Sunday, December 07, 2025

Saturday, December 06, 2025

It's Saturday: Crank It Up!

 


Drive-In Theater/Charging Stations


Imagine if in the future, your car could be charged while you watch a drive-in movie.

We may, of course, need to consult the nation's foremost drive-in movie expert.


[Photo by Dominique Hicks at Unsplash]

Out Now

 


Friday, December 05, 2025

In the Background

 


The Death of the Movie Theater




But the movie theater as we have understood it will not exist in a decade. Its footprint is too large in real estate terms and there won't be enough foot traffic to justify the space. There will probably be ten theaters in Manhattan by then. And each city will have one or two.

- John Podhoretz

[Photo by Simon Ray at Unsplash]



"Imported"

 It's unsettling to see so many American clothing firms describing their products as "Imported."

That's not necessarily because the items are made in another country. It is because the quality of the imported clothes seems to have seriously declined in recent years.

At least, that's my opinion.

I have some "imported" jackets from Orvis and Land's End. The newer ones are clearly inferior to the older ones. It's not even a contest.

But wait, here's a counter-argument.

Which way do you tilt?

Uniquely Personal Blogs

 



There are some great blogs that contain more of a view of the personality of the blogger. Among my favorites are:

A Large Regular

Mitigating Chaos

Rhoneisms

Sippican Cottage

The Sovereign Professional

[I note with sadness how much the late Rick Georges, the multitalented lawyer who wrote the unique FutureLawyer blog for many years, is deeply missed.]


A Life Well-Lived



There are many excellent blogs with multiple points of emphasis, but these are always about a life well-lived. 

Cultural Offering was - and continues to be - the trailblazer, but don't miss:

A Layman's Blog

Live & Learn

Stephen Landry's Blog

The Hammock Papers

Each one possesses a magic.


[Photo by Tim Cooper at Unsplash]