Monthly Archives: August 2014

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In Praise of the Past


Christmas at the Library

All photos graciously used from the Photostream at Flickr for the Library.  Also see the tragic story of how this library that is no longer.
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Movie Challenge


15 Movies (+)

  1. Un Chant d’Amour (1950-Short)

  2. All About Eve

  3. M (1931)

  4. Mondo Topless

  5. Edward II (1991)

  6. Polyester

  7. The Exorcist

  8. Fame

  9. Mahogany

  10. Like Water for Chocolate

  11. Cleopatra Jones

  12. Auntie Mame

  13. The Whale Rider

  14. Snatch

  15. Fight Club

  16. Triology of Terror

  17. Rope

  18. (Both) Nosferatu(s)

  20. The Marriage of Maria Braun

  21. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

  22. Querelle

  23. The Warriors

  24. The Notebook

  25. Brazil

  26. Diva (1981)

  27. La Belle et la Bete (1946)

  28. The Ref

  29. The Piano Teacher

  30. Alien+Aliens

  32. The Dark Crystal

  33. Blade Runner

  34. Mad Max

  35. Hollywood Confidential

  36. Orphée (1950)

  37. Satyricon

  38. Ma Vie En Rose

  39. Young Frankenstein

  40. Leon

  41. Liquid Sky

  42. My Life as a Dog

  43. Zentropa // Europa (1991) **

  44. Apocolypse Now

  45. Persona

  46. A Star is Born (1976)

  47. The Big Blue (1988)*

  48. Purple Rain

  49. Zardoz

  50. Legend

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3 Rules


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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

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― W. Somerset Maugham

 

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Listen: Soundtrack ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’


Listen: Complete Soundtrack For Jim Jarmusch's 'Only Lovers Left Alive'|The Playlist

Of the many pleasures to be had within Jim Jarmusch’s elegant “Only Lovers Left Alive” is the excellent, moody and evocative score by … well, none other than Jarmusch himself. That’s right, the writer and director also gets behind the guitar from time to time with his band Sqürl, and teaming with Jozef Van Wissem, they’ve concocted a pretty terrific set of music for the picture.
via  Listen: Complete Soundtrack For Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive‘|The Playlist.

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joiner


Every existence has its idiom, every thing has an idiom and tongue,
He resolves all tongues into his own and bestows it upon men, and
any man translates, and any man translates himself also,
One part does not counteract another part, he is the joiner, he sees
how they join.

—Walt Whitman

Song of the Answerer
(1819-1892)

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Can Dream, Can’t I?


Journey to Abandoned North Brother Island

“When you first step on the island you realize that you are completely alone. It’s actually a very transformative experience because one minute you’re in the city, you’re amongst people, you hear the sights and sounds of the city and then you get on a boat and just being on the water in a small boat is a very transformative, meditative experience,” Payne said. “Suddenly you’re on it and you’re surrounded by abandoned buildings.”

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Mike Rowe Advice


OFF THE WALL

 

Today’s question comes from Jenn Foit, who bucked the odds and got my attention in much the same a shiny object fascinates my dog.

Hey Mike –

 

I have a 1 in 1,443,953 chance of you writing back to me. I am a 27 year old single mom who is about to finally take the step and start in a welding program. I am nervous and would love and appreciate any words of wisdom! Posted by Jenn Foit, 2:14 pm, 7/11/2014

 

Hi Jenn

 

Most friends of this page know better than to ask me for advice, primarily because I’m known to give it. So heads up – while I can offer you a variety of words, I can’t vouch for their wisdom… Continue reading →

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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

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— Samuel Taylor Coleridge