tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45218888500970759212024-03-13T13:24:20.119-04:00...and a little wine...Books and baseball, art and eating.
The aspiration to stay always young, always happy.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-69896329231377828202014-01-28T18:25:00.000-05:002014-01-28T18:25:19.108-05:00Stating the ObviousIt's been 2 weeks since I wrote anything here. Not that long, I suppose, but a lifetime for someone like me who is used to writing every day.<br />
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It's been a nice break. It will continue... and it won't...<br />
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I won't post here for the foreseeable future.<br />
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But if you want to talk baseball, come read what I'm writing at <a href="http://www.pinstripealley.com/authors/john-beck">Pinstripe Alley</a>.<br />
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And if you want to talk books, let's connect at <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/184708-john-beck">Goodreads</a> or <a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jscape2000">LibraryThing</a>, where I'll continue to post book reviews.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-36834675957417046252014-01-11T15:20:00.000-05:002014-01-11T15:20:00.409-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<span data-dobid="hdw">com·plete</span></div>
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<span class="lr_dct_ph">kəmˈplēt/</span><span class="lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off" data-log-string="pronunciation-icon-click" jsaction="dob.p" style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; margin: 0px 2px 4px 5px; opacity: 0.55; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;" title="Listen"><input height="16" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAcUlEQVQ4y2P4//8/AyUYQhAH3gNxA7IAIQPmo/H3g/QA8XkgFiBkwHyoYnRQABVfj88AmGZcTuuHyjlgMwBZM7IE3NlQGhQe65EN+I8Dw8MLGgYoFpFqADK/YUAMwOsFigORatFIlYRElaRMWmaiBAMAp0n+3U0kqkAAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" style="height: 16px; width: 16px;" type="image" width="16" /></span></div>
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adjective: <b>complete</b>; comparative adjective: <b>completer</b>; superlative adjective:<b>completest</b></div>
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having all the necessary or appropriate parts.</div>
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"a complete list of courses offered by the college"</div>
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entire; full.</div>
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"I only managed one complete term at school"</div>
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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+uncut&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CDMQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+unabridged&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CDQQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;"></a></div>
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having run its full course; finished.</div>
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"the restoration of the chapel is complete"</div>
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(often used for emphasis) to the greatest extent or degree; total.</div>
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"a complete ban on smoking"</div>
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skilled at every aspect of a particular activity; consummate.</div>
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adjective: <b>compleat</b></div>
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"these articles are for the compleat mathematician"</div>
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<i><a name='more'></a>verb</i></div>
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verb: <b>complete</b>; 3rd person present: <b>completes</b>; past tense: <b>completed</b>; past participle:<b>completed</b>; gerund or present participle: <b>completing</b></div>
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finish making or doing.</div>
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"he completed his Ph.D. in 1983"</div>
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<tr><td class="lr_dct_nyms_ttl" style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">antonyms:</td><td style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+unfinished&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CFIQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">unfinished</a></td></tr>
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<ul style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<div style="font-size: small;">
<div>
<span class="lr_dct_lbl_blk lr_dct_lbl_box" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #777777; display: inline-block; font-size: xx-small; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 4px 6px; text-transform: uppercase;">FOOTBALL</span></div>
<div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">
(esp. of a quarterback) successfully throw (a forward pass) to a receiver.</div>
<div class="vk_gy" style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135) !important;">
"he completed 12 of 16 passes for 128 yards"</div>
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</li>
