White House Christmas

Well done. Love the mugshot picture.

Why Modern Movies Feel Fake

Check out the fascinating essay by Brian Niemeier on Substack.

"In other words, movies stopped respecting the way we apprehend reality."

Tom Stoppard, RIP

The Free Press: David Mamet on Tom Stoppard.

[Photo by Erik Mclean at Unsplash]

First Paragraph

 There are in this world some very strange individuals whose thoughts are even stranger than they are.

- From In My Father's Court by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Find Something Beautiful Today

 

[Photo by Stephen Crane at Unsplash]

Definitely On My List

 

"The Greatest Discovery in Human History"

 

Jabberwocky

 

Street Smarts: A Series

 Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

- Steve Irwin

Ultimate Old School

I made a Black Friday purchase of The World Book Encyclopedia.

Actual volumes for a bookshelf.

A new edition, of course, and so not the same as the version that captured my attention in grade school.

The volumes will arrive on Monday.

Big smile.

[I mentioned the purchase at Thanksgiving and got the expected stares. The techno-barbarians don't understand the quasi-religious nature of the experience.] 

[Next idea: card catalogues to organize my library. A mere glance would provide a daily morale boost.]