April 16, 2016

I like Sci-fi and action movies and this one will be seen. Mixed reviews so far. This one by RogerEbert.com gives one pause:

“Nicolas Cage turned down a lead role.” Considering the films that the weirdly indiscriminate Cage is perfectly willing to sign on to do, the fact that this was somehow beneath him should pretty much say it all.

I'm going to see it anyway.



I still subscribe to Time magazine, a leftover from school-based subscriptions. This cover is a hoot. Hooray for Barry Ritholtz's and others smack-downs. Asshattery is a great term.

March 14, 2015

Super Pi day ! "The tension between order and randomness is one of the most tantalizing aspects of pi."



McMahon's near the Barclays Center. William Least Heat Moon in Blue Highways used a rating system for diners in which the number of calendars hanging about determined the quality of the diner . For bars , I use Moose heads. This one passed.



A nice venue to watch a Basketball game.



Time's cover appears to give Hillary horns. No sweat, they've done it before.

May 12, 2012

R.I.P. NY Knicks. Still, a very exciting and watchable season. A flawed team but lots of fun to watch.

Survivor One World Finale tomorrow night. Looks like Kimsanity rules. Probably Chelsea and Sabrina in final Three.

Mother's day in this house starts with Mimosas and Godiva Truffles. Beautiful day in store.

Wild, attention-grabbing cover. Just in time for Mother's Day. Skål!

Still my favorite Magazine cover of all time. I have the original. Playdead's interview of Dan Blocker was hilarious.

February 11, 2011

Tomorrow is Lincoln's Birthday, this picture captures the young man on the rise.

April 6, 1859: Letter to Henry L. Pierce
This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.



Still plowing through Chernow's Washington: A Life. I guess I had known it before but it was astonishing to see the number of Slaves (over 300) owned by Washington and his family. Chernow in an interview states:"I really felt that it was not a trivial fact of this man's life that he owned 300 human beings."



Egypt will put the Middle East on the right path , the alternative is unthinkable. Mubarak is no longer "Cling Tut." My recent readings involving Lawrence of Arabia schooled me in the development of the Modern Middle East by France and Great Britain with the Balfour Declaration. T.E. Lawrence preferred that the Arab states map their own destiny. The State of Israel also figures in the balance. The next couple of years will be interesting. The new era begins. Good luck world !



I'm a spy in the house of love
I know the dream, that you're dreamin' of
I know the word that you long to hear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I know your deepest, secret fear
I'm a spy, I can see
What you do
And I know



Time to kick back and take a little time off, like a four day weekend. Can't believe I was granted a Snow Day for dragging myself to work on January 27th. Will make use of it on Valentine's Day.



Rose sculptures on Park Avenue , a new public arts project by Will Ryman. Nice touch of color for the Winter.



Beer for the weekend is the Newcastle Brown Ale DraughtKeg. Smooth and tasty, not heavy at all.



With Egypt the biggest story in a decade, Time goes with Singularity as the cover. Computers will think like humans do by the end of the 2020s. Singularity — at which the progress of machines will supersede that of humans, put at 2045.