Do not disturb my circles: Plutarch’s Archimedes
One of the long haul reading projects I currently have going is Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, aka Parallel Lives or simply Lives. One of my favorite…
Plain Ordinary People: On Finally Reading The Outsiders
One way I disappointed students was not reading one of their favorite books. This was certainly not the only way I disappointed students, but not having read S. E. Hinton’s…
A Cinephile’s Sins of the Fathers or Let’s Put on a Show!
Even the first career I dreamed about began with a movie–Jaws. I wanted to be a shark expert. Later, I wanted to be Ray Harryhausen. That began with Clash of…
Sometimes murder is like love: Recent Viewing
Limite (1931)This is the only film completed by Brazilian director Mário Peixoto and it has been lost at various times throughout the decades. Supposedly Peixoto saw a magazine cover image…
From the Eunoia Archives: The Terror Test: Test Prep #3
Originally posted with The Terror Test episode on Psycho (1960) and Frenzy (1972). This was the first time I got to talk with Murray Leeder, a professor, writer, and cultural…
Little Billboards #58
Identity is the bumper stickerand the hide-and-seek rodeo vision.
Little Billboards #1: For Maurice Sendak
May my crimes alsobe my daughter’s:Stealing flashlights,reading at night. (For Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012)
There’s gotta be more to life than myself: Recent Listening
Lots of guitar and art rock below, though lots of good uses of electronics, too. Lots of comfort music (in these times). And RIP Art Neville. The Meters are one…
