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July 24, 2015 1:35 pm. I have very possibly lived half my life, now. I don’t know why birthday #37 has prompted so much reflection on the finite, but it has. In addition to realizing that “young adult” status is now firmly over. It has dawned on me recently that this is probably as close to the midpoint of my life as it’s ever going to be possible to determine, in advance. Read More →. What next for the Democratic Party? June 26, 2015 11:39 am. Along these lines, then, let’s ask what liberals/Democ...
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Ian McKellan as “Mr. Holmes” | Matt Kuhns
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Ian McKellan as “Mr. Holmes”. July 26, 2015 5:19 pm. Watching the travel sequence that opens. I couldn’t help laughing a bit at repeated shots of the elderly detective frowning with disapproval, at basically everything around him, until he arrives back to his home and his bees. Having spent much of my time leading up to that moment mentally drafting criticisms of the cineplex, Valley View, the concessions, advertising, movie trailers I could not deny the amusing incidental caricature before me. On the wa...
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That far shore | Matt Kuhns
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July 24, 2015 1:35 pm. I have very possibly lived half my life, now. I don’t know why birthday #37 has prompted so much reflection on the finite, but it has. In addition to realizing that “young adult” status is now firmly over. It has dawned on me recently that this is probably as close to the midpoint of my life as it’s ever going to be possible to determine, in advance. This is something of a shift for me. Up until age 20 or so, the idea that I might live some way into the 22nd century or beyond s...
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Requiem for young adulthood | Matt Kuhns
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Requiem for young adulthood. May 29, 2015 5:07 pm. As I approach age 37, it feels like an era in life is closing. Both “young” and “old” are relative, at least for a big middle portion of life; I got used to being solidly in the overlap some time ago. The college seniors I interview at AIGA’s portfolio review, in recent years, have mostly been. Since I started high school. In Seth’s magnificent. 8220;young people” except by the broadest of relative definitions. Perhaps there is a lexicographical gap, her...
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democracy | Matt Kuhns
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Greek Crisis: Two Points. July 6, 2015 9:17 am. I have been glued to the news from Greece for about a week now. Most of this year, after years of ominous noises, I filtered out the regular repetition of such noises. The past week, however, I have had the. And BBC liveblogs open from the time I get up until the time they sign off. Yesterday’s referendum has reset things, sort of. At all events I’m ready to offer two comments, for whatever my perspective is worth. Read More →. July 4, 2015 6:46 am. All the...
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Greek Crisis: Two Points | Matt Kuhns
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Greek Crisis: Two Points. July 6, 2015 9:17 am. I have been glued to the news from Greece for about a week now. Most of this year, after years of ominous noises, I filtered out the regular repetition of such noises. The past week, however, I have had the. And BBC liveblogs open from the time I get up until the time they sign off. Yesterday’s referendum has reset things, sort of. At all events I’m ready to offer two comments, for whatever my perspective is worth. This way. I’m not in negotiation...It is n...
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Cotton’s Library | Matt Kuhns
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Discover what can happen to a museum-quality collection before it reaches the safety of a museum, and sometimes even after. The story of an embryonic British Library assembled by Sir Robert Cotton more than 400 years ago,. Reveals how a nation alternately persecuted, turned away, locked up and nearly neglected into extinction many of its modern heirs’ most cherished documents. Boasting masterpieces of medieval illumination, the sole manuscript sources of Beowulf. And Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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Ian McKellan | Matt Kuhns
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Tag Archives: Ian Mckellan. Ian McKellan as “Mr. Holmes”. July 26, 2015 5:19 pm. Watching the travel sequence that opens. Aided by this I have decided to skip all of that, and take the opportunity to dwell on positive sentiments. I was most pleased with. And recommend that anyone interested in seeing it before the DVD release get a move on. (Given that, based on local schedules, it does not look to enjoy a long theatrical run.). Sherlock Holmes represents a lot of things to a lot of people. El Capitan (2...
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pessimism | Matt Kuhns
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First 15 Lives of Harry August. December 30, 2015 5:57 pm. It has been another interesting year, and broader notes about that are coming. Among the many interesting experiences in 2015, though, I feel like recalling one remarkable book in particular:. The First 15 Lives of Harry August. By Claire North aka Catherine Webb. Except for their entire lives rather than 24 hours? What impresses me most of all, though, is how these have stayed with me now for many weeks since I finished the book. Themes and ...
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death | Matt Kuhns
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July 24, 2015 1:35 pm. I have very possibly lived half my life, now. I don’t know why birthday #37 has prompted so much reflection on the finite, but it has. In addition to realizing that “young adult” status is now firmly over. It has dawned on me recently that this is probably as close to the midpoint of my life as it’s ever going to be possible to determine, in advance. Read More →. Coming up this November:. The Anglophone left and discipline through -isms. Brexit Referendum, Two Weeks Out.
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