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Five Minutes with Artist Soojung Cho
Here is another artist I recently met online, painter Soojung Cho , originally from South Korea. Do not be beguiled by the seeming simplicity of som…
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Harry S. Truman, An American President
I've been reading a biography of Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek this past half week. It's part of The American Presidents Series that Arth…
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The Social Network, reviewed
Congratulations to screenwriter Aaron Sorkin for his adaptation of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires into a film that came off better th…
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Prison Art
During the year we lived in Mexico I learned that there was a prison somewhere between Saltillo and Oaxaca where the prisoners carved scenes inside t…
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Open All The Doors
Open all the doors! Break all the windows! Remove the locks from this enclosing life! ~Fernando Pessoa Monday. New day. New week. New experiences. …
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Spy vs. Spy
The other day while waiting to get some dental work done I discovered a Mad magazine in the waiting room. It turns out that our dentist believed no w…
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A Moment Silence for Sarah, Shane and Josh
Today is the one year anniversary of their capture and imprisonment. Desmond Tutu a second time called for their release . And yesterday President Ob…
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The Most Beautiful Park in Italy
We already know Italy is a beautiful country, rich in art, culture and history, not to mention the wonderful food. This week, I received notification…
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Amusing Wordplay Courtesy the Washington Post
The following was shared with me at a party last night... on someone's Blackberry. I asked that they forward it to me so I could share it with yo…
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Off the Record: An Oral History of Popular Music
Imagine that you have been invited to a huge party, and when you get there everyone is a somebody... a Somebody in the history of pop music. Who do y…
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A Remarkable Tale from the Land of Podd
The event kernel that triggered this poem was nothing like what you read here per se , yet upon reflecting on what occurred this poem popped into my …
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The Redford Mystique
I've been watching Perry Mason reruns lately. I get them from the Superior Library and this week have a set from Season 5 checked out. If you hav…
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A Halloween Party Invitation
Someone sent me an email with photos of Ray Villafane's incredible carved pumpkins . Evidently it's that time of year when half deranged ad…
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Rosie the Riveter, R.I.P.
As usual, it has been a year of many significant passings. No "year in review" is complete without noting the persons who have touched us i…
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The Future Is Inevitable
Miscellaneous Words from the Film I'm Watching Tonight. Aeromexico Whitaker The FBI Zurich Bonuses Japanese Patterns Aneurysm Granola Bars Corn S…
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The Colorful World of Artist Julia Forsyth
It used to be that there were two ways to discover contemporary artists. Either you read about them in one of the contemporary art magazines, or you …
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Sounds of Silence
"Kathy I'm lost," I said, but I knew she was sleeping. ~Paul Simon, America The other night while rifling through some old LPs I cam…
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Wordless Wednesday
Ennyman is a Life Under Construction. Writer, artist, philosopher, friend... visit www.ennyman.com to put your mind at e's.
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