<li class="xpdxpnd" data-mh="39" data-mhc="1" style="-webkit-transition: max-height 0.3s; border: 0px; line-height: 1.2; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-height: 39px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition: max-height 0.3s;"><div class="lr_dct_sf_subsen" style="display: list-item; font-size: xx-small; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 5px;">
<div style="font-size: small;">
<div>
<span class="lr_dct_lbl_blk lr_dct_lbl_box" style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #777777; display: inline-block; font-size: xx-small; margin-right: 6px; margin-top: -1px; padding: 4px 6px; text-transform: uppercase;">BRIT.</span></div>
<div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">
conclude the sale of a property.</div>
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</div>
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</li>
<li style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.2; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="lr_dct_sf_sen vk_txt" style="font-weight: lighter !important; padding-top: 10px;">
<div style="float: left;">
<strong>2</strong>.</div>
<div style="margin-left: 20px;">
<div>
<div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">
make (something) whole or perfect.</div>
<div class="vk_gy" style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135) !important;">
"he only needed one thing to complete his happiness"</div>
<div>
<table class="vk_tbl vk_gy" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(135, 135, 135) !important;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="lr_dct_nyms_ttl" style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">synonyms:</td><td style="padding: 0px;">finish off, round off, top off, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+crown&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CFMQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">crown</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+cap&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CFQQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">cap</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+complement&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CFUQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">complement</a> <span data-log-string="synonyms-more-click" jsaction="dob.m"><span class="lr_dct_more_btn" style="color: #1122cc; cursor: pointer; padding-left: 4px;">More</span><div style="display: inline;">
<div style="display: inline;">
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<div style="margin-left: -25px;">
<ul style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<li class="xpdxpnd" data-mh="65" data-mhc="1" style="-webkit-transition: max-height 0.3s; border: 0px; line-height: 1.2; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-height: 65px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition: max-height 0.3s;"><div class="lr_dct_sf_subsen" style="display: list-item; font-size: xx-small; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 5px;">
<div style="font-size: small;">
<div data-dobid="dfn" style="display: inline;">
write the required information on (a form or questionnaire).</div>
<div class="vk_gy" style="color: rgb(135, 135, 135) !important;">
"please complete the attached forms"</div>
<div>
<table class="vk_tbl vk_gy" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(135, 135, 135) !important;"><tbody>
<tr><td class="lr_dct_nyms_ttl" style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">synonyms:</td><td style="padding: 0px;">fill in/out, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&q=define+answer&sa=X&ei=pdXBUrncGsGTkQesoYCYDQ&ved=0CFcQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">answer</a><span data-log-string="synonyms-more-click" jsaction="dob.m"><div style="display: inline;">
<div style="display: inline;">
<div class="lr_dct_more_blk xpdxpnd xpdnoxpnd vk_gy" data-mh="15" data-mhc="1" style="-webkit-transition: max-height 0.3s; max-height: none; overflow: hidden; transition: max-height 0.3s;">
"complete the application form"</div>
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</li>
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</ol>
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Origin</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-18649726111178553782014-01-10T15:19:00.000-05:002014-01-10T15:19:00.351-05:00Happy Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I received an advanced copy of E.L. Doctorow's newest novel, <i>Andrew's Brain</i> from the fine folks at Random House, I was excited.<br />
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Although Doctorow's novels have been hit or miss for me (enjoyed <i>Ragtime </i>and <i>The March</i>, loved <i>Book of Daniel</i>, couldn't finished <i>World's Fair</i>), I am always on board with the prospect of unreliable narrators and stories about story-telling. And <i>Andrew's Brain</i> offers us a doozy.<br />
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Andrew is a cognitive scientist with a capacity of self-inflicted wounds. He describes himself as a haphazard scholar, an indifferent lover and a compulsive shoot-from-the-hip decision maker. His life work studying the chemical miracle that makes t<u>he brain</u> into <u>the mind</u> has left him without the superhuman deductive abilities he thinks such a study should bestow.<br />
