers died out? …
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