Saturday, June 26, 2004


Computer-free
Dear Vanessa -- This Blowhard is taking his Wife on a romantic beach vacation. And since for us oldies, "romantic"... posted by Michael at June 26, 2004 | perma-link | (7) comments

Laughing at Rem
Dear Vanessa -- Don't miss Keith Pleas' visit here to the new Rem Koolhaas Seattle public library. (From pix, the... posted by Michael at June 26, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

Friday, June 25, 2004


Guest Posting from Planet Friedrich
Dear Vanessa -- This just in from a former Blowharder: I'm still gnawing away at Modern Art. Not very originally,... posted by Michael at June 25, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

Elsewhere
Dear Vanessa -- * Alice Bachini blogs again! Only now she's deploying her unique combo of style, voice, merriment, and... posted by Michael at June 25, 2004 | perma-link | (0) comments

Herbert Muschamp is Real Gone
Dear Vanessa -- What a lovely development: the NYTimes' absurd radical propagandist, er, architecture critic Herbert Muschamp is stepping down.... posted by Michael at June 25, 2004 | perma-link | (1) comments

Two Kinds of Guys, Cont.
Dear Vanessa -- I hope I'll be forgiven for promoting a comment I put on your "Two Kinds of Guys"... posted by Michael at June 25, 2004 | perma-link | (26) comments

Thursday, June 24, 2004


Summer Reading Lists
Dear Michael: While trolling Romenesko, I clicked on a link by accident and found this useful article which is Chip... posted by Vanessa at June 24, 2004 | perma-link | (4) comments

Two Kinds of Guys
Dear Michael: So, since you posted your theory about "Two Kinds of Guys" I've been trying to sort my thoughts... posted by Vanessa at June 24, 2004 | perma-link | (9) comments

Slow
Dear Vanessa -- Expert foodie that you are, you're well aware of the Slow Food movement, whose international website is... posted by Michael at June 24, 2004 | perma-link | (10) comments

Dept. of Too Damn Much Tech
Dear Vanessa -- My candidate for "Least-Needed Rental Car Feature": Has anyone ever actually used one of these things to... posted by Michael at June 24, 2004 | perma-link | (6) comments

Wednesday, June 23, 2004


Sign of the Times
Dear Vanessa -- Pacific Title is the name of a company that's been creating titling for Hollywood movies since 1919.... posted by Michael at June 23, 2004 | perma-link | (2) comments

"Neuromancer" on Audiobook
Dear Vanessa -- Currently on the commute-to-work tape-player: an abridged audio version of William Gibson's Neuromancer. (It's buyable here.) I'd... posted by Michael at June 23, 2004 | perma-link | (21) comments

Monday, June 21, 2004


Trib's 50 best mags
Dear Michael: Last week, the Chicago Tribune, my adopted hometown's major daily, published its 50 Best Magazines list, which I... posted by Vanessa at June 21, 2004 | perma-link | (23) comments

Cable Lineups
Dear Vanessa -- How are you set for cable out in Chicago? Ever since I upgraded to digital cable (obligatory... posted by Michael at June 21, 2004 | perma-link | (7) comments

Sunday, June 20, 2004


DVD Not for Dad
Dear Vanessa -- I was flipping through a bin of DVDs, all of them sporting stickers reading "DVDs for Dad!"... posted by Michael at June 20, 2004 | perma-link | (4) comments

Friday, June 18, 2004


Elsewhere
Dear Vanessa -- * Madonna may be on the verge of converting to Judaism, here. * In a report on... posted by Michael at June 18, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

Thursday, June 17, 2004


Yoga Sociology
Dear Vanessa -- One goes through life ... One observes tons of things ... One tries to account for a... posted by Michael at June 17, 2004 | perma-link | (19) comments

Turbokitty on Jarmusch
Dear Vanessa -- When my favorite downtown artchick, Turbokitty, told me the other day that she loved Jim Jarmusch's new... posted by Michael at June 17, 2004 | perma-link | (5) comments

