Today is the anniversary of Sandy hitting the light, also referred to in some quarters as “birthday.” She shares this special day with Cheryl Ladd (though Cheryl is older), Jay Thomas (older still), Richard Simmons (even older still) and Bill Cosby (even even older still). To commemorate this auspicious occasion a number of her blog people (well, five) have conspired to construct this domino (more…)
Archive for July, 2012
life in the big city: housing
Posted: July 11, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: apartment living, housing, life, Life in the Big City, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, urban
housing
shorts: 7
Posted: July 8, 2012 in ArtsTags: 7 evil exes, Animal House, Doris Day, film, Humphrey Bogart, Mel Gibson, movie reviews, movies, Mrs. Robinson, Otis my man!, Sean Connery
My current attention span leads to this latest installment of Shorts.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) – Graphic novel sensation translates to quirky, extremely likeable film with Cera battling Winstead’s seven evil exes. (3½) – 7/8/12
Thrill of It All, The (1963) – Harmless sudsy comedy follows Day’s journey from (more…)
between a rock and a pissed off place
Posted: July 7, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: America, Chris Rock, life, pissed off, racism, Twitter
Apparently I am missing out on all the fun because I am not on Twitter. On July 4th Chris Rock, the comedian, tweeted the following.
“Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks.”
Oh boy, did that piss off the Twitterverse and beyond!
It is not spilling state secrets saying this country, like many others, has a dismal history regarding (more…)
The New Colossus
Posted: July 4, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: America, Ellis Island, freedom, Independence Day, July 4th, Photography, Statue of Liberty, The New Colossus
Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame (more…)
cool stuff
Posted: July 2, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: 1972, computers, digital, encyclopedia, information, perspective, World Book
I’m a sucker for old encyclopedias. The older, the better. I love looking at how things were perceived years ago, what people thought was vital enough to include in this compendium of important stuff. What merited inclusion, how much space it was granted, and what was the general knowledge around the topic? Not only that, the old photos are (more…)
Trask Avenue 