Author Archives: Stephen Futterer

Stumbled into this incredibly delicious toffee treat (Tovfefe?) in VA Beach, of all places. Long story. But be warned, it’s highly addictive. BF Skinner levels. Should probably come with a warning label. If the Sackler’s had discovered it, we’d all be happily in a diabetic coma. As if Chapel Hill, NC hadn’t done enough forContinue reading ““These are a few of my favorite things…””

Brick Dunn: “Now listen here, Hatti. I’m takin’ that lamp if I have to haul it out in pieces.” Hatti: “Over my dead body!” Brick Dunn: “That can be arranged. Besides your lawyer already wrung me dry for the jalopy, the saggin’ bungalow, and that dumb statue of a black bird we’ve been draggin’ aroundContinue reading ““Lamplight Noir””

This image reminds me of some of the more stylized opening credit sequences from films and TV of the 60’s and 70’s. Band-like figures moving in different directions which then lock together as a coherent picture. The thrill of disorientation and movement all on a static screen. An entertainment equivalent of tri-colored shag carpeting (whichContinue reading ““Head Games””

Our maternal grandmother volunteered as a docent at the National Portrait Gallery when we were young. She used to gather my middle sister and I for her gallery tours, often depositing us for a spell in the kid’s area. The space was called the Discovery Room or something similar. It was terrific. You could runContinue reading ““The Quiet Man””

My immediate reaction to this scene was to recall the duct motif in one of my favorite films, Terry Gilliam’s dystopian satire “Brazil” (1985). His absurdist Orwellian nightmare only seems to gain in relevance as the decades pass: the insinuating tendrils of corporate and state surveillance encroach; the molder of our infrastructure deepens; the stainContinue reading ““Outsider Art””

The exclamation “Eureka!” (per Wikipedia) is attributed to Archimedes. It is a transliteration of the Greek word heureka, meaning “I have found it!” He reportedly made this spontaneous utterance when stepping into a bath and suddenly he realized that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the volume of the body part submerged.Continue reading ““Eureka!””