Stuff I Liked This Week… And a Question
In praise of research and shining light on things — and in praise of light, in general.
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Cultural events, movies, shows, etc.
Stuff I Liked this Week
I love this work by photographer Freddy Fabris. He replicated Renaissance paintings in an auto shop in the Midwest. Forgive the Bored Panda link, it’s is the easiest place to view the photos because the photographer’s site is kinda tricky to use. Never mind — the work is gorgeous and funny and hey, never underestimate the value …
Stuff I Liked This Week
Like me, you’ve probably noticed that we don’t yet have flying cars, nor are we wallowing in leisure time — I mean, we might be, but that’s because we’re underemployed. (No, wait, that’s me.) Technology was supposed to free us from the tyranny of work and traffic and genetics, but no, that hasn’t happened and …
Stuff I Liked This Week
I hadn’t give a lot of thought to the politics of animal conservation before I went on safari in Tanzania, though when the news came out about Cecil the lion being shot by Walter James Palmer, a dentist from Minneapolis, I did think about the economics of what seems to me a barbarous solution to …
Stuff I Liked This Week
It is a good thing to have people who understand the way you’re wired. On Monday, I got in touch with some of them and said, “If I don’t get outta town — are you home?” “When do you arrive?” they all responded. Off I went, under-packed but with a ukulele. I have seen many …
Stuff I Liked This Week
Across the alley from my house there’s a sprawling fig tree. It’s abundant with fruit in the summer — once, I was walking to the bus stop and wondering how it could be that everything smelled like honey when I realized that it was coming from the bottom of my shoes; I’d stepped in fallen …