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I thought I might try something new in my eighth month as a would-be blogger. It is a “point to the passer” (see Dean Smith) moment as I acknowledge my high school English teacher Mrs. Belfiore. I give her hindsight credit for whatever modest progress I have made in letters since those days (I wasContinue reading “Trivialities:”

Without getting too much into the weeds (read as “over my head”) with the art historical aspects of Richter, what strikes me about him is the incredible range of styles in which he has worked. By comparison, better known artists like Pollock, Rothko, Lichtenstein, and Warhol (who all had their own early periods) can playContinue reading ““Don’t Fear the Richter””

My friend Jeff L. and I used to play this game for hours-on-end in our high school years at my house. We also had access to the Intellivision football, basketball, baseball and golf versions, but this one was by far our favorite. We talked about this recently and I asked him why it was so.Continue reading ““S’Battle!!””

This “Ha ha” phrase came up to me recently in “Exploits & Opinions of Dr. Faustroll, Pataphysician” by Alfred Jarry (1911). It’s at once a serious treatment of the terribly unserious and an unserious treatment of the terminally serious. I can’t not recommend it slightly enough. Chapter 10: Concerning The Dogfaced Baboon Bosse-de-Nage, Who KnewContinue reading ““Laughing Matters””