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One follows the other
WORK …..til you die, she was told – ergs and calories in -to the slow-roll gears of economic bloat. Everyone benefits, everyone dies. And some press -stamp’d armature flows directly down the supply stream, an alchemical descendent of her toil … Continue reading
Happy birthday HST – there is no gonzo without you (July 18, 1937 – Feb. 20, 2005)
It’s been 14 wretched years since the good Dr. Gonzo, man of letters, Hunter Stockton Thompson, left us on his own terms, just as he always said he would. If the world was mad in his time—and it was, and … Continue reading
Here come the Deepfakes
At some point, the onward trudge of technology has taken on more of a steamroll presentation, and much of the nextgen whatever-it-is brings far less progress to society and much more churn. It’s like the rote Silicon Valley diktat, “disrupt … Continue reading
In memoriam: General George S. Patton
Since 2011, this site has observed Memorial Day by saluting the ordinary yet heroic soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who served and sacrificed, and died for their country. It must be said though that many of our heroic dead were, … Continue reading
Social-media dead to outnumber the living by 2070
Is there anyone dead on your friends list? It’s a little unsettling, isn’t it? The profiles just abide out there, zombie-like, occasionally generating macabre birthday notices and the like. In especially tragic cases, their walls take on the temporary status … Continue reading
Gaze long into this abyss
For the first time ever, we have a picture of a black hole. Behold the supermassive space-time phenomenon that lies at the heart of galaxy M87, 55 million light-years from earth. The image was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, astronomy, black holes, Event Horizon Telescope, physics, science, Stephen Hawking
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Jay Inslee, the issue candidate
The 2020 presidential field is already crowded, and growing ever more so, so it’s probably far too early for any earnest handicapping. Even a modest “meet the candidate” effort becomes a frantic two-step, with more hopefuls announcing, forming exploratory committees, … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Inslee, Sherrod Brown
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Damned fools and poets
Sometimes the words only flow in the form of verse. And oftentimes that’s very much appropriate…. . All these impulses behind the wheels. All those ganglia in motion, under instinct; afloat on chemistry and wetware mechanics: self-deluded unto autonomy yet … Continue reading
The Poor Man of Nippur – Babylonian language short film
I’m just giddy to present here, in its entirety, The Poor Man of Nippur—a 20-minute short film created by the University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology. It is the first feature produced in the Babylonian language, which has been extinct … Continue reading
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Tagged Akkad, archaeology, Babylonia, Cambridge University, culture, dead languages, film, language, Sumer, The Poor Man of Nippur
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My ballot speaks for me
I voted today. Could’ve done it earlier; could’ve dodged the crowds, could’ve filled out a ballot at home and mailed it in at my leisure. These are valid choices, and if they were yours I salute them and you. But … Continue reading
RIP Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 – Aug. 16, 2016)
She was one of a kind with pipes of gold. Her privacy was preserved, for the most part, throughout a long and heart-breaking illness. She died today at home in Detroit. May the Queen of Soul rest in peace.
Tattoo therapy
My euphemisms vary: sometimes I say I prefer having my art collection with me at all times. Sometimes (when I’m feeling a little more honest) I allow as how I’m wearing my mid-life crisis on my skin. Either way, once … Continue reading
The process
‘ It’s rainy and cool here in Deconstruction Central; seasons are changing and the wheel of the year is looping back to its wintry starting point. It is a time of adjustments. And how we adjust, the process of adjusting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, creative process, Samantha Schumaker, What is art?, what is culture?
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A tale of two Renoirs
Let’s begin with what we know: Pierre-August Renoir completed “Two Sisters (On the Terrace)” in 1881. He made no copies. We know that, in the present day, two separate entities claim they own this original Renoir masterpiece. One is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art forgery, Art Institute of Chicago, lies, Renoir, Trump, Two Sisters (On the Terrace)
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Public service announcement.
Hey. I’m a little worried about you. I think you need to take a breath. I know you hear that a lot. Someone’s always telling you that, or versions of that. Chill down, chillax, get your bloomers out of their … Continue reading
