Category Archives: Personal history

Cooper the Bernedoodle

Posted on 28 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This weekend we’re being visited by Y’s son M and his wife H from LA, and their dog. I posted on Facebook a couple days ago a concern about what would happen when our three cats experienced a dog for … Continue reading →

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LCQs: Our Eroding Civil Society; Health Update

Posted on 27 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Declinists and Decadence: TV/Movies? Science Fiction?

Posted on 23 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Quillette, Kevin Mims, 20 May 2022: Undiminished by Decadence Subtitle: “I grew up in the 1960s and ’70s and I’m happy to report that, for the most part, television and mainstream cinema today are orders of magnitude better than they … Continue reading →

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LQCs: Polarization; Grooming; Sacrifice; Documentary

Posted on 22 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

My partner had never seen this movie, so we began it last night and will finish tonight. Meanwhile, this week’s issue of The Week has a nice summary, on its “Best columns: The U.S.” page, of this Washington Post opinion … Continue reading →

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Vangelis, part 3

Posted on 21 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly
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Vangelis RIP, part 2

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

A few more thoughts today, about Vangelis’ music.

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Vangelis RIP, post 1

Posted on 19 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

NPR, 19 May 2022: Vangelis, famed film composer and synth pioneer, dead at 79

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LQCs: Moral Collapse, the Paranoid Style, Deflection

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

(With an endpiece.) Paul Krugman is back from vacation. NYT, Paul Krugman, 16 May 2022: From Voodoo to MAGA to Buffalo I never thought I’d say this, but I miss voodoo economics.

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Richard Dawkins: THE BLIND WATCHMAKER (1986)

Posted on 19 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

This now 35-year-old book was Dawkins’ third, following the famous The Selfish Gene (summary here) and the less-famous sequel The Extended Phenotype (which I still have not read). If the first two were relatively straightforward explanations of evolution and natural … Continue reading →

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More on Bookstores

Posted on 17 April 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Quick post for today. Here’s an item in today’s paper about Barnes & Noble, which makes some points similar to my discussion here on the 11th. NYT, Elizabeth A. Harris, posted 15 April 2022, in print today: How Barnes & … Continue reading →

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