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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Parting shots

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

There’s much to finish up before I fly away, but I’m stalling with miscellaneous media uploads and notes for yous: Johanna doing her stool routine (I won’t bother explaining how this reminds me of Standard Operating Procedure, which we watched this week). That Lyndale rose garden in Southwest Minneapolis—that’s good roses. Bites into it. Throws [...]

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Live from the couch

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Hunkering down at this moment for two hours of political soap opera; Frontline’s quadrennial dramatization of The Choice is gripping (though who hasn’t made theirs already?). They’re leading with strong stuff: Obama’s 2004 speech at the DNC—the audacity of hope, people bawling, “it’s like watching Tiger Woods.” McCain, joylessly determined, blindsided by Rove in South [...]

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At war over art

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

There’s been a drought in Evil Nazi-themed viewing here lately. Netflix to the rescue: The Rape of Europa tracks the tragic fate of European art treasures during WWII. Not an incidental victim of Nazi destruction and theft, art was a prime mover behind Hitler’s imperial vision. From wiping out “degenerate” modernist, Jewish and Slavic culture [...]

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Meanwhile, in another hemisphere

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Oh, did I mention I’m going to China this month? It’s odd how casually I talk (or don’t talk) about it. Up to now, it comes up mostly as a scheduling concern—No, I can’t hit that show at the Turf Club, because, you know, after October 21st, I’LL BE SOMEPLACE SO FAR AWAY I MIGHT [...]

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DC briefing

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Life has more or less returned to normal here (to-do lists and deadline expectations have been brought to heel; Sarah and Johanna are back from Portland and, presently, sleeping it off), so I can report a few highlights from my visit to the Capitol of Capitols: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story: I was lucky [...]

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