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One of the things I like most about <i>Andrew's Brain</i>, especially compared to Doctorow's previous work, is the smallness of the cast. No personified masses in this novel; Andrew tells his story to someone he calls "Doc," who might be a psychiatrist or a prison warden or both. Andrew tells us about his two wives, and his two rivals for those women- his first wife's new husband, and his second wife's ex-boyfriend. The story told through dialogue, it has all the self-deprecating humor of <i><a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2012/12/book-review-portnoys-complaint-by.html">Portnoy's Complaint</a></i> without the sexual sensationalism.<br />
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As a small jab at modern literature, my wife and I divide our two bookcases of 20th and 21st century fiction: on the left are the lonely men, on the right are the awesome women. Like Roth's canon, Doctorow's newest work is the interior space of a lonely man, the kaleidoscopic tale he tells himself within the privacy of his head to keep trudging on in the world. Without giving too much away, Andrew's wounds are real, his trauma is rooted in the modern age. Andrew's story is told haphazardly, the punchline sometimes proceeding the joke, the aftermath often shown to us before the decision. It is, I think, about the way we piece our lives together and make sense of ourselves, even when that should be impossible.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-61823081594791026932014-01-10T09:30:00.000-05:002014-01-10T09:31:14.662-05:0030 Before 30: #19 DIY Night StandTechnically, goal #19 <a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/01/30-before-30-bucket-list.html">on the original list</a> was "Build a TV stand."<br />
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But something funny happened in May of this crazy year: we bought a house. And that changed a bunch of our priorities. In the 30 Before 30 Recap that I'm still writing, I use that excuse to explain away my failure to complete some of the higher ticket price items on my list like "Visit a new American metropolis" and "Go whitewater rafting."<br />
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But this goal just got changed a little. Instead of a TV stand for the office, a higher priority became a night stand for the bedroom.<br />
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So I built this:<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tef10bdzicc/Us__TXkCaHI/AAAAAAAAAts/FJ5q859uGVo/s1600/IMG_4544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tef10bdzicc/Us__TXkCaHI/AAAAAAAAAts/FJ5q859uGVo/s1600/IMG_4544.JPG" height="320" width="213" /></a>I am, I will admit, probably a little too proud of how this project came out. The drawers are only marginally functional, since <a href="http://www.thedesignconfidential.com/2012/08/free-diy-furniture-plans-build-ballard-designs-inspired-louis-xvi-side-table">the design I was working off</a> of didn't have any hardware on its drawers, I didn't really think of it until later, and my drawers don't fill the drawer opening vertically as closely as they would have needed to in order to be self supporting. So I wound up going back and inventing in the final stage of the project...<br />
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In retrospect I should have disassembled my drawer boxes and cut the pieces down so that there was room for metal drawer slides. Instead, I used a piece of scrap would and a C shaped plastic slider to create a center, under drawer slider.<br />
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So the drawers are small (I knew that going in) and require two hands to open. Lesson learned. The piece compliments Carol's night stand pretty nicely (I built mine wider and deeper than the plan, to match the dimensions of the one on the other side of the bed).<br />
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And while I was a little sad to paint it black, I'm was happy to bring back some of the cherry that forms the legs and top by distressing the paint job.<br />
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So now I take the things I learned in this project, and maybe I can apply them to building that TV stand in the coming year.<br />
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-38940906984216424712014-01-09T16:50:00.000-05:002014-01-09T16:50:51.011-05:00Doctor Zhivago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't really feel that I can do justice to <i>Doctor Zhivago,</i> other than to say that it is the best of the 4 films I've watched so far as part of my challenge to myself to watch 5 classics.<br />
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The cinematography, as with <i><a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/12/30-before-30-lawrence-of-arabia.html">Lawrence of Arabia</a></i>, leaves me unimpressed though I am conscious of the historical context. It is the love story that moves me, and <i>Zhivago</i> gives me the insight into the title character that <i>Lawrence</i> was missing. I would have liked to see Zhivago complete his walk home from his mistress to return, at last, to his pregnant wife rather than being whisked away into his two-year adventure through Mongolia. I doubt Zhivago was the sort of man who could have kept his promise to disavow his mistress; he does not seem, to me, to be a strong enough man to deny himself the joys of a second life (which is, after all, exactly the sort of life poetry allows a writer- the chance to step away from the everyday and things as they are).<br />
