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‘There was a prophecy I would come’: the western men who think they are South Pacific kings https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/27/western-men-who-dream-of-being-south-pacific-kings-vanuatu-prophesy

^ Same here. Also because I like to balance the portions, same for turkey, potatoes, and naps.

Sennheiser HD8XX are down to $949 https://drop.com/buy/drop-sennheiser-hd-8xx-headphones

Sylvère Lotringer, who popularized French critical theory in the United States, helped inspire the Matrix movie series, hosted conferences for counterculture celebrities, lent his name to a character in an acclaimed novel and a television series based on it [I Love Dick], provoked rants on Fox News and founded an influential publishing house — all while trying to outrun memories of a childhood spent on the precipice of disaster [damn Nazis] — died on Nov. 8 at his home outside Ensenada, Mexico, in Baja California. He was 83. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/books/sylvere-lotringer-dead.html https://www.artforum.com/news/sylvere-lotringer-1938-2021-87164

The annual list is out. NYTimes 100 Notable Books of 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/22/books/notable-books.html?referringSource=articleShare Just picked up Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun. Need to get more.

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Happy probably belated. Glad it went well.

For later...

Who else is up for the eclipse? It's truly an almost perfect night for watching endless clouds, but I kinda wanted to see the moon.

If anyone wants to feel better about their childhood and/or parenting skills and have 30 minutes to kill, check out Snap Judgement's Con Man Daddy episode. https://snapjudgment.org/episode/con-man-daddy/

^ Looks great. Thanks.

As the interwebs tend to do, this lead to many other recommended airflight discussions, landing on Aeroflot Flight 593. Is that one common knowledge? The one where the relief pilot let his kids take over the controls? Not to get all morbid, but...

CNN produced six-part The Story of Late Night (HBO). Informative, really entertaining, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. From 1954 forward. #fuckjayleno

Plus the Kobo has Updike.

Loong career. Gene Kelly, Dean Stockwell, Frank Sinatra in ANCHORS AWEIGH. With Myrna Loy and William Powell in SONG OF THE THIN MAN. Also with Gregory Peck in GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT.

RIP Dean Stockwell of Quantum Leap, Paris Texas, To Live and Die in L.A, Dune, and Blue Velvet https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/09/dean-stockwell-quantum-leap-blue-velvet-married-to-mob-dies-aged-85

One year ago today...

Bad luck, but good outcome.

Got in a Hemingway wormhole this morning. Two of them... Last interview

Sushi in America https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/11/05/magazine/sushi-us.html?campaign_id=52&emc=edit_ma_20211106&instance_id=44772&nl=the-new-york-times-magazine&regi_id=78835134&segment_id=73747&te=1&user_id=d8e28ecb31abfc66412f87150dbdd4c4

I'm not sure these notes are really useful for the Metaverse

If you’re able to forgo the Amazon ecosystem (I wouldn’t) why not look wide like Onyx or reMarkable?

Arooj Aftab's Vulture Prince, based on an Elvis Costello article where he said he had a little trouble finding new stuff until this one. Sample: