LEGO Ideas Wallace & Gromit Achieve 10,000 Supporters, via The Brick Fan.
Mall Santas brave the pandemic with plexiglass barriers, sanitation elves and snow-globe bubbles, via The Washington Post.
20 days of fantasy and failure: Inside Trump’s quest to overturn the election, via The Washington Post.
Mystery metal monolith vanishes from Utah desert, via The Guardian.
Looking to give my dosage of RSS reads some new life. Recommendations welcome.
In which The Morkie steals Lambchop from The Jorkie and a battle of wills and intellect ensues.
This week, at Parenthetical Recluse… Of Funereal Line Rides and Musical Metal Folding Chairs.
Three things: wrote the morning’s essay by hand first and loved it (the process, illegible though it may be)… switched to two-hour workblocks and, likewise, loved it… watched Michael Curtiz’s MILDRED PIERCE last night and, guess what, loved it. Morning’s essay incoming.
EarBliss, 28nov2020: LAMENTATIONS, by William Basinski.
EarBliss, 27nov2020: EULOGY FOR EVOLUTION, by Ólafur Arnalds.
Dog show.
Today, Running Partner Turkey attempted his best Gandalf impression, standing in the middle of the road / You shall not pass… as I passed him by. His grand scheme thus foiled, he ran into the cornfield.
If you read Caro’s THE POWER BROKER (and you should), read Jacobs’s THE DEATH AND LIFE OF GREAT AMERICAN CITIES shortly thereafter: the pairing provides a deep(er) picture of and context for both; also, throw in a viewing of Ed Norton’s MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN for good measure.
My great aunt died yesterday. Apparently, her only regret in life was that she didn’t get to live long enough to see - and I quote - “that sonofabitchin' T***p drug out of the White House.” She was great, truly, in every sense of the word.
Started Netflix’s FEAR CITY: NEW YORK VS. THE MAFIA - so far, a stylish and entertaining enough survey course. Not much in the way of depth, at least for me. (Still, I do want to check out the remaining episodes.)
Reading, 25nov2020…
Largest Fleischer Brothers Superman Auction Ever, This December, via Bleeding Cool.
LEGO Botanical Collection 2021 Sets Revealed, via The Brick Fan.
Threaten your friends with outrageously priced, unappetizing Mandalorian cookies, via The Verge.
Facebook Said It Would Ban Holocaust Deniers. Instead, Its Algorithm Provided a Network for Them, via The Markup.
Telepsychiatry Poised to Thrive After the Pandemic, via Medscape.
Lord of Misrule: Thomas Morton’s American Subversions, via The Public Domain Review.
EarBliss, 24nov2020: APPEARANCE, by Chris Abrahams.
Running partner neighbor turkey update: our eyes met as I passed him, but he just looked on and carried on with his roundabout turkey meditations, further evidence that I’ve lost any and all novelty.
Gave the daily Informality return a go, but need to prioritize other, larger projects. Back to weekly.
Typical dinner scene in our home.
EarBliss, 23nov2020: UNFOLD, by The Necks.
Meanwhile, at Parenthetical Recluse… Unintentional Peter Lorre Week, Considered.
Pompeii dig reveals ‘almost perfect’ remains of a master and his slave, via The Guardian.
Elena Ferrante names her 40 favourite books by female authors, via The Guardian.
Alison Brie Talks Possible ‘GLOW’ Movie After Netflix Cancellation, via Deadline.
Adding this to the essential daily rotation - thanks, @maique: WindowSwap.
Little did I realize that my antipathy towards holidays and family gatherings would one day be a laudable survival technique.