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Posted by on Feb 23, 2022 in Blog, Essays, Politics | 0 comments

Outlier Thinking on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

 

 

I find it very puzzling that so much of the world is holding its collective breath right now, but there’s been relatively little discussion about the (imminent) Russian invasion of Ukraine and/or Ukrainian territories.

Does anyone care? Is the public so fatigued by foreign conflicts that we don’t recognize a major transgression? Do we ignore global events until they reach our doorstep? I’ll be kind and ascribe widespread American apathy to this conflict being complicated. I also presume we might agree that other nations (including the U.S.) can do little to stop the incursion. Nonetheless, it’s important to try and understand things.

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Posted by on Jan 19, 2022 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 4 comments

Marieta Dalla, Bruxelles (1992)

 

 

This is one of my favorite photos of Marieta.

I snapped this one of her shortly after we were married (1992). We were driving through Brussels, Belgium, and spotted a patch of flowers in a city park on a spring day.

Fortunately, I still had film left in the camera. Remember those times?

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Posted by on Dec 10, 2021 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 0 comments

Movie Review: House of Gucci

 

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Watching House of Gucci reminded me of the Dynasty and Dallas rage during the late-1970s. Seeing the rich and powerful backstabbing each with while wallowing in the misery of their own doing makes for gloriously addictive entertainment.

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Posted by on Apr 9, 2021 in Blog | 2 comments

Shove the worthless mannequin in a box and bury it.

 

 

My thoughts on the death of Prince Philip, an utterly worthless invisible speck of nothingness who sucked the British treasury dry for 99 useless years, decorated by the trappings of royal tradition — in other words, a mannequin.

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