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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Your Hit Parade—Today
“The Song Machine (The hitmakers behind Rihanna)”, John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 3/26/2012. At one time, we tuned in each week to Your Hit Parade to hear what the top ten pop songs were, although we had a pretty good … Continue reading
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Rose Lawn Cemetery
While biking in Pensacola recently, I stopped at a fairly new cemetery for a brief rest before turning back. The cemetery had no gravestones, only bronze markers, but many were elaborately decorated. Walking among them, I noticed an unusual number … Continue reading
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Old Maid
I just returned from a visit with three granddaughters, ages 8, 11, and 14, where the game of the day—every day—was Old Maid. We play with a standard deck of cards, taking out one queen, and a match must be … Continue reading
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The Waste Land
The Waste Land (see February 2 posting) is a major piece of modernist literature, a landmark poem by T. S. Elliot describing life after World War I. James Joyce’s Ulysses is modernism’s prose equivalent. In the art world, modernism was … Continue reading
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Dot-Ink Portraits
An important part of the Wall Street Journal’s signature look is the unique and immediately identifiable dot-ink portrait, or, as they call them, hedcuts (yes, that is how they spell it). I always liked the style, and have long looked … Continue reading
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Tuesdays With Morrie
Recently seeing the same person on successive Tuesdays reminded me of a popular book, a gift from my son, that I read about ten years ago, Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom. As I often do now when I half-recall … Continue reading
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Soap Sliver Solution
Shortly after posting the previous blog on Saving Soap Slivers, I received an email from a guy who has an elegant solution to the problem. He is developing a soap bar with an indentation on the top shaped to accept … Continue reading
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