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Football fame, the wrong way
Andre Parker, linebacker for the Kent State Golden Flashes, is internet-famous today. Pretty impressive after playing just his first game of this college football season. But he’s probably not enjoying that fame, and more’s the pity because it’s probably going … Continue reading
Guernica 3D
Is great art static? Does it capture a moment in time, then remain unchanged for posterity? Or is it permissible to reinterpret historical masterpieces with modern technology for the sake of new appreciation? These aren’t hypothetical questions. Artist Lena Gieseke … Continue reading
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Tagged Guernica, history, Lena Gieseke, Michele Smarty, Picasso, Words I Seek
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Just another plagiarist
If working writers were designers of the afterlife, then a particularly brutal hell would be waiting for plagiarists. plagiarize 1716, from plagiary (c.1600), from plagiarius “one who kidnaps the child or slave of another,” also “a literary thief,” from plagiare “to kidnap” (see plagiarism). Related:Plagiarized; plagiarizing … Continue reading
How to change the subject (in a thoroughly incompetent way)
The nitwits in charge of messaging for Building A Better Ohio (the GOP-backed proponents of State Issue 2 – which would limit collective-bargaining rights for Ohio public employees) have a lot of ‘splaining to do. It seems they lifted video … Continue reading
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Tagged Building a Better Ohio, Ohio, Senate Bill 5, State Issue 2, unions, We are Ohio
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Made in the USA
Want to support American jobs? Buy a book. Printers, writers, booksellers, librarians, loggers, editors — these are few of the mostly domestic jobs your book-buying buck underwrites. I think this holds true for most countries, and I’m certain it’s true … Continue reading
What does “Next” mean?
This is one of those linguistic imponderables, like “could care less” versus “couldn’t care less.” Today is Tuesday. Earlier today I was speaking with a friend. I mentioned something that would be going down “next weekend.” He sighed in that … Continue reading
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Another e-book launched, thus begins an e-book empire
My 2010 collection of odd stories and even rants is now available from Smashwords.com. As always with Smashwords, if you’ve got a device for reading an e-book (pc to Kindle, iPad to smartphone) they’ve got a version of my book … Continue reading
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Calling all psychics…
Keeping with the paranormal theme of my last post – but maybe treating the subject a bit more seriously – I’d like to explore the cultural implications of psychics and psychic phenomena. It’s a subject close to my heart. Although … Continue reading
What a vampire ought to be
Vampires, as a cultural phenomenon, are something like a mirror for society; every age constructs them according to the world they see around them. Their origin, remember, is that of a nightime bloodsucker, to be feared by the villagers and … Continue reading
Mind.Net now available as E-book
Just a quick follow up from a post from a few days ago…my 2009 novel, Mind.Net has been revised and re-released in multiple E-book formats by Smashwords.com. Document formats include .mobi, .pdf, Epub, JavaScript and more. Readers are cheerfully invited to … Continue reading
Nice smile you got there, lady
Well this is somewhat horrifying. Researchers in Florence, Italy are all set to dig up the bones of Lisa Gherardini, died 1542, with the goal of reconstructing her face to see if maybe, just maybe, she might have been Leonardo’s model … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art history, Florence, Italy, leonardo da vinci, Mona Lisa
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I don’t want to write about you, Charlie Sheen
Oh, how I’ve tried to avoid writing this post. But Charlie Sheen has relentlessly imposed himself on American culture and its consciousness. Probably on a temporary basis, but who knows? Maybe his brand of crazy truly has staying power. I … Continue reading
An Announcement of the Self-Important, Self-Indulgent Variety
Just a quick digression, if you don’t mind, from our usual snarky examination of modern culture… …for the purpose of sharing new cover art for my 2009 novel, Mind.Net. This is in anticipation of the newly revised edition, to be … Continue reading
RIP, Liz
Liz Taylor has died at age 79. She was a legendary actress, two-time Oscar winner, and probably as famous for her eight marriages as she was for her Hollywood career. Later in life she took flack for her weight, for … Continue reading
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Stand with Japan
Despite marked differences and a divisive past, the cultural connections between Japan and the West, particularly the U.S., grow stronger every year. Their love of baseball and pop music is matched only by our love of sushi and anime. It goes … Continue reading
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