Why do so many musings about life come from the world of gambling? Consider: Double down, all in, play the hand you’re dealt, chips are down, roll the dice. While I’d venture to say that most people don’t play poker or frequent casinos, everyone understands these aphorisms. To this pantheon of wisdom, I’d like to…
Why Boomers/Gen X Didn’t Job-Hop
My two brothers and I a
Fascist Bookshelf
War Movies
Patti Smith
The time in Tallin, Estonia when Dave Gahan invited me into his hotel room
Great story.
Ukraine
My heart breaks for you.
Four 9th Symphonies
Beethoven Mahler Dvorak Schubert
Tiny Reviews
Seed of the Sacred FigFor the first two-thirds, I was thinking “this is one of the best films I’ve ever seen.” About repressive regimes, loyalties to the state vs the individual, how the innocents are punished. Also how this man’s paranoia about the girls stealing his gun with no evidence whatsoever, was destroying the family….
Hitler’s Sliding Doors
Before he seized control of Germany and launched a barbaric war that destroyed three continents and killed 50 million people, there were popitious moments — sliding doors — when Hitler, and the Nazis, could have been stopped and the world saved from destruction. Schicklgruber Culprit: Johann Heidler, Hitler’s grandfather The curious tale of how a…