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And if you get confused, the way out is clearly marked. This is part of a planned shopping center development. As you can see from the wear on the paint, it stopped developing several years ago.
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Weekend Music I apologize for this. I really should post something Advent-related, and had thought I would look for something of that sort. But I haven't had time or mental space. And for reasons entirely unknown to me I've been wanting all day, starting shortly after I got out of bed, to hear Ella Fitzgerald…
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Everyone has something missing in life, something that has disappointed, something that does not measure up to a once-cherished hope, something that inhibits freedom, some burden that tires, some hunger that is never satisfied. People usually accomodate themselves to reduced expectations about life, especially as they get older. How else could they get through the…
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I finished that last movie post earlier than usual Sunday evening, and my wife and I decided, after determining that no interesting Masterpiece was showing on PBS, to watch another of the 100+ (yes, really) movies and other programs saved on the DVR. As it was almost 9, we really didn't want to sit there for two hours, so…
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Or at least your email is. I don't think this is exactly a break in my promise not to post about politics till after the New Year, because it's really beyond politics in the usual sense: an NSA whistleblower says everyone in the U.S. is under virtual surveillance. This is a Russian web site, and I…
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"Nun Uses Music to Convey Spirited Message Against the Vatican’s Rebuke"
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Some More Old Movies I see it's been about six weeks since my last set of movie commentaries; in that post I defined an "old movie" as "one that was old when I was young, which is to say, something made before roughly 1960." So it looks like I've watched roughly one movie per week…
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Weekend Music This is a catchy, slightly noisy pop song (using "pop" in the broad sense, without trying to pin it to any of the myriad sub-genres of pop/rock–emo? post-punk? whatever). It was a free download from eMusic quite a while back, like maybe eight years or so. I liked it but never investigated the…
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I started to post this link in the comments to the previous post but decided it was worth a post of its own. I just ran across this while reading something else at The Atlantic (namely this extremely exciting bit of news) and I only had time to read half of it: The Bookstore Strikes Back, an…
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