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Elizabeth Pearl Nasaw, aka Lyx Ish, aka Elizabeth Was, mail art to John Held Jr., 1987. Sprezzatura is an Italian word reputed to have first appeared in Castiglione's book Il Cortigiano in the 16th Century. It signifies an effortless virtuosity and includes marvels that do not betray the effort expended in their execution. It is… Continue reading Reclaiming Sprezzatura
Not in the quotidian sense of facing your closet trying to figure out what to don for the day. The question is posed in search of a normative answer. Are there any longer basic rules for a liberal civil society to follow other than - you have to wear something that covers your crotch, ass-crack… Continue reading What Should I Wear?
Because it is an art. Increasingly a lost art. We typically first arrive in people's lives on tracks laid by our parents, not really aware that we are embarking on journeys in the exploration of other explorers' worlds. As a result, we learn very little of those worlds, be they revealed or cloistered and end… Continue reading The Art of Becoming Acquainted with Someone
Kit Yates, an associate professor of applied mathemetics at University of Bath, has estimated that the entire world population of Covid-19, could be fit in a coke can. If you google coke can now you'll get the BBC article going into the details of this as your first result….or maybe that's just me; hard to… Continue reading Covid and the Coke Can
https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_bwKW6V1lw Gracias Laughing Squid So if you are at a point in your life when your existential questions are increasingly spending time with nihilism, you may worry, slippery slope and all, that anhedonia is around the corner. To make sure that you do not slip down that slope, you may want to anchor yourself to… Continue reading Living with Purpose
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-gives-us-president-joe-biden-a-one-finger-salute/ So I see this headline and I think what the fuck!? Why? What have we done now? Then I read the caption.... I look up at the byline and check to see what publication I'm reading. The publication is one I read often and the author has contributed around 350 articles to it alone.… Continue reading Rant: Europe gives US the κατάπυγον?
Yesterday I read in Newsweek that faced with a new COVID-19 outbreak Beijing is now using anal swabs to test for COVID-19. Because it's more accurate....also the reason rectal thermometers are not a curious relic of the past. Today I am writing to implore my fellow humans to consider lowering the bar. Satisfy yourselves with… Continue reading Nail as Tool
A rock recently found in Brazil has generated a lot of interest after it was split in half to reveal that it is an ancient homunculus of Jim Henson's 1960's recreation. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."Ecclesiastes 1:12 Offers of purchase upwards… Continue reading Cookie Monster’s Attack on God
January 6 has come and gone and the news cycle is now dealing with the aftermath of the attack on the 117th Congress as a round-up tally of the criminals involved. But was that sedition or was it rightful rebellion? "One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist..." is a phrase that makes the obvious… Continue reading Irreconcilable Differences
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