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The story of displacement, of military and social conscription, was fantastic and probably deserves a longer meditation than I have time for today. It's the sort of story (like <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i> or <i>American Pastoral</i>) that I could see as a touchstone.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-1247811715122267042014-01-08T16:56:00.000-05:002014-01-09T17:00:18.274-05:00Giving Up on Goal #2One thing that is clear to me, is that I was a bit... let us say "overambitious" for my <a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/01/30-before-30-bucket-list.html">30 Before 30.</a><br />
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I've read six of the top ten in the <a href="http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/" style="color: #38ae05; text-decoration: none;">Modern Library's Top 100</a>. This year, I want to read the other four: <i>Ulysses</i>, <i>The Sound and the Fury</i>, <i>Darkness at Noon</i>, and <i>Sons and Lovers</i>.</blockquote>
In the last year, I've read <i><a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-sound-and-fury.html">The Sound and the Fury</a></i> and <i><a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/10/review-ulysses-by-james-joyces.html">Ulysses</a></i>.<br />
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If I had really given the two books their due, they would each have been a separate item on a list of 30. It's not that I couldn't have read these four books within a year, but that I couldn't have read them and still kept up with all my other reading, the new and forthcoming books, the old favorites, the suggestions from friends. I wasn't willing to give that up.<br />
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So perhaps <i>Darkness at Noon</i> and <i>Sons and Lovers</i> will make my 31 Before 31.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-29067436438214161032014-01-04T15:01:00.000-05:002014-01-04T15:01:00.155-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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conducive to success; favorable.</div>
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"it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election"</div>
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giving or being a sign of future success.</div>
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"they said it was an auspicious moon—it was rising"</div>
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characterized by success; prosperous.</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-54970108238532342802014-01-03T15:00:00.000-05:002014-01-03T15:00:01.354-05:00Happy First Friday of 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-32875381832994628722013-12-31T14:15:00.000-05:002014-01-02T14:15:36.627-05:0030 Before 30 Reflection: Monthly To-Do ListsNew Year's Eve seems like the right time to reflect on a year, and #30 on my <a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/01/30-before-30-bucket-list.html">30 Before 30</a> was to make and keep monthly to-do lists of projects around the house.<br />
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This ambition took on added significant in May when we bought a house. Funny how the "to-dos" pile up quickly.<br />
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I wasn't as diligent about keeping a written list as I might have been. Though, one result of this goal is that I now keep a pad of paper in my car, since Carol and I make most of our to-do lists while driving. It's a fun little exercise, and I suppose being away from home makes it easier to reflect on what needs to be done without racing off to do it.<br />
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The things we've done that made it onto various lists have ranged from the simple and mundane (pick up the bedroom and living room) to the ambitious (paint the shutters and front door) to the complicated (organize the linen closet led to re-organizing storage in the bedroom, the guest room and both bathrooms) to the skill building (replace all the dingy off-white switches and outlets in the house with new, white ones).<br />
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I may not have kept this goal as fastidiously as I'd have liked, but it's the one thing from my 30 Before 30 that really improved my life. And it's simple enough that I'd really encourage you to try it. It's so easy to look at a day spent cleaning or organizing or working around the house as a day lost, but it's not. Just 4 or 5 things each month really left us feeling accomplished and it helped us keep track of how much we achieved.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-50552405642609125332013-12-30T13:18:00.000-05:002014-01-02T13:19:06.358-05:0030 Before 30: Lawrence of Arabia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Watching <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i>, one of the <a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/03/5-great-movies-ive-never-seen.html">great films I picked</a> as part of my 30 Before 30. left me surprisingly cold.<br />
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In part, I blame the pacing. Clearly, my modern sensibility can't handle a 4+ hour movie, and that's way too long for Carol to take in a single sitting. It took us three sessions to watch the whole movie.<br />
