tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.comments2024-02-28T14:41:47.313-07:00Flares into Darknessambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger22580125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-75745944297130954332024-02-26T12:02:07.958-07:002024-02-26T12:02:07.958-07:00His is an interesting story. At his height, in the...His is an interesting story. At his height, in the 1950s, he was considered to be on par with Pablo Picasso as an artist. However, because of his anti-abstract art stance he was less well regarded by the artistic elite. Replace artistic elite with large money art buyers and donors. Still, he hung in galleries and so he could make his money selling his work to a more general audience.<br /><br />He made a lot of money doing that. However, his early artworks concerned the suffering of the common people and as he made that money his lifestyle became absurdly lavish. Eventually, because his living standards didn't match his artistic themes, his regular fans and buyers started to consider him to be a massive hypocrite and so they fell away from him. He never had the elites, and so his reputation greatly diminished until by the late 20th century his works were considered gauche and vulgar.<br /><br />That said, time is being kind to him, and his reputation is improving again. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-58232097952386740162024-02-25T18:39:48.174-07:002024-02-25T18:39:48.174-07:00Interesting. Very good.Interesting. Very good.Skookumchuknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-34123257985342848912024-02-05T11:47:05.008-07:002024-02-05T11:47:05.008-07:00Oh, that song fits nicely with the post.
There is...Oh, that song fits nicely with the post.<br /><br />There is a scene in Citizen Kane where two guys are wondering what Rosebud was. The older one, and I paraphrase, says who knows how trivial a man's important memories are and then tells a story about a girl he saw years ago on a pier. A girl he still thinks about nearly every day.<br /><br />I wonder if Carson Mccullers lifted that with his line "A man may be a doddering great-grandfather and still love only a strange girl he saw in the streets of Cheehaw one afternoon two decades past". Who knows?<br /> ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-76491116943085715482024-02-05T07:30:35.621-07:002024-02-05T07:30:35.621-07:00Why'd ya have ta go an du that?
https://www.yo...Why'd ya have ta go an du that?<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZ9WSD1W4w&list=RD3kZ9WSD1W4w&index=1<br />Brucephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-87648706263367642572024-02-02T07:57:31.345-07:002024-02-02T07:57:31.345-07:00I rarely comment on my Friday music videos, but th...I rarely comment on my Friday music videos, but this one deserves a bit of context. It is about the social upheaval stemming from Deng Xiaoping's reforms and opening of China. It is about a factory worker and his family facing the uncertainty and chaos of a changing society. The lyrics are quite nice as is the musical composition, which starts out placid and works into a frenzy. <br /><br />Here is a live performance, with English translation: <a href="https://youtu.be/NLqaEnq1IPA?si=kE94BqLXwia6nklU" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/NLqaEnq1IPA?si=kE94BqLXwia6nklU.</a> ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-18143267319051789602024-02-01T11:25:56.366-07:002024-02-01T11:25:56.366-07:00One might call it a vertical monopoly.One might call it a vertical monopoly.ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-42370113027074108092024-02-01T10:25:35.209-07:002024-02-01T10:25:35.209-07:00Maybe. And they'd be made of depleted uranium...Maybe. And they'd be made of depleted uranium and cost $400,000 per drop. TTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-85834415616119725482024-02-01T07:33:48.441-07:002024-02-01T07:33:48.441-07:00Maybe the next evolution of modern warfare will be...Maybe the next evolution of modern warfare will be bowling ball dropping drones. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-24762702109678951222024-02-01T06:37:15.365-07:002024-02-01T06:37:15.365-07:00Just learned a while back that the Brunswick Corpo...Just learned a while back that the Brunswick Corporation - known for bowling equipment - made some of the first drones for the US military in WW II. Of course the bowling and billiards segment was just one small part of a much larger corporation that made, and still makes, all kinds of stuff. TacitusTacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-51032926846045479172024-01-03T15:53:54.098-07:002024-01-03T15:53:54.098-07:00LOOL -- well, I swiped a fair amount of Language L...LOOL -- well, I swiped a fair amount of Language Log's post, so it's only fair. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-38451326870811568212024-01-03T13:14:13.242-07:002024-01-03T13:14:13.242-07:00This is so great I stole the entire thing and post...This is so great I stole the entire thing and posted it on my blog.Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-21353284131056975772023-12-30T05:48:20.142-07:002023-12-30T05:48:20.142-07:00Thanks for the update. It's amazing we're ...Thanks for the update. It's amazing we're all still here... at least for now anyway.XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-5247032432247033632023-12-26T15:54:24.310-07:002023-12-26T15:54:24.310-07:00It was a strange little adventure. I'm sure th...It was a strange little adventure. I'm sure there were many more moving parts than we were aware of. The Soviet influence in the Horn of Africa was big issue back then, and I imagine that all figured in somehow. <br /><br />I think in some ways it was as tense, or perhaps more tense, as the Cuban Missile Crisis. A lot of brinksmanship was done to keep Russian troops out of Egypt. <br /><br />As an example: we had a Russian destroyer tailing our task force and at one point we radioed it and told them they had 24 hours to get out of the range of our aircraft or we would consider it a hostile act. They turned on a dime and sailed away quickly. The next day two of our aircraft headed down that bearing to make sure they were gone. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-31766744217785630282023-12-25T06:29:17.357-07:002023-12-25T06:29:17.357-07:00Great story!Great story!XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-31199707903107324572023-12-25T06:23:59.131-07:002023-12-25T06:23:59.131-07:00Merry Christmas, ambi!Merry Christmas, ambi!XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-66621463100666241572023-12-01T13:40:24.580-07:002023-12-01T13:40:24.580-07:00Thoroughly enjoyed your post! Your writing style i...Thoroughly enjoyed your post! Your writing style is engaging. Excited for more from you!Livehttps://stargambling.net/es/games/roulette/live-roulette.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-41905145122385430892023-11-30T09:46:18.430-07:002023-11-30T09:46:18.430-07:00I've mentioned before that my mother's sid...I've mentioned before that my mother's side was Hungarian and Slovak. My father's side was Swedish. Now, my father was ostracized a bit for marrying an Eastern European girl, but we still saw them from time to time. And when we did, that Swedish food -- yuck. <br /><br />Like in the above video, if you can get past the ammonia smell it's real tasty. Uhh... no thanks, I'll pass on that. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-31654330433071438242023-11-30T06:25:02.313-07:002023-11-30T06:25:02.313-07:00The Poverty Food of various cultures is always fas...The Poverty Food of various cultures is always fascinating. In the Minnesota of my younger days there was a certain cachet to "lutefisk dinners", mostly at Lutheran churches. Fish preserved in lye. Mmmmmmm. <br /><br />The more sensible ones had alternatives. Meatballs. Or a combination of rutebegas and a shot of something alcoholic. The latter at least was an effective antidote.<br />Tacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007086196578740689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-27318187719218024522023-11-16T06:57:24.424-07:002023-11-16T06:57:24.424-07:00That's true. barbie could use a faraday cage t...That's true. barbie could use a faraday cage to protect <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1033145403/miniature-iphone-scale-16-for-doll?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=barbie+doll+phone&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&sts=1&organic_search_click=1" rel="nofollow">her phones</a> from hackers when not in use.ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-18170097111875234922023-11-15T16:35:36.155-07:002023-11-15T16:35:36.155-07:00Faraday bags as wellFaraday bags as wellBear Claw Chris Lapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190524236686025884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-5680979511710662372023-10-26T13:24:26.634-06:002023-10-26T13:24:26.634-06:00That on-topic spam post is hilarious...That on-topic spam post is hilarious...XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-19739599263820218592023-10-20T10:03:02.457-06:002023-10-20T10:03:02.457-06:00An on-topic spam post? That's quite the conund...An on-topic spam post? That's quite the conundrum, I guess I'll leave it up. And yes, the outhouse was a marvel in its own way. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-53565613728149980732023-10-20T01:31:42.893-06:002023-10-20T01:31:42.893-06:00That's definitely it! If you're looking fo...That's definitely it! If you're looking for a bathroom renovator around Brisbane, book us a quote now! <a href="https://www.emmbathroomrenovationsbrisbane.com/tiling/" rel="nofollow">Brisbane bathroom remodeling</a>Bathroom Renovations Brisbanehttps://www.emmbathroomrenovationsbrisbane.com/modern-bathroom-renovation/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-13394269416246751852023-10-19T09:19:47.326-06:002023-10-19T09:19:47.326-06:00It does seem rustic, though the outhouse was rathe...It does seem rustic, though the outhouse was rather nice.XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-29026340616169970682023-10-11T12:54:32.142-06:002023-10-11T12:54:32.142-06:00Glad you liked it. Glad you liked it. ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.com