Suicide hill ski jumping
Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:35:55 AM
(We're having a little bit of winter here, although really it's been quite mild by our local standards.)
Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:35:55 AM
Friday, February 10, 2012 1:04:20 AM
Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:28:26 AM
Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:23:23 AM
Polish poet Wisława Szymborska has died in Krakow at the age of 88. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1996. Her elegaic, sparse, often witty poems reflect wisdom gained through introspection and contemplation. Of course, she is much appreciated in her native land, but her work does seem to translate well.Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:20:20 AM
"Penelope" was an updating of the end of Homer's "Odyssey," specifically the part where the hero's bride is entertaining her suitors as she patiently (and chastely) awaits the return of the conquering hero. Except in this adaption, the suitors are all wearing speedos, hanging around a dry swimming pool and playing around with a big Weber Grill. It's post-modern, you see.
I liked it. Edgy! Samuel Beckett crossed with a Monty Pyton sketch. Irish playwright (and Dublin-based) Enda Walsh writes well for actors.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:52:38 AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:16:53 AM
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:33:36 AM
Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:42:21 PM
Best movie seen at home: "Ran", Akira Kurosawa's 1985 masterful re-fashioning of "King Lear" as a medieval samurai epic
Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:47:47 AM
Best fiction book read in 2011: Alice Munro's 1990 short-story collection, replete with Canadian yearning and self-discovery
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