Monthly Archives: November 2019

Pumpkin Fun

Posted on November 22, 2019 by JMN

This is the best pumpkin painting I’ve ever done (the only one for now) and the most fun I’ve had doing it. It’s the fruit of a swell evening of social painting staged here in The Shed Art Studio on … Continue reading →

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About That Pig…

Posted on November 22, 2019 by JMN

  Excerpts from the insert that came with a shipment of Tennessee Home Goods Bamboo Charcoal Air Purifying Bags: We are just a small US company building a Tennessee home-style brand from right down here… We are happier than a … Continue reading →

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Military Notes from Down Under

Posted on November 22, 2019 by JMN

Army Vehicle Disappears An Australian Army vehicle worth $74,000 has gone missing after being painted with camouflage…. From “Military Humor” — Thanks to GP Cox, Pacific Paratrooper! (c) 2019 JMN

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Little Endians, Big Endians

Posted on November 21, 2019 by JMN

For me,… cinema was about revelation… It was about characters — the complexity of people and their contradictory and sometimes paradoxical natures… Many of the elements that define cinema as I know it are there in Marvel pictures. What’s not … Continue reading →

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Separate and United

Posted on November 20, 2019 by JMN

“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.” (George Bernard Shaw) The two countries nowadays are united by a common divisiveness, an internecine feud over their respective futures. This excerpt from the NYTimes* is dated Nov. 18, … Continue reading →

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E Pluribus Unum: Relief for a Pedant

Posted on November 18, 2019 by JMN

… If applied to everyone, “they” would complete the leveling-up progress of equal dignity that “you” started centuries ago. (Teresa M. Bejan, “What Quakers Can Teach Us About the Politics of Pronouns,” NYTimes, 11-16-19) 1. A person has to register … Continue reading →

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Latin What?

Posted on November 17, 2019 by JMN

… Elizabeth Warren… began conducting her outreach to Hispanic voters using the term “Latinx.” (Though she did take a little flack, after the first Democratic debate, for pronouncing it “Latin-X.”) (Ross Douthat, “Liberalism’s Latinx Problem,” NYTimes, 11-5-19) Ross Douthat comments … Continue reading →

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Boot Edge Edge

Posted on November 16, 2019 by JMN

… He acknowledged that his success may have irked those who have seen years of presidential campaign planning tossed aside by his rise. “I’m not going to comment,” he said, “on the emotions of my competitors.” (Reid J. Epstein and … Continue reading →

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Sport Imitates It

Posted on November 16, 2019 by JMN

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Art Hack

Posted on November 16, 2019 by JMN

In her “Life Hack” exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Rachel Harrison corrals artifacts inside a circle of chairs facing away. Like eat my dust. Irony? Wit? Truculence? Genius? Contempt? Here’s how Holland Carter talks about it: … … Continue reading →

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