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But the second piece, the part I find counter-intuitively disturbing, is how post-modern the film felt. Lawrence achieves super-human heights rallying the Arabs to oppose the Turks and their German allies. He also endures tremendous lows, trying and failing to forge a Western democracy among the tribes, not anticipating their cruelty to each other or their conquered foes in the prison camp, and encouraging their lowest impulses in "taking no prisoners" when faced with the retreating marauders (who had committed war crimes of their own).<br />
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What disturbed me was how little insight we have into Lawrence. We see the things he does, but that tells us almost nothing of the man and his motives. Is he a supreme egotist, a genius, a lunatic? We can guess, but we know nothing definitively. And perhaps that dates the film- that David Lean was unwilling to fictionalize further in his epic biopic. What makes it hard for me to approach is that, in fiction, this is precisely the kind of story I treasure.<br />
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The cinematography was, of course, stunning. I can see the wide pan approach echoed in everything from <i>Lord of the Rings</i> to <i>Inception</i>. But, given modern access to images from around the globe, the cinematography can't be the main draw for me. The story, the characters, have to win out. And in <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i>, I couldn't quite decide if I was watching the story of a hero.<br />
<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-19996566175529549782013-12-29T16:04:00.000-05:002013-12-30T16:05:36.427-05:00Review: The Guermantes Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Would I have made it through <i>The Guermantes Way</i> without the plot synopsis and page reference numbers in the appendix?<br />
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More importantly, would the third book of Proust's <i>In Search of Lost Time</i> have scuttled my entire project to read his masterpiece?<br />
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<i>The Guermantes Way</i> was a bit like reading Leviticus (which I did in a different phase of self-abuse). It was dull, obsessively detailed, and light on characters. To be sure, Proust fills his book with important people, but they are people who were (I think) more important to the world outside the book or (I can hope) will be more important in later chapters.<br />
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The most valuable characters in this volume seem to be the grandmother, who does little but die and whose death doesn't impact the Narrator in quite the way I'd have hoped, and Albertine, who returns but is much less interesting than I found her in <i>Within a Budding Grove</i>.<br />
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Maybe my disappointment comes from growing to dislike the Narrator's social climbing and the incumbent attention to heritage. At the conclusion of <i>The Guermantes Way</i>, I certainly feel ready to write a screed against the bourgeois excesses of early 20th century France. These people are society, but they seem to do nothing, contribute nothing, and know nothing more than their own petty social caste.<br />
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And maybe my disappointment comes from the Narrator's growing dominance of the story arc. My favorite chapter to date has been "Swann in Love" from <i>Swann's Way</i>, and closely following it, the passages from the end of <i>Within a Budding Grove</i> featuring Albertine, Andree and Gisele. The Narrator needs to share the stage.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-52995697188491026922013-12-28T14:57:00.000-05:002013-12-30T14:58:14.266-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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cause (someone) to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken.</div>
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early 17th cent.: from Latin <i>enervat-</i> ‘weakened (by extraction of the sinews),’ from the verb <i>enervare</i>, from <i>e-</i> (variant of <i>ex-</i> ) ‘out of’ + <i>nervus</i> ‘sinew.’</div>
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Since visiting Baltimore <i>and</i> the National Aquarium <i>and</i> taking photos of things all occupy important (and acheivable) spots on my 30 Before 30, here's a few pictures from our recent trip to the National Aquarium!</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-6100735354222443032013-12-23T21:28:00.001-05:002013-12-24T07:09:19.584-05:00Two Days 'Til ChristmasWhich means just over 2 weeks to finish up what I can on my 30 Before 30.<br />
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<br />Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-85189208569299705692013-12-21T10:12:00.002-05:002013-12-21T10:12:46.954-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
<span data-dobid="hdw">ex·pe·di·tion</span></div>
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<span class="lr_dct_ph">ˌekspəˈdiSHən/</span><span class="lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off" data-log-string="pronunciation-icon-click" jsaction="dob.p" style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; margin: 0px 2px 4px 5px; opacity: 0.55; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;" title="Listen"><input height="16" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAcUlEQVQ4y2P4//8/AyUYQhAH3gNxA7IAIQPmo/H3g/QA8XkgFiBkwHyoYnRQABVfj88AmGZcTuuHyjlgMwBZM7IE3NlQGhQe65EN+I8Dw8MLGgYoFpFqADK/YUAMwOsFigORatFIlYRElaRMWmaiBAMAp0n+3U0kqkAAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" style="height: 16px; width: 16px;" type="image" width="16" /></span></div>
