Comedy • Philosophy • Music • Parody?
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.” — Marcus Aurelius (121-180) COMEDY PHILOSOPHYThe...
No Time To Think
Here are four hand-picked seeds of deeper thinking to plant amidst the stream of soundbyte “news” trying to clog your “feed”. If you do take the time to...
One Battle After Another
The Anomalous Duo sauntered out on this Saturday afternoon to the Quad Theater in the West Village to see a new American film. Could almost pass for regular...
THREE Sense Worth
Three perspectives/lessons for your thoughtful consideration. ONE I found this discussion to be smart, self-aware, and a very necessary conversation for my...
DUSK EYES (the movie)
"DUSK EYES" A new hour-long film by AleXander Hirka, whose last full-length cinematic foray was 31 years ago, with 1994's "MOIST". "DUSK EYES" is in...
Labor Day, Burning Man, Laughter and Tears
I haven’t done one of these in a while, so there’s a lot of (good) stuff here. POETRYProfessor Louis’s brilliant poem for Labor Day. Labor Day weekend is...
LISTEN UP
Take some minutes of your time and listen to the lovely, amazing, diverse, fun music of René Aubry. You will be much rewarded. Links . . . The Shell Amnesie...
Watch It.
HUMAN The movie (Director's cut version) 3hours 11 minutes “Spanning dozens and dozens of countries and languages, Yann Arthus-Bertrand's Human is a mission...
Z is for . . .
Zohran Mamdani Let’s get The Haters out of the way. Here are a few Supportive New Yorkers. Remington Write on Zohran Mamdani scaring the Rich Let's Scare The...
Dusty
In 2013 I discoverd this wonderful rant by Dusty. I Do Not Support The Troops (2013) — 6 minutes 44 seconds How refreshing to have the thoughts I’d had since...
The Predicament (22 Years Ago)
In 2003 I was involved in a small independent film project called “The Predicament”. Filmed on location in Burlington, Vermont — it was directed by Todd La...
120+ Years Ago
Market Street, San Francisco — 1905-1906 Music:Spiegel Im Spiegel (Mirror In The Mirror) by Arvo PärtComposed 1978 — 47 years ago AleXander
If I Still Did This Newsletter . . .
I’d be sharing these amazing things that came across my desk recently . . . Why we can't focus.Philosophy for the modern world. Take heed. Don't Buy Stuff...
Exiting April, the Cruelest Month.
This is the last day of April. This is the last newsletter. • lots of good stuff, so save it for future revisits • The phrase "April is the cruelest month"...
One Of A Kind (Like You)
A Look In My Existential Mirror (with a Telescope and a Microscope)Are you up for looking into yours? Then join me in my latest piece — published in Counter...
(Anomalous) Paperback Writers (plus)
Click on the image below to read about these two new books(or even order ‘em) . . . “Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?It took me years to write, will...
Read (All About It)
Paperback now available through Barnes & Noble online. Withdrawing Fables From The Memory Bank. . . and other New York City Reveries.• • •Click on book image...
Another Spring
SPRING! “Spring is the time of plans and projects.”― Leo Tolstoy In November of 2021 I wrote a piece about hoping to live to be 80 — to experience the joy of...
Voices of Joy and Truth
A Saturday morning at my computer — head full of ideas that are driving me insane — spinning a digital image. It’ ain’t no Guernica, but . . . “The War...
Spots Of Color Amidst The Grey
“Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside you watching the clouds...