• Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Blithely Read Ulysses, Watched et al.: Feb 2022

3 years ago

In February 2022 I started reading "Ulysses" by James Joyce, "Odyssey", watched "The Killing" (1956) and other things like the…

  • On Literature, Books

Fragrant Excerpt from Joyce’s “Ulysses”: 5, Lotus Eaters

3 years ago

One of several forthcoming asides on the book "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Lead us not into temptation.

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok

3 years ago

"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne'er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Lasciviously Read & Watched: January 2022

3 years ago

Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our…

  • On Literature, Books

“The Silence” by Don DeLillo: Electromagnetic Pulses and Voiceless Narration

3 years ago

Don DeLillo's "The Silence," is a strange novel featuring an electromagnetic pulse and empty narration

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Happily Read and Watched: December 2021

3 years ago

Didn't do much mountain biking, but I read and watched "Alien Resurrection," Cynthia Ozick's "Trust," Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 1",…

  • On Literature, Books

Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”: a 1400-word Summary

3 years ago

A summary of Cynthia Ozick's "Trust", being the story of a peculiar, nameless narrator seeking the reasons for her lack…

  • Reading Journal

Reading well an excerpt from Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”

3 years ago

An excerpted passage from the 1966 novel "Trust" by Cynthia Ozick, dripping with the poetry and squalor of Rimbaud.

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

What was read and viewed during the sad, bad month of November 2021

3 years ago

Was it a sad, bad month, November? I read Athan Theoharis' "Abuse of Power", watched "Once Upon A Time in…

  • Idle Reflections

Tour of Turret Two of the USS New Jersey

3 years ago

The Turret Two Tour of the USS New Jersey was a moment to reflect on the astounding machinery of war.