Kish, Russell, and I went to see Shutter Island last night. The theater was packed, and the audience reaction was mixed. The three of us liked it, but I overheard the teenage girl sitting next to me tell her friends: “Well, that is the worst movie I’ve ever seen.” Richard’s review does a good job [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Shutter Island
Posted in Movies, tagged Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Movies, Shutter Island, The Shining, The Sixth Sense, The Usual Suspects on February 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Science And Art Intersect
Posted in Art, Technology, tagged Art, Technology on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC has an interesting article on the use of lasers in cleaning works of art — including not only stone and metal objects, but also paintings. Check out the extraordinary difference the laser treatment has made on Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gate of Paradise.
Thank God For G.P.S.
Posted in Technology, Travel, tagged directions, global positioning systems, GPS, Technology, Travel on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Completing our weekend travel adventure, Kish and I drove home from Vassar today. Russell graciously let us use his car after it became apparent that it would be very unlikely that we could fly back today, due to the disruption caused by the weekend snow storm in the Northeast. (Even today tens of thousands of [...]
Back At The “Buddy Inn”
Posted in Family, Travel, tagged Family, Humor, Poughkeepsie, Travel, Vassar on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I are back in Poughkeepsie for Russell’s show, and because there is a Vassar Board of Trustees meeting this weekend we were not able to stay at our normal lodging of choice, the Vassar Alumni House. Instead, we were forced to return to the “Buddy Inn.” The “Buddy Inn” is really the Poughkeepsie [...]
This The Range And Recent
Posted in Art, Family, tagged Art, Family, Miscellany News, Palmer Gallery, Russell Webner, Vassar on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It took a while to get to Russell’s art show — actually a show of pieces by Russell and three other artists, Rhys Bambrick, Joseph Redwood-Martinez, and Charlie Warren — but it was worth it. The show is in the Palmer Gallery, which is on the first floor of the Main Building, the massive edifice [...]
Snow, Snow, Everywhere I Go
Posted in weather, tagged Philadelphia, Poughkeepsie, Snow, weather, Winter, Winter Driving on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kish and I traveled to Poughkeepsie today for Russell’s art show — more about that in a minute — but of course the weather interfered with our plans. We were to fly to Philadelphia, and then to Newburgh, New York. Our flight to Philadelphia went off as planned, but when we landed in the City [...]
I Love My Peas
Posted in Music, tagged black eyed peas on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When we were young our mom always said eat your vegetables and I really enjoyed mine on Tuesday February 16 at Schottenstein Center for the Black Eyed Peas – The End Tour (end stands for Energy Never Dies). The band is made up of four individuals, Will.i.am, Taboo, Apl.de.ap and Fergie the lone female member. My [...]
Goodbye To Good Shoes
Posted in Humor, tagged Morning Walks, shoes, Walking on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am sorry to say that my favorite walking shoes are starting to give out. They are black Reebok walking shoes, and I think they are the single best pair of shoes I’ve ever owned. I bought the shoes seven years ago, before we left on our family trip to Italy. I wanted some comfortable [...]
Trap Game
Posted in sports, tagged Buckeye Basketball, Ohio State, Penn State, sports on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A “trap game” is one where the favored team has just finished a tough game, or challenging stretch of games, and is facing an opponent that could easily be overlooked but that has the ability to pull off an upset. Tonight’s game between the Ohio State and Penn State men’s basketball teams is a classic [...]
Ah, Science!
Posted in Humor, Science, tagged Chimpanzees, Humor, Intelligence, Science on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an article on an odd experiment that suggests that chimps can differentiate between the volume of liquid poured into a cup and, for the most part, accurately select the cup that holds more tasty fruit juice than the other cup does. Fine, but . . . where do they come up with these experiments, [...]
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, tagged America, Canada, Health care, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Premier of the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador came to the U.S. for a special form of heart surgery. In Canada, his only choices given his condition were procedures that would have required breaking his ribs. In America, he underwent an advanced procedure that allowed his heart condition to be surgically fixed through [...]
Dialogue Clinkers
Posted in Movies, tagged A Single Man, language, Movies on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One other point about A Single Man. The movie is set during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the movie does a tremendous job, for the most part, in setting the mood and appearance of the early ’60s in terms of cars, clothing, music, locations, rotary telephones, stereo cabinets, and characters who seem to smoke all [...]
Review: Shutter Island
Posted in Movies, tagged Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I read that Martin Scorsese forced the cast of “Shutter Island” to watch “Vertigo” before shooting began, because he wanted to recreate the mood of Hitchcock’s classic film. I’d say he did that successfully – like “Vertigo”, “Shutter Island” gives off strong paranoid vibes. The films have more in common than their mood, in fact. [...]
Weird Laughter In The Theater
Posted in America, Movies, tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Serious Man, A Single Man, Drexel Theatre, Movie Theaters, Movies on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Kish and I went to see a movie at the Drexel Theatre in Bexley. For those who have never been to see a movie at the Drexel, it is one of those theatres that typically screens arts-type films that don’t have the presumed commercial appeal to be shown at an AMC 16 theatre or [...]
