Maggie's FarmWe are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for. |
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Sunday, September 2. 2007Hey Joe
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MeninaYou can see the details of the restoration of the Menina, a 1963 wooden Robb cruising sloop, here. A big project with a pretty result. She looks like a gull.
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Saturday, September 1. 2007Fleming/Strauss
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Friday, August 31. 2007Schubert's "Trout"
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The foul ball Rolling Rock ad
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Margaret Wise Brown"Born at sea in the teeth of a gale, I had a dog named Scuppers ("Scuppie" to close friends), who died young. He was a good boy, and a far better (ie, half-competent - liked to chew birds) retriever than my current goofy but love-intoxicated pup. I am remembering him now because he died at this time of year a few years ago. (His replacement is a nephew.) Margaret Wise Brown wrote Scuppers the Sailor Dog, along with a bunch of family favorites like Good Night, Moon: "A comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush" is how one of the splendid pups described our minivan in its usual get-to-school slovenly condition. Brown had a hard time getting published. Glad she finally got her stuff out, and with the wonderful illos. I don't know how you could raise a kid in this world without her books: the kids just won't "get it" without her.
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Fame
I see in our comments that I have a fan, or someone who claims to be. This could go to my head. Maybe a Fan Club will be next, with t-shirts and coffee mugs with my mug shot on them. I owe it all to my blessed Mother, to my wife who has always supported my efforts with never one word of criticism, to God, to my agent and, above all, to my fabulous publicist Bernie.
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14 Biblical ways to acquire a wifeThis came in over the transom: Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she's yours. Photo: A potential nice wife for somebody, but she is a bit too skinny. She needs a guy who can cook.
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Thursday, August 30. 2007Lucille
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The Homonym Game
Driving this weekend? Here's a car game we like: The Homonym Game. This game is mentally addictive. You are "out" when you get stuck. You win more prestige by using polysyllabic words.
see - sea There are hundreds of 'em so the game is good for at least an hour or two. Your brain will continue to generate homonyms for an hour after you quit and turn to counting Michigan license plates (assuming you are not in Michigan).
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From our Department of "Theo Will Say Anything" Department DepartmentWednesday, August 29. 2007Howlin' Wolf: May I have a talk with you?
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Tuesday, August 28. 2007Before it starts
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An oldie but goldie: Tea Partay, with New England Gangstas
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Another Saint-Gaudens photo
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Monday, August 27. 2007Is the "developing world" what you thought?
A big h/t to Confederate Yank for finding this astonishing video by Hans Rosling about the "developing world." He animates the data in a cool way. I wish it were longer.
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Pricing Tail
If you, like me, are not accustomed to pricing risk or pricing tail risk, then you will find this piece at Just One Minute an entertaining little math puzzle. Tom picks a nit with Michael Lewis, but I find this sort of thing fascinating. I'm sure it's just routine in the biz.
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The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down
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Augustus Saint-GaudensBorn in Dublin, raised in New York City, Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) epitomizes beaux-arts sculpture. The subject arises because a friend was banging around the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (his summer home) in Cornish, NH last week. This place was news to me, and my knowledge of Saint-Gaudens was minimal. His summer home has hosted artists like Winston Churchill and Maxfield Parrish, and was Woodrow Wilson's Summer White House. Photo is his sculpture of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, a mean, tough SOB - and it shows (Apologies to our Georgia readers, but don't blame Sherman. Blame Lincoln and Grant. Sherman was following orders when he fought and burned his way through Georgia).
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Candidate for Best Short Essay of the Year: A Dilettante's Guide to ArtMorgan Meis reviews 1001 Paintings You Should See Before You Die in a piece entitled A Dilettante's Guide to Art.
What I found especially useful about the review is that it puts Modernism in perspective - not as the End of Art, but just as another phase in a long, ongoing story of "what painters do." Here's a quote:
An excellent essay. Read the whole thing. Image: Kasimir Malevich's Black Circle Sunday, August 26. 2007Muddy's mojo
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Tea PartyI could not resist taking a couple of photos. The 16 year-old pup baked some cakes and stuff last night, and threw a Victorian tea party for her pals for after church. Croquet to follow. It's proof to me that there is hope for the American youth. And hats are fine things on ladies, are they not?
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Photos: Happy Birthday to a good buddyA birthday with an "0" in it, down on the coast last night. Nice views from the place, with some good-looking duck hunting spots to bear in mind for November:
Water toys ready to go: View from the driveway:
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Saturday, August 25. 2007Placido and Co. : It's cocktail hour - let's have a drinkie-poo
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