So, I’ve been somewhat remiss about posting. I’ve thought of some things to post about, but (obviously) didn’t get around to posting them. So, here they are: 1) What we miss on screens I thought of this when Dick … Continue reading
1) Still very much enjoying the Doom Patrol TV show. The moment I realized I was hooked was this one: Not because of the scene, although it is good, but because of the song, “Lazarus,” by David Bowie. It’s from … Continue reading
1) I’ve written about Hilde Lysiak before. Glad to find out that she’s still at it: “An Arizona cop threatened to arrest a 12-year-old journalist. She wasn’t backing down.“ 2) There’s an interesting piece by Tim Parks in the … Continue reading
I have not watched TV since sometime in the 1990s. Well, I own a television set, which I use to watch DVDs, and sometimes I watch TV shows on DVD (Ellery Queen, Nero Wolfe, Firefly… that may be it). I … Continue reading
When I applied to Stuyvesant High School, as far as I can remember, it was all boys. The test was for all three New York City high schools that specialized in math and science (Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech). … Continue reading
Sometimes it takes artists a while to figure out what type of artists they are. Henry James would periodically attempt to be a playwright, but he had to settle for being a great novelist. George Bernard Shaw wanted to be … Continue reading