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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

entry arrow7:00 AM | Poetry Wednesday, No. 176.



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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

entry arrow8:08 AM | Cultural Amnesia

The older you get the more horrified you find yourself that many of the cultural milestones you know and that you thought would be forever are completely unrecognizable for younger generations. Sometimes that borders on ageism. I hate it for example when younger people make fun of Madonna today, like she wasn’t a firebrand that completely lit culture for decades and did a lot for the gays. But I take comfort in the fact that there will come a time that future younger people will make fun of Taylor Swift, and totally horrify her fans now. [Confession: Not that I was ever immune to this cultural amnesia when I was younger. When I first heard of the name “Engelbert Humperdinck” in high school, I was like: “The what?” And then laughed so loud. I thought the name so funny. And I actually remember refusing to believe the name was real. I had no idea he was a famous British pop singer in the 1960s. It’s probably just how culture goes. Nothing lasts forever, not even cultural cache.]

Other recent examples:

YouTube: The queens at Roscoe's not knowing who Kyra Sedgwick is.

The Atlantic: Generation Z being unable to read or write in cursive.

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

entry arrow11:05 AM | The Fascination of The Floor



I’m enjoying Rob Lowe’s new game show The Floor but its fundamental flaw is that it will always favor, as the overall winner, a player who will be called in later episodes. He/she succeeds on the labors of previous winners, and just swoop in winning great swathes of territory often after winning only one duel, relegating exhausted previous winners to the exit. But here’s what’s fascinating: the show also obliquely offers insight on how capitalism works. Yes, life under capitalism. It perfectly demonstrates the grit of the rat race: how one tries so hard, often on skills not demonstrably your own, to win life’s little duels — but the biggest “landowners” can rest easy and win the big cash at the end of each episode. The ease of passive income.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

entry arrow7:00 AM | Poetry Wednesday, No. 175.



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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

entry arrow7:00 AM | Poetry Wednesday, No. 174.



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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

entry arrow9:37 PM | Arbour, Ardor

Work today was exhausting for both of us, but we still made sure we made time out for our annual Valentine dinner, and always on the 13th. The food at Arbour was exquisite, but spending time with each other was the feast. Happy Valentines Day, Renz Torres!









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Monday, February 12, 2024

entry arrow9:02 PM | Today is My New Year's Day

I needed the little vacation from social media [actually, just Facebook] for a month of two. But today, I felt some kind of resurrection: I finally finished something for work that has been the anxiety monkey on my back for the past three weeks or so, and I could feel my body heave with relief the moment I finished that. This came after spending most of January sick in bed, suffering from a severe bout of upper respiratory track infection — although I had to force myself to get up only because the new semester just started. Today was really my New Year's Day. How's everyone doing?

 

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Wednesday, February 07, 2024

entry arrow7:00 AM | Poetry Wednesday, No. 173.



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