First Looks category archive
These Modern Times 0
Nostalgic Afterthought:
When I was a young ‘un, it was always a big day when the Sears and Montgomery-Ward Christmas catalogs arrived in the mail.
They kept us out of our mother’s hair for hours.
Hoist on the Elmer Gantry 0
Above the Law looks at feedom of religion as practiced at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University.
A Picture Is Worth 0
(Me, I’m working my way through a volume of 200 Washington Post Sunday crosswords.)
G-Farce 0
El Reg is less than amused that a major British media personality was legitimizing the loony theory that 5G cell phone towers are somehow responsible for a respiratory virus. Here’s a snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Twits on Twitter 0
We have two pandemics. The other one is a pandemic of the venally stupid (or is it the stupidly venal?–but I quibble).
A Tune for the Times 0
Via my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
Remain Calm. There Is Nothing To See Here. 0
However, our nearby Waffle House is among the closed.
The Day the Music Died Went on Hiatus
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For several years, we have enjoyed series tickets to concerts by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra (a damned fine orchestra which will be celebrating its centennial next year; their performance a couple of years ago of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, my favorite piece–narrowly beating out White Rabbit–was breathtaking).
Regardless of the genre, there’s something about a live performance . . . .
This evening, I received an email from the VSO stating that all performances until mid-April are being postponed because of the coronavirus. Rescheduling details are still being worked out . . . .
Break Time 0
Off to Drink Liberally.
Drinking Liberally Virginia Beach Thursday 0
Join us for fellowship and camaraderie and to discuss living in an age of actual viral viruses.
When: Thursday, March 12, 6 p. m.
Where:
Croc’s 19 Street Bistro
620 19th Street (Map)
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A Question of Identity 0
Does the individual described in this article remind you of anyone?
The Artfulness of the Con 0
Barry M. Mitnick explores why even persons who don’t consider themselves gullible get gulled.