Thursday, May 18, 2006


Brief Announcement
Expect some turbulence from this blog over the next day or two as our wonderful webguy upgrades our software and... posted by Michael at May 18, 2006 | perma-link | (0) comments

Kong and Class
Friedrich von Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards— A few months ago I posted on how watching a movie at an upscale... posted by Friedrich at May 18, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

YouTube for the Day
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- As yet, there isn't much hippie-redneck folk/country footage to watch on YouTube -- nothing... posted by Michael at May 18, 2006 | perma-link | (5) comments

Wednesday, May 17, 2006


Time Passes
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- How time passes, vol. 639: Toni Basil, who sang the bouncy-cute pop song "Hey,... posted by Michael at May 17, 2006 | perma-link | (5) comments

Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Francis Coppola has directed another movie -- his first since 1997's "The Rainmaker."... posted by Michael at May 17, 2006 | perma-link | (14) comments

Alberto Cavalcanti
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- The movie I've enjoyed most in recent months is one that I wasn't even... posted by Michael at May 17, 2006 | perma-link | (0) comments

Murder in NYC
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- A remarkable article by Jo Craven McGinty in the NYTimes takes a look at... posted by Michael at May 17, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

Tuesday, May 16, 2006


Speedy Writing
Donald Pittenger writes Dear Blowhards -- A favorite sport in this ol' blog is pounding on the Ivy League. One... posted by Donald at May 16, 2006 | perma-link | (11) comments

Monday, May 15, 2006


Mistaken Identity
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Given the amount of material that the media generate every day, I'm surprised that... posted by Michael at May 15, 2006 | perma-link | (3) comments

End of Evolution: Passenger Cars
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- A while ago I wrote (here) about how airliners evolved to a (nearly) common... posted by Donald at May 15, 2006 | perma-link | (8) comments

Sunday, May 14, 2006


Early Rock at YouTube
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Thanks to Lexington Green and others, who recently alerted me to the fact that... posted by Michael at May 14, 2006 | perma-link | (11) comments

Bagatelles
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards: * I keep hoping I'm wrong, but I have the impression that the "Valley Girl"... posted by Donald at May 14, 2006 | perma-link | (18) comments

Friday, May 12, 2006


Margi Young 4
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- A few days ago I introduced Margi Young, a wonderful yoga teacher who, before... posted by Michael at May 12, 2006 | perma-link | (7) comments

Buford on Italian Cooking
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Among real Italian cooks, says Bill Buford, "fusion" is an "awful word." Nice passage:... posted by Michael at May 12, 2006 | perma-link | (2) comments

Callow on Welles; Server on Hayward
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Of the books on Orson Welles that I've been through, the standout (IMHO, of... posted by Michael at May 12, 2006 | perma-link | (0) comments

Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Does buying organic food make a difference? And if so, what kind? *... posted by Michael at May 12, 2006 | perma-link | (14) comments

Margi Young 3
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- A few days ago I introduced Margi Young, a wonderful yoga teacher who, before... posted by Michael at May 12, 2006 | perma-link | (5) comments

Thursday, May 11, 2006


... And What Era Would You Like to Visit?
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- In a recent post titled "Living in Another Era" (here) I asked what time/place... posted by Donald at May 11, 2006 | perma-link | (14) comments

Living in Another Era
Donald Pittenger writes I suspect that most folks, at one time or another, wonder what life would have been like... posted by Donald at May 11, 2006 | perma-link | (14) comments

Wednesday, May 10, 2006


Margi Young 2
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Yesterday I introduced Margi Young, a wonderful yoga teacher who, before turning to yoga,... posted by Michael at May 10, 2006 | perma-link | (20) comments

Margi Young 1
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- It's been three years now that I've been attending yoga classes regularly. Although I'm... posted by Michael at May 10, 2006 | perma-link | (8) comments

Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Was Stephen Colbert's performance at the White House Press Correspondent's dinner last week... posted by Michael at May 10, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

Monday, May 8, 2006


Carmel Has Gone to the Dogs
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California went to the dogs years ago, though I haven't yet discovered exactly... posted by Donald at May 8, 2006 | perma-link | (10) comments

Only One Bumper Sticker
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- Only once did I ever put a bumper sticker on a car of mine.... posted by Donald at May 8, 2006 | perma-link | (19) comments

Art Innovation Bleg
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- A "bleg" is a case of begging for something via a blog post. Well,... posted by Donald at May 8, 2006 | perma-link | (10) comments

Friday, May 5, 2006


Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Yahmdallah has been treating himself to a movie orgy. He lists and annotates... posted by Michael at May 5, 2006 | perma-link | (19) comments

Thursday, May 4, 2006


Western Faith and Western Reason
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Over the last week I spent some time with a book I'd long meant... posted by Michael at May 4, 2006 | perma-link | (30) comments

Gals at Work
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- There's an interesting column by Jeffrey Zaslow in today's Wall Street Journal. (It doesn't... posted by Michael at May 4, 2006 | perma-link | (26) comments

How Much Would You Pay for a Picasso?
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards: Today's hottest art news is that Picasso's 1941 portrait of Dora Maar was auctioned at... posted by Donald at May 4, 2006 | perma-link | (21) comments

Wednesday, May 3, 2006


Ivy League Cheaters
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Enough with the usual debates: How did the novel by Harvard undergrad/plagiarist Kaavya Viswanathan... posted by Michael at May 3, 2006 | perma-link | (48) comments

Tuesday, May 2, 2006


More Art Metrics
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- Yes, yes, I know they don't tell you everything. And they can mislead you.... posted by Donald at May 2, 2006 | perma-link | (5) comments

More on Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Thanks to Claire, who mentioned that the Smithsonian acquired the kitchen of Julia... posted by Michael at May 2, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

Take That Painkiller ... or Not
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- I'm not on the subject of really serious pain, the kind one gets after... posted by Donald at May 2, 2006 | perma-link | (11) comments

Monday, May 1, 2006


Conventions about Everything
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Coming soon to Phoenix: the world's biggest thriller (as in book-thriller, not movie-thriller) convention.... posted by Michael at May 1, 2006 | perma-link | (2) comments

Elsewhere
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- * Steve Sailer asks the hard questions that the mainstream media have been avoiding... posted by Michael at May 1, 2006 | perma-link | (7) comments

Visit These
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Ilkka at Sixteen Volts has a wonderfully droll (and fearless) way of asking difficult... posted by Michael at May 1, 2006 | perma-link | (6) comments

Furries
Michael Blowhard writes: Dear Blowhards -- Back in college, FvB and I giggled a lot over The Furry Freak Brothers... posted by Michael at May 1, 2006 | perma-link | (4) comments

CDG Terminal 1: Futuristic Gone Sour
Donald Pittenger writes: Dear Blowhards -- March, 1974. It was the airport of the future ... today!! Passengers whisked from... posted by Donald at May 1, 2006 | perma-link | (20) comments