Michael Mann                                      David Milch

                 1984     &n… Read full post »

                         Rothko                                    &nb… Read full post »

The new HBO series, Luck, is a detailed view of US Thoroughbread horse racing.    The technical density of the series generated more than a few critical comments. 

Alessandria Stanley's review in the New York Times notes that, "... This nine-episode se… Read full post »

In fact, available on Netflix ONLY in streaming mode. 

Why?

1. Incredible story.

2. Global - not US centered. Yes, there is a whole world out there.

3. Something for everyone. Sports. For those interested, the guy is eye candy -- FWIW. 

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Nice neighborhood. Lincoln Square. The storefront is narrow - 20 feet, maybe. But there are a hell of a lot of books in that space. 

It also has a blog.

And was written up in the Trib. 

I talked to the owner. Someone asked about David Fo… Read full post »

It used to be the old Atomic Books in Baltimore. Their slogan, "Literary Finds for Mutated Minds" was closer to the truth than one might expect. 

That was a long time ago. Atomic has changed, but still has a section of the beats.

Back in the day, there was only 1 lar… Read full post »

The third beer. 

More specificly, third pint of Western Reserve Amber Ale.

Danny was waiting for the inevitable.

Seth to start pontificating. Tonight's subject writing:

 Writing about sex is like writing about wine. 

No one wants to drink wine that literally has any taste of citrus, oa… Read full post »

Always. 

He always liked them.

To some extent it was luck. Contacts were big, so the girls that wore glasses tended to be just a little different.

Cheerleaders didn't wear glasses. Not a one. But look at their moms and you knew their future. Maybe it was the midwest, but… Read full post »

"I am happy now that George calls on my bedchamber less frequently than of old. As it is, I now endure but two calls a week, and when I hear his steps outside my door I lie down on my bed, close my eyes, open my legs, and think of England."… Read full post »

Sex after children? The normal kind, not the obligatory Holiday blow job. Get real. Not on this planet. Not in this life. Unless it is with another woman, and who has the time or energy for that?

Internet porn can be good. Very. But still just an image on a screen.… Read full post »

In 2008, world capital markets failed. 

One central piece was the US banking system (which includes significant non bank lenders, including the GSE (highly regulated and accountable to the US Congress))

There is a playbook for banking failures:

http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs_wp13.pdf

Read it.

We… Read full post »

I got this Motorola Razr V2.

Not a bad cell phone.

I had the V1 a few years before that.

I don't want to buy a new one.

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I've got dead people in my directory.

 I don't want to remove them.

 The V2 just sucked up the… Read full post »

The world will be awash with tributes to American innovator Steve Jobs who died today.

The success of his ideas illustrate America at its best.

 The Customer is Always Right

Steve Jobs was famous for *not* asking customers what they want. An underlying basis for this… Read full post »

 This advertisement was in the March 19, 1949 issue of the New Yorker. The same issue as Salinger's Laughing Man.

 For your enjoyment. 

 This is an illustration of a real car. As hard as that is to believe. 

You could get a king sized bed in it, if you car… Read full post »

James Fallows made the following comments last month regarding Rick Perry's attack on Ben Bernake:

"For the past few months, Democrats have had the suspicion that Republicans are playing a double or even triple-game in opposing the Obama Administration on spending and deficit issues. At the… Read full post »

In a shocking development, nude photos taken by Scarlett Johansson with a hand held, cell phone camera, have been 'leaked' to the public. The media is obsessively covering this breach of privacy. The United Nations has declared the right to privacy as a fundament… Read full post »

Speaks for itself. 

I've been living on the wrong side of the law

For so long, I don't know which side I am on

And every hand I shake, is shaking me down

For a hard luck song

Is there no one I can ride beside?

And… Read full post »

 Autoplay - Song @ bottom.

Never eat at a place called Moms.

Never play cards with a man named Doc.

Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. 

Nelson Algren
A Walk on the Wild Side 

 Version 1:

The phone rang.  

This is the… Read full post »

Note:  Please read Arlene Goldbard's:

The Chasm: Remembering Gil Scott-Heron

This has been done on OS, and done well by Ernest Fuentes.  Ernest wrote it up yesterday.  But it didn't make the cover and there aren't a lot of comments. Or nearly as many as it deserved.

For a … Read full post »

2011 Egyptian Revolution

Their are roughly 8 million Islamic Americans.  A hand full -- 20? -- may have joined or tried to join global jihad, but they are the sorts of extreme outliers that exist in any demographic.

 After September 11th, people weren't so sure.  Sleeper Cells?  How would we know?  S… Read full post »