Friday, August 11, 2017

@2:30, 8/11/17

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1
Food

Make Breakfast

There’s no finer gift for those you love than some buttermilk-brown sugar waffles, waiting for them when they wake up.

I would leave the sugar out.
I could use malt.


Movies

Review: A ‘Good Time’ Was Not Had by This Critic

Robert Pattinson plays a not-too-bright bank robber on the run in Josh and Benny Safdie’s latest film, “Good Time.”

It is closer to personal than the reviewer likes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846232/
 
3
Style

Anger Rooms Are All the Rage. Timidly, We Gave One a Whack.

Who needs a therapist when you can pay to hurl crockery and shatter TV screens with bats and crowbars, with or without your beloved?

I suspect that creating things that are intentionally ugly
is a better revenge on the world.
Most of the problems with objects are in the code.
4
Sports

When the Premier League Puts Your Town on the Map

In places like Huddersfield and Burnley, the true value of a Premier League place is impossible to quantify in money alone.

https://www.theguardian.com/football

Part of being a fan is a confirmation of significance.

5
Books

A Fictional Trip Through the Highly Politicized World of Children’s Literature

In Julia Glass’s novel, “A House Among the Trees,” a renowned author suddenly dies, leaving his longtime assistant to untangle his knotty legacy.

I am sorry David Leavitt did not find the fantasy satisfying.
A soap always leaves the audience hungry.
It is interesting to realize these confections are intentional.
I will avoid A House Among the Trees.
Site selection remains a problem.

6
Arts

Glenn Ligon Rethinks the Color Line in the Show ‘Blue Black’

The exhibition, at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, draws together artists who put race on a spectrum of meanings that runs from polemical to personal and poetic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vDm1lomVHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZEmJ_XEAoQ

7
Crosswords & Games

Whatever it Takes

John E. Bennett and Jeff Chen get this puzzle done by any means necessary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VFuHj9_Tgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VFuHj9_Tgw
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

8
N.Y. / Region

Tensions Flare as Cuomo Confronts Democratic Rift

As pressure builds on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reunify Democrats in the State Senate, the group’s leader accused him of seeing only her “black skin” and gender.

The group caucusing with the Republicans is
seeing things . . . 
Cuomo is a Democrat admistrator.

9
Business Day

Beneath Markets’ Calm Are Signs of Growing Investor Caution

Stocks are modestly lower, while gold, a traditional haven for investors, continues to climb in value.

I am nervous.
Trump's happy talk is loosing effect.

10
Travel

Five Places to Go in Guatemala City

A new generation of innovative Guatemaltecos has reclaimed Cuatro Grados Norte, converting the enclave into the pulsing, bohemian hub of the city.

We can visit.

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