Elsewhere
Dear Vanessa -- * Will Elder helped set the tone and visual style of Mad magazine back in the '50s,... posted by Michael at June 17, 2004 | perma-link | (14) comments

Wednesday, June 16, 2004


A New Sarah Susanka Book
Dear Vanessa -- Sarah Susanka, the architect and author who's best-known for "The Not-So-Big House," has just published another lovely... posted by Michael at June 16, 2004 | perma-link | (1) comments

Book Elsewhere
Dear Vanessa -- * Is it unjust to bitch about how ingrown current American lit-writing can be? Those who think... posted by Michael at June 16, 2004 | perma-link | (5) comments

Tuesday, June 15, 2004


Chicago vs. New York
Dear Michael: Your post about theater reminded me that I wanted to tell you about the impressions I've gathered about... posted by Vanessa at June 15, 2004 | perma-link | (21) comments

The Culture of Books
Dear Vanessa -- I notice that this year's Book Expo took place in Chicago a few weekends ago. Did you... posted by Michael at June 15, 2004 | perma-link | (9) comments

Friday, June 11, 2004


More on FLW
Dear Vanessa -- In a posting a while ago (here), I wondered out loud about Frank Lloyd Wright. Sure, many... posted by Michael at June 11, 2004 | perma-link | (56) comments

How To Refer to "It"?
Dear Vanessa -- How often are you and the Hubster getting to the theater these days? The Wife and I... posted by Michael at June 11, 2004 | perma-link | (9) comments

Hi and Hello
I just want all you fellas in 2 Blowhards land to know that I have agreed to make a monthlong... posted by Vanessa at June 11, 2004 | perma-link | (5) comments

New Blowhard
A brief timeout to introduce a new addition to the cast here at 2Blowhards. Vanessa del Blowhard is an old... posted by Michael at June 11, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

B&N's Portable Professors
Good news for lifetime-learning buffs: the Teaching Company now has serious competition. Barnes and Noble has launched what they're calling... posted by Michael at June 11, 2004 | perma-link | (4) comments

Thursday, June 10, 2004


FvB's American Art Timeline
My former co-blogger FvB, in the midst of some Deepthink about American art, cooked up the following timeline. I got... posted by Michael at June 10, 2004 | perma-link | (6) comments

Neha and Bollywood
Where filmgoing is concerned, I enjoy (and probably over-enjoy) putting on a jaded, seen-it-all act. But the sad fact is... posted by Michael at June 10, 2004 | perma-link | (6) comments

Tuesday, June 8, 2004


Alt-Country
I'm a huge, although half-educated, fan of the Austin-based branch of the alternative country-music scene. I suspect lots of people... posted by Michael at June 8, 2004 | perma-link | (12) comments

Elsewhere
* I bought a painting the other day by a talented young artist named Runcie Tatnall. I was hurrying through... posted by Michael at June 8, 2004 | perma-link | (3) comments

FvB on France, America, Modernist Art, etc.
He may have retired from blogging, but Friedrich von Blowhard is obviously powerless to keep his brain from its usual... posted by Michael at June 8, 2004 | perma-link | (4) comments

Saturday, June 5, 2004


What To Do About the Shrubbery?
How do media images affect our erotic responses and demands? Ahhh, let us not be fools, version #1: We're in... posted by Michael at June 5, 2004 | perma-link | (6) comments

Bernard Lewis Agrees With Me
When I spent a backpacking month in Morocco in the early '70s, the thing that surprised me most was how... posted by Michael at June 5, 2004 | perma-link | (5) comments

Thursday, June 3, 2004


Netflix Again
I was an early joiner of Netflix -- who could resist the pitch? But I was an early quitter too.... posted by Michael at June 3, 2004 | perma-link | (17) comments

Tuesday, June 1, 2004


Media Bliss vs. White Borders
I treated myself to a computer break over the long weekend because I've found that ambitious, day-after-day computer use can... posted by Michael at June 1, 2004 | perma-link | (8) comments