Saturday, May 31, 2003


Mini Link-a-palooza
Friedrich -- Home with a stomach virus. Heroically, I struggled to the keyboard and, despite the occasional tummy gurgle, made... posted by Michael at May 31, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Family Trees
Michael: In the June edition of Scientific American, there is an interesting article by Charles H. Bennett, Ming Li and... posted by Friedrich at May 31, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Friday, May 30, 2003


Yet More Blowhard "Art"
Friedrich -- I'm feelin' the power now! M. Blowhard: Thinking about Vaporware (2003) M. Blowhard: Jazz in St. Tropez (19whenever)... posted by Michael at May 30, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

More Blowhard "Art"
Friedrich -- OK, you and Felicity have shamed me into it. Herewith a couple of Michael Blowhard doodlings. Both, fyi,... posted by Michael at May 30, 2003 | perma-link | (6) comments

Art Forms vs. Genre Forms
Friedrich -- America and the arts. American art. America vs. the arts. The arts vs. America ... Hmm. The usual... posted by Michael at May 30, 2003 | perma-link | (12) comments

Building Blocks
Michael: I didn’t eat breakfast today; I was too busy with the building blocks. The blocks in question belong, of... posted by Friedrich at May 30, 2003 | perma-link | (11) comments

Thursday, May 29, 2003


Videogames and Learning
Friedrich -- How are computers and videogames affecting brains, thought processes and tastes? Hard to imagine a more interesting culture... posted by Michael at May 29, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Ripped from the pages of Friedrich’s sketchbooks…
Michael: The other day, I was glancing at my collection of sketchbooks from the past 15 years or so. As... posted by Friedrich at May 29, 2003 | perma-link | (17) comments

Free Reads -- Joel Engel on Leadership and Smarts Redux
Michael: Thanks for recommending Joel Engel’s piece in your posting Free Reads -- Joel Engel on Leadership and Smarts. I... posted by Friedrich at May 29, 2003 | perma-link | (21) comments

Wednesday, May 28, 2003


Free Reads -- Joel Engel on Leadership and Smarts
Friedrich I don't know what you encountered, but for one stretch during the 2000 election campaign, it seemed that I... posted by Michael at May 28, 2003 | perma-link | (6) comments

The Arts Litany Redux
Michael: Your recent posting, The Arts Litany, got me to thinking of two individuals I knew as teachers. Both were... posted by Friedrich at May 28, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Tuesday, May 27, 2003


Teaching Company Alert
Friedrich The Teaching Company, which markets recorded lecture series that you can buy on CD or audiotape, and of which... posted by Michael at May 27, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Monday, May 26, 2003


Artchat Survival Guide -- "Postmodernism"
Friedrich -- Disagreements in the arts can be a source of humor and enlightenment. Misunderstandings generate little but wasted energy... posted by Michael at May 26, 2003 | perma-link | (10) comments

Blog-a-palooza redux
Michael: Following a link in your recent posting, Blog-a-palooza, I read two of Tim Hulsey’s interesting posts on the political... posted by Friedrich at May 26, 2003 | perma-link | (21) comments

Sunday, May 25, 2003


The Matrix Demoted
Friedrich -- The Wife and I just got back from seeing the "Matrix" sequel. Good lord but it's awful. We... posted by Michael at May 25, 2003 | perma-link | (15) comments

Saturday, May 24, 2003


News Flash: Documentary Achieves Potential!
Michael: I just got home from seeing “Spellbound” and despite the fact that I was eager to see it (which... posted by Friedrich at May 24, 2003 | perma-link | (13) comments

"Femme Fatale" on DVD
Friedrich -- I know you've seen the movie already, but some of our visitors might enjoy learning that Brian De... posted by Michael at May 24, 2003 | perma-link | (0) comments

Blog-a-palooza
Friedrich -- It may be impossible to keep up with all the good culturechat in blogland, but that isn't going... posted by Michael at May 24, 2003 | perma-link | (15) comments

Friday, May 23, 2003


Doodles & Their Uses
Michael: Do you doodle when you’re on the phone? I do, especially when I’m on an important business call. This... posted by Friedrich at May 23, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

Tennis Gals vs. Tennis Guys
Friedrich -- The tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams are fabulous athletes who are on track to go down as... posted by Michael at May 23, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Odd Couples
Michael: After blogging for the better part of a year my hard drive is now chock-a-block with pictures I've pulled... posted by Friedrich at May 23, 2003 | perma-link | (1) comments

Thursday, May 22, 2003


Derbyshire Q&A
Friedrich -- As you know, I'm a fan of John Derbyshire, who writes opinion columns for National Review. He's a... posted by Michael at May 22, 2003 | perma-link | (3) comments

The Arts Litany
Friedrich -- I'm just back in the city after a few days visiting Western New York, my old stomping grounds.... posted by Michael at May 22, 2003 | perma-link | (35) comments

Postcards from L.A.
Michael: I’ve lived in Los Angeles for 22 years now, and while the man-made environment can often be described (in... posted by Friedrich at May 22, 2003 | perma-link | (23) comments

Tuesday, May 20, 2003


Winged Migration
Dear Michael: I went to see “Winged Migration” late Sunday night, sitting virtually alone in a very small theater. I... posted by Friedrich at May 20, 2003 | perma-link | (11) comments

