October 2010
10 posts
Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To... →
There are a number things the public “knows” as we head into the election that are just false. If people elect leaders based on false information, the things those leaders do in office will not be what the public expects or needs.
Here are eight of the biggest myths that are out there:
1) President Obama tripled the deficit.
Reality: Bush’s last budget had a $1.416 trillion deficit....
Watchworth every moment of the 14 minutes.
beautiful video that goes behind the creation of ai weiwei’s turbine hall installation — meeting the artisans who carefully painted each porcelain sunflower seed (3 strokes a side for skilled ones, 4 to 5 for slightly less skilled) and how the process of creating the work provided incomes for people on the brink of bankruptcy.
for me, the most...
“My grandfather told me and my brother, ‘You are like a bird without legs; You...”
– New York Times: With Film, Afghan-German Is a Foreigner at Home
the town
boston nostalgia set in while watching ben affleck’s “the town” last night.
after putting off seeing the movie for weeks (i had some apprehension about seeing a movie about a city i lived in for nearly 7 years, recently abandoned and the knowledge that movies always make cities look a million times better than they do in reality), i finally watched it last night.
really...
Weegee otherwise known as Arthur Fellig born Usher...
Another Sunday in Geneva, another Sunday where the only activities one is left with other than sitting around the apartment reading books and magazines that have been collecting for months is to wander off to the museums.
After catching the briefest glance of the Weegee exhibition at the BAC last month, S. and I decided to re-visit the incredible collection of Weegee photography that I am sure...
All Day Buffet - Feast on Good Livestream →
If I were in NY, I would be here.
Since I am in GVA, I am watching/listening online.
Watchunbelievably beautiful cover of feists’ “limit to your love” by james blake.
repeat on a cloudy wednesday.
