Yesterday I went to visit an art gallery in London that was exhibiting a collection of Hunter S. Thompson’s personal photographs. I found out about it while reading the free newspapers they stuff in your face when you walk into the tube station. The gallery was located about a mile from my flat, so I […]
Schooling isn’t education
Until the moment I withdrew my sons from state education in the UK, I confused education with schooling. It’s a common mistake, and one which is easier to make if you have been through the state education machine yourself. The state spends considerable amounts of money – our money! – persuading us that the two […]
Pet Peeve Causes Party Attorney To Speed Up Darwinism
I may never leave my flat to shop at a grocery store ever again-start shopping online altogether. However, when I do shop at a public market like Krogers, HEB or Sainsburys, I focus on efficiency. Time is money in the real world, but in my bubble, time is time (time for internet browsing, video game […]
POSTMODERN LITERATURE:
BECKETT AND MORGAN – TWO PERSPECTIVES ON POSTMODERNISM It may be that some rough beast will slouch again toward Bethlehem. It may be that some natural cataclysm, or extraterrestrial intelligence will shock the Earth into some sane planetary awareness of its destiny. I have no prophecy in me, only some slight […]
ART OPENINGS: Nancy Staub Laughlin & Udomsak Krisanamis
NANCY STAUB LAUGHLIN @ NOHO GALLERY January 9-February 17, 2007 Nancy Staub’s work is technically impressive and uses a unique process for layering imagery. I found her process to be more interesting than the work itself because I had a difficult time relating to her subject matter and color palette. While I am generally fascinated […]
Daylife is Epic: An Interview with Jeff Jarvis
The launch of news site Daylife almost two weeks ago was met by a flurry of feedback from thoughtful types across the web. So what happened? Bloggers alternately fawned over Daylife’s “engagingly pretty” interface and decried its lack of interactivity. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, a Daylife investor, was disappointed at the absence of commenting and RSS […]