Friday, June 28, 2013

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Do You Believe?  Conversations on God & Religion by Antonio Monda
Published 2007 by Vintage Books (Division of Random House, Inc.)

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh
Published 1998 by Broadway Books

Legends of the Great Chiefs by Emerson N. Martin
Published 1972 by Thomas Nelson Inc.

The Holy and the Profane - Evolution of Jewish Folkways by Theodor H. Gaster
Published 1980 by William Morrow & Company, Inc.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia by Edward Colimore
Published 2007 by Camino Books

The Art of Serving Food Attractively by Mary Albert Wenker
Published 1951 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

The World of Flying Saucers by Donald H. Menzel & Lyle G. Boyd
Published 1963 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.


Note: The Above List Is A Back-Up Pile of Books Used To Raise the “Rabbit Ears” Television Antennae Base (When Needed) for Better Reception. Don't Have Cable.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Friday, June 14, 2013

Current Reading Pile

A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionized The Cosmos
by Dava Sobel
Published by Walker Publishing Co. (Bloomsbury)
2011

Inventing Wine: A New History of One of The World's Most Ancient Pleasures
by Paul Lukacs
Published by W.W. Norton & Co.
2012

I Dreamed I Was A Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography
by Richard Hell
Published by Harpers-Collins
2013

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
Published by Pantheon Books
2010


On Reserve:

Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield
by Jeremy Scahill

The Jump Artist by Austin Ratner

A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
(FLP Book Club - Richmond Branch)

Thursday, June 13, 2013

(*) Doonesbury: The Last Waltz


























(*) Side Show Note: Doonesbury on Break

FYI - Doonesbury is on hiatus all summer while G.B. Trudeau is engaged in other projects (namely, the online show "Alpha House.")

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Eleventy Humor: Comment Section

A^x + B^y = C^z

"$1 million is not 9 figures. Great job on the math skills."

re: $1 million is not 9 figures

It is when using synonymous thinking grounded in mathematics.

Monday, June 10, 2013

NY Times: Rankings of Recent Fall Albums



















RE-MIT by The Fall

Rating among recent Fall albums: Better than “Ersatz GB” (the 29th); far better than “Reformation Post TLC” (26th); not as good as “Your Future Our Clutter” (28th) and a full mile worse than “Imperial Wax Solvent” (27th). Go get it. -- Ben Ratliff


Note: This review has been peer-approved by FallNet

Friday, June 7, 2013

Motion: Le mystère Picasso




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More: The Zervos Picasso Catalog -  A Tome to Rival the Artist Himself

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Still Lifes: Artists & Their Studios






















Constantin Brancusi studio, taillant a la scie une Colonne sans fin ca. 1924-1925

 




















Jackson Pollock studio, ca. 1950, Springs, Long Island, New York


 






















Andy Warhol in his studio with others


 
Roy Lichtenstein, studio, Southampton, New York
 

 
























Frank Stella


























Lucian Freud

 















Anselm Kiefer

Monday, June 3, 2013

Jimmy Page: Lucifer Rising and Other Sound Tracks




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