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A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
Everyone’s talking about Homer’s The Odyssey these days. Now, don’t get me wrong, Homer’s OK. If you want to get hopped up on hoplites, The Iliad‘s a great read. It’s got Achilles hectoring Hector until they go mano a mano in front of the trailer park of Troy.
It occurs to me now that the books I read when I was young affected me deeply, although it didn’t seem that way at the time. They weren’t presented to me in some sort of Skull & Bones ceremony as sacred texts or anything. It’s just what we
Way back In 1985, America’s own John the Baptist told us what was what, in advance, and in the rear-view mirror too. Happy Birthday, America.
I’ve told you people a million times that I’m prone to hyperbole. So you’re sort of forewarned. Here goes: This Swiss dude is The King of all the anal-retentive restoration project YouTube video generators, and there are legions of them. There can be only one, and he’s it.
I must admit I don’t see TV much. I even avoid restaurants that have teevees blaring on every wall. That was easy to do back in the states. I had no money so I didn’t go to any restaurants and that teevee problem solved itself. There are plenty
This video requires a commitment from you. It’s pushing three hours long. In TikTok world, it’s the equivalent of a trip to the moon. But it’s worth it, for various reasons. The Tube is awash with people bringing a trailer and rescuing cars from barns, and from other
So, if movies went through a process of Spenglerism, from rude iconography to cheap entertainment to low art to high art, where exactly did they
This child was her being. Her existence was a maternal caress. She enveloped the feeble and unconscious creature with love and worship. It
[From 2007. Perhaps to be right too far in advance is the same as being wrong.] It’s a hoary old joke my friend tells. The
