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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Turn Rupees to Scruples

Monday, January 26, 2009

Report: Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
Why, everyone should see Slumdog Millionaire. It’s a cross between Oliver Twist (book and any movie version) and WALL-E. Other lead characters: Fagin, Artful Dodger and Eve. The plot: fish-out-of-water-into-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire.
(Shouldn’t reviews now and then be as short as possible? Complete write-ups, not capsules)
In short, this is the best best-movie I’ve seen [...]

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Street Oath

Friday, January 23, 2009

CONWAY, Ark. — Circumstances kept My Beloved and I away from our inaugural plans. With a rough idea and a bit of luck, though, we became better witnesses to a slice of history. The Shady Hill manse is 959 miles from the Washington Monument so the biggest piece we could expect was a dieter’s sliver [...]

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Brace for Glace

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The news media were not allowed in to the Capitol’s Statuary Hall for the inaugural luncheon, a traditional meal hosted by the members of Congress who organized the overall ceremonies. Bloggers didn’t make it past Secret Service agents wearing toques. Fortunately, there were flies on the wall, despite the January temperatures. They did not care [...]

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Daze of Days

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Book report: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K Chesterton.
Thanks, Wall Street Journal. Allan Barra in the Dec. 29, 2008, edition considered this book in its centennial year, with details about the author and his diverse fan base that continues even today. Got it from the library, but I’ll be hitting Dickson Street [...]

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Connie Buie Elkins

Monday, January 19, 2009

I’m old enough and responsible enough that I no longer try to avoid funerals. I’m heading to one on Tuesday of one of my mentors, Connie. Now that I’ve attended a variety, eulogies have become fascinating. The best-intentioned speakers try to illuminate the mourners on less commonly known aspects of the deceased but alway end [...]

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On the Wall

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Should I get back into more frequent or even regular Brick postings, it will be in part because of waking today to an image of the artistic caveman.
It may have been the last scene of an otherwise forgotten dream, or just an isolated visual, conjured just before sitting up.
The fellow chooses a charred stick from [...]

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