Open thread 9/16/2024
I’ve written about Clive Wearing before. He’s still alive now, at 86, although this documentary seems to have been made about twenty years ago:
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Open thread 9/11/24
Baryshnikov is her father and her mother is also a well-known ballet dancer, and yet …
Continue reading →There was a server issue and I was unable to post for a while
Now everything is peachy keen and hunky dory. Did you have trouble getting here earlier today, or not? Blogs are funny things. You’re at the mercy of your server. Luckily, most of the time things go smoothly. But then there … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/10/2024
Roundup
(1) Kamala Harris has finally managed to put up a policy page. It sounds as though it’s about what you’d expect: sparse, to the left, and heavy with anti-Trump material. (2) I think it’s obvious to any thinking observer that … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/9/2024
The camera’s perspective those last few seconds is daunting:
Continue reading →Open thread 9/7/2024
This has long been one of my very favorite poems, and recently I stumbled on this haunting musical rendition in song:
Continue reading →Braver Angels: helping loved ones divided by politics
Braver Angels is a group dedicated to helping people from opposite sides of the political spectrum be able to talk rationally and calmly about politics. Good luck. I think it’s a laudable but very difficult goal. I noticed that they … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/6/2024
An answer to a question you never thought to ask:
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