My computer died today. And then I made sure the damn thing was dead. Deader than dead. And then some. Not that he was waiting for the letter, but Michael Dell will not be receiving an invitation to any of our parties any time soon. But then that’s been true for the past few years […]
Author: Dwight
Alexander’s Lost World is a 6 x 60” series coproduced with David Adams Films and Sky Vision. Following the course of the River Oxus (Amu Darya) for the first time, Adams takes viewers on an extraordinary 1,500-mile (2400 km) journey through war-torn Afghanistan and Central Asia. The Ancient Greeks have long been credited for bringing […]
The article Calvin & Hobbes Creator’s Life Lessons Become Beautiful New Comic is artist Gavin Aung Than’s comic based on a speech Bill Watterson gave at Kenyon College in 1990. Well worth taking a few minutes to read and enjoy the artwork. “To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy but it is still […]
UC Santa Cruz announced today that this will be the final season for Shakespeare Santa Cruz (SSC), the professional repertory company in residence at the campus. The current season, the 32nd since the festival debuted on campus in 1981, will conclude this year following the annual holiday show in December. News release at UC Santa […]
Women you don’t want to date. Or maybe women you want to date. Good thing I don’t have to worry about it.
than this headline. I had read parts of Maier’s work over the last decade but when I listened to Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 I really became enamored with her wit, style, and ability. I followed up by revisiting her other works, notably From Resistance to Revolution and American Scripture, and enjoyed them […]
At the risk of re-linking what you may have already seen, I wanted to highlight what Dean Putney has been doing. His blog, the Walter Koessler project, represents much work in scanning, researching, and publishing a family heirloom: his great-grandfather’s photo album. From Dean’s first post: It’s incredible for many reasons: Walter was German, and […]
I’m finally able to access my account and post. The “upgrade” to Blogger was enough to give me the push I needed to want to move to a different platform. I’ll need to finish getting ready for the school year first, which will take a couple more weeks. Hopefully I’ll have something in place before […]
I’m almost over a case of food poisoning so I’ll get back to posting soon. Funny thing when I’m sick…I have all this time to read but never feel like doing it when I feel bad. Fortunately that’s not as much of an issue now.
I’m going to post about a film before posting about the book for a change. Not that it matters…I’m not sure if it is harder to find the novel in the decent English translation or this film with English subtitles, but then I seem to excel in posting about things no one will ever read […]