Life
Bastards and weak men on the rampage.
Life
Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies — God damn
Newsletter
“People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.” — Elaine Stritch I am putting together what I have been facetiously
Film
"Why didn't Barbie tell me about patriarchy?" — Ken Two weeks ago, I published a piece I had planned to write since 2017 at least, about what I termed Hermione Syndrome. It took me a while to structure the piece. When I got to the point in
Tech
“That is the second time you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger,” said Snape coolly. “Five more points from Gryffindor for being an insufferable know-it-all.” - J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” What do you think I mean when I write the words “Hermione Syndrome?
Tech
Big Tech and Bad Design
Art
Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage . . . (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas . . . ), 1946-1966, Artist/maker: Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968 “Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.” - Linus
Life
A Celebration of Nature vs. Man's Hubris
Music
So it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal Like you never done before And it ain't no use in calling out my name, gal I can't hear you anymore I'm a-thinking and a-wonderin' walking down the road I
Time has come today…
Lookout kid, trust your heart You don't have to play the part they wrote for you Just be true There are things that you could do That no one else on earth could ever do But I can't teach you, I can't teach it
Podcast: Six Months of Things to Realize0:00/2001× Aaaaand, we’re back with the latest episode of the Things to Realize Podcast. Subscribe
Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. - C. S. Lewis I wonder how many writers experience this? I would guess that virtually all of them do. I started a piece, and I got about 1,000 words into it, and
“We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, but I allowed they happened; I judged it would have
A Celebration of Nature vs. The Hubris of Man
“Time was as fluid as a river. Waiting for something exciting made time crawl on its knees, and working on deadline made time sprint.” - Karen McQuestion Six months ago, I finally owned up to the fact that without deadlines, nothing happens. I started Things to Realize in July of
Podcast: Movies and Life0:00/2001× We’re back after a bit of a delay, and we are starting with the April 4 edition of the newsletter, with some addition comment and color! Please let me know what you think, comment and share and like! Subscribe
“Every great film should seem new every time you see it.” - Roger Ebert I wrote about how much I love watching and rewatching movies earlier this month: Movies and Life“Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.” - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Art is the most important
I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of. - Henry Rollins We think of education as a process of gaining knowledge and information. Education is portrayed as an increase of knowledge. We go
At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. — Friedrich Nietzsche The problem with inspirational quotes
“Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.” - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Art is the most important thing we as humans do. Art is how we say to ourselves and everyone after us, “We are!” Art is the peak of human creativity, and as we move through time,
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