Shocked, Simply Shocked
Michael: Sorry to be behind the times, but did you notice the shocking recent ruling of the Supreme Court on... posted by Friedrich at May 20, 2003 | perma-link | (0) comments

Affirmative Action, Part II
Michael: As I promised, here is Part II of my post on affirmative action. In this part I lay out... posted by Friedrich at May 20, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Monday, May 19, 2003


Test, this is only a test
Michael: I was just trying to figure out if our blog mechanics had figured out how to let us create... posted by Friedrich at May 19, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

These Girls These Days
Friedrich -- There's some fuss out there about David Brooks' Atlantic article "The Return of the Pig" (readable here). Brooks... posted by Michael at May 19, 2003 | perma-link | (26) comments

Saturday, May 17, 2003


Policy Break--Affirmative Action, Part I
Michael: After reviewing, as promised, the whole question of affirmative action, I believe we should replace race-based programs with programs... posted by Friedrich at May 17, 2003 | perma-link | (12) comments

Amazing Day at the Times
Friedrich -- I don't know about you, but I take it for granted that the NYT is in the business... posted by Michael at May 17, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Friday, May 16, 2003


Gloating over The Matrix
Friedrich -- On my morning walk to work this morning, I passed a couple of movie theaters showing the "Matrix"... posted by Michael at May 16, 2003 | perma-link | (8) comments

Link-o-rama
Friedrich -- * Here's the transcript of a long Booknotes interview with John McWhorter, the Berkeley linguistics prof and author... posted by Michael at May 16, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

Thursday, May 15, 2003


Behind Every Celebrity...
Michael: Did you ever notice that famous people often have parents or other ancestors who are as remarkable as they... posted by Friedrich at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (5) comments

Government Help for the Arts
Friedrich -- How to keep up an interest -- let alone some active participation -- in the arts once you're... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

New CultureBlogs
Friedrich -- Three more sharp new additions to the cultureblogosphere. *Dick Ranko (why do I suspect a pseudonym?) is only... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Guest posting -- Andre Hattingh on Salingaros
Friedrich -- Lots of responses, via comments and email, to our interview with Nikos Salingaros -- lovely to see the... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (23) comments

Comments
Visitors may be running into problems with our "comments" function -- we certainly are. Re-opening-the-blog kinks that are being ironed... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (0) comments

Middle Age Again: How do they find the time?
Friedrich: I'm going through a complete history of science for the first time since I was a Sputnik-charmed kid. Fun... posted by Michael at May 15, 2003 | perma-link | (14) comments

Wednesday, May 14, 2003


Movies and Their Discontents
Michael: To contribute to 2blowhard’s ongoing discussion of movie-video-technology-and-economics, I’d like to cite a few facts and figures about movie... posted by Friedrich at May 14, 2003 | perma-link | (11) comments

The Contempo Lit Galaxy According to Me
Friedrich -- I'm a literary enough guy, but I don't have much time for most of the contempo lit-fic writers... posted by Michael at May 14, 2003 | perma-link | (20) comments

Tuesday, May 13, 2003


Slimmer, prettier, faster
Hi everyone, Our redone site is back up and functional. Blogging resumes tomorrow. A grateful and happy tip of our... posted by Michael at May 13, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Our Evil Agenda
Maximum Leader Michael: I am writing to report on the recent incident in which a certain individual tried to alert... posted by Friedrich at May 13, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

I now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
Aside from a few minor database glitches during the export/import process, and the optimizing of images posted here - it... posted by Michael at May 13, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Sunday, May 11, 2003


test #2
still testing, sorry........ posted by Michael at May 11, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

Saturday, May 10, 2003


test
testing..... give me a day or so to sort out the templates and everything should be working fine..... daniel... posted by Michael at May 10, 2003 | perma-link | (3) comments

Wednesday, May 7, 2003


Packing and moving
A note from Friedrich von Blowhard and Michael Blowhard: 2Blowhards is going to be doing some redesigning, renovating, packing and... posted by Michael at May 7, 2003 | perma-link | (2) comments

A Week With Nikos Salingaros -- Part Five
2Blowhards is taking a break from the usual to devote a week to a conversation with the architectural theorist Nikos... posted by Michael at May 7, 2003 | perma-link | (4) comments

Tuesday, May 6, 2003


A Week With Nikos Salingaros -- Part Four
2Blowhards is taking a break from the usual to devote a week to a conversation with the architectural theorist Nikos... posted by Michael at May 6, 2003 | perma-link | (9) comments

Monday, May 5, 2003


A Week With Nikos Salingaros -- Part Three
2Blowhards is taking a hiatus from the usual to devote a week to a conversation with the architectural theorist Nikos... posted by Michael at May 5, 2003 | perma-link | (8) comments

Thursday, May 1, 2003


A Week With Nikos Salingaros -- Part Two
2Blowhards is taking a hiatus from the usual to devote a week to a conversation with the architectural theorist Nikos... posted by Michael at May 1, 2003 | perma-link | (15) comments

A Week With Nikos Salingaros -- Part One
2Blowhards is taking a break from our usual format. If you've surfed through this blog before, you may have run... posted by Michael at May 1, 2003 | perma-link | (26) comments