Posted by admin on Dec 31, 2010 in Etc. | 0 comments

I leant upon a coppice gate     When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate     The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky     Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh     Had sought their household fires. The land’s sharp features seemed to be     The Century’s...

Posted by admin on Dec 30, 2010 in Etc. | 0 comments

This past year audiences saw a new wave of great stories and plotlines from either adapted or original screenplays play on the big screen. Thus to celebrate 2010’s passing, here is a list of movies, which in my opinion, have brilliantly shined out of the darkness of 2010′s economic hardship and equally devastating environmental disasters. Note:...

Posted by admin on Dec 29, 2010 in Etc. | 0 comments

Paul Gustave Doré had an artistic career I envy. He was a child prodigy, and subsequently ended up being asked to do illustrations for the works of Milton, Byron, Dante, Coleridge, Tennyson..yeah, you can see how I’d be jealous, right? He’s pretty well known for paintings but I love his engravings and woodcuts a lot more. They’re much...

Posted by admin on Dec 28, 2010 in Etc. | 0 comments

Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it are privileged and those excluded from it are missing out. - Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad I recently finished Jennifer Egan’s A Visit...

Posted by admin on Dec 28, 2010 in Etc. | 0 comments

Musical Mondays: Caught a Lite Sneeze by Tori Amos Didn’t know our love was so small Couldn’t stand at all Mr. St. John, just bring your son. A reflection on female sexuality with an undertone of the frustrations of love; all in all, Tori Amos at her best. Please assist us in becoming a non-profit for Christmas: donate to us and/or purchase...