“Avē Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant” —doomed participants in Roman circus events“Aut nōn” — the emperor in reply Yes, this drawing is based on the 1872 painting Pollice Verso (Thumbs Turned) by French pop-academicist… Continue reading
“That Brain and Hands no longer understand each other will one day destroy the New Tower of Babel.” ― Thea von Harbou, from her 1925 novel Metropolis on which the 1927 film was… Continue reading
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, / The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere / The ceremony of innocence is drowned; / The best… Continue reading
“The thing about football — the important thing about football — is that it is not just about football.” —Terry Pratchett, English fantasy novelist What you see on the screen in the screen is… Continue reading
I was thinking a couple of days ago, writing as I thought, about why I don’t like to watch superhero movies or TV shows. They are entertaining spectacles that pass the time effortlessly.… Continue reading
I tried to watch some of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. It was gymnastics, I think. In the half an hour I observed, there seemed to only be about five minutes of athleticism, the… Continue reading
“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confidentthey are acting on their own free will.” —Joseph Goebbels We humans have recently come to believe we have have inalienable rights and… Continue reading
We are just apes underneath the designer suits and cocktail dresses. Or in my case, jeans and flannels. We use our big brains to pick and choose which of the myriad apish attributes… Continue reading
Who says the good ol’ U. S. of A. is not a democracy? It certainly is one, just not like the one described in civics books. Am I showing my age again? Do… Continue reading