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noun: <b>expedition</b>; plural noun: <b>expeditions</b></div>
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a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, esp. that of exploration, scientific research, or war.</div>
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"an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco"</div>
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the people involved in an expedition.</div>
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"many of the expedition have passed rigorous courses"</div>
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a short trip made for a particular purpose.</div>
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"a shopping expedition"</div>
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promptness or speed in doing something.</div>
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"the landlord shall remedy the defects with all possible expedition"</div>
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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin <i>expeditio(n-)</i>, from <i>expedire</i> ‘extricate’ (see <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=define+expedite&sa=X&ei=sK-1UtjwKIGzsATNiYEQ&ved=0CEMQgCswAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">expedite</a>). Early senses included ‘prompt supply of something’ and ‘setting out with aggressive intent’ The notions of ‘speed’ and ‘purpose’ are retained in current senses.Sense 1 dates from the late 16th cent.</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-7851487535430312662013-12-20T18:16:00.001-05:002013-12-20T18:16:50.183-05:00Happy Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Friday before vacation. Happy Friday indeed.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-17625185637562166952013-12-17T12:08:00.001-05:002013-12-17T12:10:02.486-05:00Review: Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In <i>Monster on the Hill</i>, <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/rob-harrell">Rob Harrell of Top Shelf</a> has put together a story that is begging to be turned into a Pixar film.<br />
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The monster Rayburn isn't particularly excited about his job terrorizing the people of Stoker-on-Avon. But terror is big business in this Victorian world, and the town fathers enlist a local inventor to prod Ray into action. With a tag along urchin in tow, the trio set out to visit one of Ray's old school buddies to help restore Ray's self-confidence.<br />
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Unfortunately, while out of town, a real monster shows up. Ray and his friends must race back to Stoker-on-Avon to deal with the crisis.<br />
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A children's story with the right mix of morals and hijinx, my favorite part of <i>Monster on the Hill</i> was the brilliantly drawn world Ray and his friends inhabit. With bold colors and odd shapes, Harrell builds a Seuss-like world filled with quirks and just enough magic to keep the readers on their toes.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-11391915240252939412013-12-14T08:17:00.002-05:002013-12-14T08:17:31.143-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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noun: <b>travelogue</b>; plural noun: <b>travelogues</b></div>
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a movie, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited and experiences encountered by a traveler.</div>
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early 20th cent.: from <a href="https://www.google.com/search?es_sm=91&q=define+travel&sa=X&ei=4FmsUtuTLM-ysATktoG4Bw&ved=0CC4QgCswAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">travel</a>, on the pattern of <i>monologue</i> .</div>
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Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-77080873754465148642013-12-13T08:53:00.002-05:002013-12-13T08:53:55.365-05:00Happy Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And if I make it home alive...Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-91528022624237918952013-12-12T09:39:00.003-05:002013-12-12T09:39:39.823-05:00Birches by Robert FrostI love Robert Frost's digressions in <i>Birches</i>. His mastery of poetry is evident (to me) in the way he seems to wander away from his point, then shows you that he's had a slightly different point in his crosshairs all along.<br />
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But I was going to say when Truth broke in<br />With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm</blockquote>
And today is the kind of day <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173524">to read <i>Birches</i></a>. When you're tired but going on anyway, because that's what you do, and it's good that you go on. Because this is the right place to live, although you might like to get away a while.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-23771199879410547152013-12-11T17:00:00.000-05:002013-12-12T00:27:39.261-05:00Open Mic DayYou know the drill.<br />
