Looking pretty cold in NYC
Geometry can be found underlying all, or nearly all, the forms in nature. One learns this from D'Arcy Thompson's book "On Growth and Form," a favorite of Tony's, and from Jay Hambidge's "Elements of Dynamic Symmetry," another favorite of his. Of course one can learn this just from observation, if one looks intently enough. No form in nature is a perfect example of the geometry it is a case of, but when you average the many examples of one form - many examples of the skeletal structure of a bird's wing, or the arrangements of leaves on a stem, or cellular or atomic forms - you get the perfection we normally ascribe to man-made geometry. Of course, all man-made geometry is natural, because we are nature.
ok, watching the original Australian show (YouTube and Acorn.) Pretty nutty fare, but it's a comedy right? Set in the dial up connection 90's. Can't imagine the US version with it's 2.5 star status! Another TV show built around an oddball comedy act. Trending???
Kitchen Confidential, the audio book
frackin' texas
Taschen has released a titillating title called Psychedelic Sex written and compiled by Yippie co-founder and Realist publisher Paul Krassner with self-proclaimed obsessive collector, Eric Gotland. The racy retro collection is edited by Dian Hanson whose job title at Taschen appears actually to be “Sexy Book Editor.” Nice! Hanson produced a ton of men’s magazines from Juggs to Legshow between 1976 and 2001 and is also responsible for other Taschen titles like The Little Book of Big Penis and The Big Butt Book 3D, so obviously you might want to get your hands on Psychadelic Sex. The addition of Paul Krassner’s penchant for countercultural hilarity makes this kind of a must have in my humble opinion.
i think there is some snl 40th anniversary thing on sunday. seems like every year they find something to "celebrate."
five arguments for the elimination of television
House of Cards Season 3 was apparently up on Netflix for awhile today a few weeks ahead of time. I think it's down now, but it's on the torrent sites.
i like everyone in this so i hope its a little better than the trailer would leave me to believe. lebron james actually seems more than competent as "black male friend of romantic lead" although he is playing himself.
imagined this was a few years out. end of an era.
politician chooses political expediency over conviction. but first, dog bites man.
We are a couple episodes into The Honourable Woman:
The Honourable Woman is a 2014 British political–spy thriller television miniseries in eight parts, directed and written by Hugo Blickfor the BBC and SundanceTV. Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the title role
Pretty good so far. Has this come up before?
enjoying a new british sitcom called catastrophe. will soon be streaming on amazon. its a somewhat less zany version of youre the worst (which i still recommend) but instead of 30 ish couple with a british male lead falling for an american woman in la, this has a 40 ish couple with an american male hooking up with an irish woman in london.
