Monthly Archives: August 2021
The New Puritans by By Anne Applebaum in The Atlantic
I’ve written that today’s culture is governed by people straight out of the Victorian Age with their humorless morals and judgments on anything previously found fun or enjoyable. They are admittedly a strange bunch of Victorians since they condone a … Continue reading
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E.C.T. Update, Perspective, and an Unknown Poet
4:34 AM E.C.T. Update In June I went to Tempe, Arizona to get electroconvulsive therapy for my nightmares which have been regularly going on since 1988. There were to be three treatments a week for four weeks. I stopped after … Continue reading
Revised Post on Revising
NB: I wrote this post last year and titled it “More on Revising.” (internal link) I noticed tonight that it needed more work so I have revised this post on revising. Argh. Editing never ends. More on Revising — Updated … Continue reading
Some Hope in this Time of Crisis
The DailyMail reports (external link) US special forces vets launch mission to get Afghan allies out amid Biden’s chaotic withdrawal A group of American Afghanistan veterans are in Kabul on a volunteer mission getting people to the airport They include … Continue reading
Back When People Could Have Fun
A few posts ago I showed a 1968 advertisement for SAS Airlines which promoted girl watching. You can read my post and look at the ad here (internal link). Harmless fun which would never again be published because of joyless … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisements, advertising, humor, jokes, morals, no joy, sexism
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The Great Gatsby, Politicians, and Kabul
I couldn’t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and … Continue reading
The Most Famous Chinese Poem
Introduction I read that this is the most famous Chinese Poem. Four lines. That’s it. That’s economy. I don’t know Chinese so I must rely on translations. Do any of these translations appeal to you more than another? I like … Continue reading
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Golfing Joke Number One
NB: Select “Play in a new window” if it stalls in Safari or on Mobile. Patience, Grasshopper. Plays quick in Chrome. Original Post My old boss John Gray loved golf and he loved a good joke. I always tried to … Continue reading
Does Love End at The Grave?
He Stopped Loving Her Today by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman George Jones could sing anything and make it listenable. Here, we have a song from 1980 that needs no encouragement to listen. Our heartbroken man loved this woman until … Continue reading
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Stupid Male Fantasies
Our society is losing the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. That misunderstands The Natural Order of Things and endangers free expression. It also contradicts the ongoing acceptance by society of images produced by famous photographers, film makers and … Continue reading
Posted in art, editing writing, non-fiction writing, Uncategorized
Tagged films Monroe, male fantasies, movies, seven year itch
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