January 2012
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Heterosexual” was actually coined in a letter at the same time as the word...
– How “heterosexual” got its start – basically, as protest against discriminatory legislature on same-sex love. (via curiositycounts)
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Comixtime: "Taste JUSTICE, impostors!"
Well, I spent a while without doing these capsule reviews. But for a long time I was buying the same comics, with more or less the same rate of returns. But there’s enough variety in my comics this week to merit a new post.
Batwoman #5
J.H. Williams III (Co-writer/Artist), W. Haden Blackman (Co-writer), Dave Stewart (Colours), Todd Klein (Letters)
Publisher: DC
As this issue ends the...
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My Culture Roundup of 2011
Films seen in the cinema: 24
Films seen at home (TV/DVD/streaming): 86
Albums bought/downloaded: 91
Books read: 18 (Now that’s just awful! Must read more this year.)
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December 2011
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The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone...
– James Nachtwey (via fotojournalismus)
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The People's Drones →
dronejournalism:
Is a robot arms race upon us? And is a check on power open-source drones for the masses? Interesting questions.
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When I fall in love with a novel that I haven’t written, one of the reasons I...
– Kate Elliott, Fiction as Inspiration: “It’s like getting a crush on a book.”
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I don’t think that writers or painters or film makers function because...
– Stanley Kubrick’s “Notes On Film”
From The Observer Weekend Review, Sunday, December 4, 1960, p. 21
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November 2011
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