Yakuza, Typewriters and Cravats |
I like factoids ... those curious, useless, little facts ... because they often illustrate other things.Like this one:Did you know, for instance, that the reason why Yakuza sometimes chop off segments...
Posted by Lorin on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:00:00 PST |
Another Thing I Just Don’t Get: Photography it *ART* .... |
..... and Illustration *isn't*?Let me put this one in a bit of context:A bit over a decade ago, when I was still living in Chicago, I used to occasionally contribute to a little monthly local art-and-...
Posted by Lorin on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:15:00 PST |
Things I Just Dont Get 1: Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
I have to admit: maybe this is a little compulsive of me -- from time to time, when I notice something interesting, or think of something that might be fun to share on my blog, I make little not...
Posted by Lorin on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:37:00 PST |
Does God Play Jazz? |
Last week, when I had lunch with Prof. Marv Meyer -- a final chat about a research paper I had done under his supervision -- we got on the subject of whether God plays jazz.It came about indirect...
Posted by Lorin on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:16:00 PST |
So Much for Evolution (?) |
Our cat is a sick old cat: she has thyroid problems, and we have to give her a regimen of seven medications in the morning, and four in the evening to keep her alive. This morning, though, she playe...
Posted by Lorin on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:31:00 PST |
Excavating my Youth |
After almost 50 years, my parents are leaving the house that I grew up in.This brings with it a couple surprising revelations.First, the realization that, although I spent the first 20-some years livi...
Posted by Lorin on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:31:00 PST |
On Fame |
Most people who are "famous", nowadays, are in the merely *interpretive* arts -- acting, music performers -- or, even less meritorious, sports (in the long run, how *important* is it if some giant can...
Posted by Lorin on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:18:00 PST |
Conclusive Proof that there is a Crisis with Food Prices .... |
(Originally posted at http://harpofhyperion.livejournal.com, 4/29/08) Consider:Chapman University has a little annual festival for students and staff, called the "Spring Sizzle": there are games...
Posted by Lorin on Fri, 09 May 2008 11:17:00 PST |
A Grim Anniversary |
It says something about me, I suppose, that I didn't realize that this anniversary was upon me, until it was already a day or two past. (I'll be the first to admit it: I'm lousy with remembering dat...
Posted by Lorin on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:57:00 PST |
Cats ... or Dogs ... or Others? |
Don't get me wrong:
I like dogs ... really, I do!
Especially, perhaps to my shame, your big, sloppy dogs, like St. Bernards or Labradors.
When such a beast is affectionate to you, you know that it ...
Posted by Lorin on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:00:00 PST |
