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"The Value Of Useless Knowledge" - Erwin Panofsky (1892-1968)
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Monument
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From 1935 by artist Kwase Hasui. Via Alexander's Cartographer. Kwase Hasui (1883-1957) was considered Japan's leading printmak...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Not All Disrupters Are The Same
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It's said at the end of this post from Assistant Village Idiot , one of the few long time bloggers who has not gone off the rails over t...
Monday, September 1, 2025
La Roque Gageac
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La Roque Gageac is a small riverside village along the Dordogne River which we first visited in 1977. Our most recent stop was in 2022 and ...
Sunday, August 31, 2025
The Cisco Kid Goes To War
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The Cisco Kid was a half hour TV series broadcast from 1950 to 1956 of which I have a vague recollection watching as a youngster. Starring ...
Outback
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Chris Arnade writes of his travels, mostly walking, through the world, with a focus on avoiding downtowns and tourist spots, observing how l...
Saturday, August 30, 2025
An Irreconcilable Conflict Of Principles
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"His Majesty's Government have thus been faced with an irreconcilable conflict of principles... For the Jews the essential point o...
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