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<a href="http://openmic.hazelandwren.com/2013/a-catalogue-of-unfinished-things/">Click here</a>. Comment.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-5188888368797754822013-12-10T13:08:00.000-05:002013-12-10T13:08:13.447-05:00Citizen Kane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Goal #22 on my <a href="http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2013/01/30-before-30-bucket-list.html">30 Before 30</a> is to watch five great movies I've never seen. Sunday night, Carol and I watched <i>Citizen Kane</i>.<br />
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If you want a thorough analysis of <i>Citizen Kane</i>, go elsewhere. <a href="http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=187">Here</a>, or <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-citizen-kane-1941">here</a>, or <a href="http://www.roundtablepictures.com/2007/07/kanes-rosebud-its-not-as-simple-as-you.html">here</a> are good places to start. I'm not steeped enough in the history of cinema to weigh in meaningfully.<br />
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I'm really interested in the development of the character. Kane is a blank slate in many ways; in the movie's opening scenes, his mother inherits a tremendous fortune and sends him off to have the most wonderful life that money can buy. Unburdened by the demand to be profitable, Kane is able to be successful- to develop a declaration of principles and to live by them. His convictions galvanize the people around him, or at least, they understand that in the presence of the money man, they are to act galvanized. One of the most telling scenes is the party to celebrate the success of Kane's newspaper, when Kane's friends wonder to each other how long it will be until the real world begins to corrupt their young leader.<br />
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I'm also interested in the framing tale. The reporter's search for the meaning to "Rosebud" gives the movie its forward momentum; it justifies the act of telling. The reporter's failure is a classic nod- Mighty Casey strikes out, Frodo can't bring himself to throw the Ring into the volcano after all, Oedipus is as Oedipus does.<br />
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I especially enjoyed how many shots from the opening scene were echoed in later shots, especially the long rise up to the top of the gate/ house echoed in the even longer rise up from the Opera House stage to the crew mocking the show from the rafters. It's a common device in comics, and it made the three hour movie feel connected throughout its acts.Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07405743957834555304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4521888850097075921.post-74184699258969531532013-12-07T10:00:00.000-05:002013-12-10T13:09:24.811-05:00Word of the Week<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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<span class="lr_dct_ph">ˈtrajik/</span><span class="lr_dct_spkr lr_dct_spkr_off" data-log-string="pronunciation-icon-click" jsaction="dob.p" style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; margin: 0px 2px 4px 5px; opacity: 0.55; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;" title="Listen"><input height="16" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAAcUlEQVQ4y2P4//8/AyUYQhAH3gNxA7IAIQPmo/H3g/QA8XkgFiBkwHyoYnRQABVfj88AmGZcTuuHyjlgMwBZM7IE3NlQGhQe65EN+I8Dw8MLGgYoFpFqADK/YUAMwOsFigORatFIlYRElaRMWmaiBAMAp0n+3U0kqkAAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" style="height: 16px; width: 16px;" type="image" width="16" /></span></div>
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adjective: <b>tragic</b></div>
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causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.</div>
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<tr><td class="lr_dct_nyms_ttl" style="font-style: italic; padding: 0px 3px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;">antonyms:</td><td style="padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&biw=1400&bih=1279&q=define+fortunate&sa=X&ei=vlinUrvjKI2rkQegiIBY&ved=0CEYQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">fortunate</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&biw=1400&bih=1279&q=define+lucky&sa=X&ei=vlinUrvjKI2rkQegiIBY&ved=0CEcQ_SowAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">lucky</a></td></tr>
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suffering extreme distress or sorrow.</div>
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"the tragic parents reached the end of their tether"</div>
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very bad or inadeqate.</div>
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"on the other hand, I like degenerate, tragic food"</div>
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of or relating to tragedy in a literary work.</div>
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mid 16th cent.: from French <i>tragique</i>, via Latin from Greek <i>tragikos</i>, from <i>tragos</i> ‘goat,’ but associated with <i>tragōidia</i> (see <a href="https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=119&biw=1400&bih=1279&q=define+tragedy&sa=X&ei=vlinUrvjKI2rkQegiIBY&ved=0CF0QgCswAA" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">tragedy</a>).</div>
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