Senses working overtime #387

1 Tartle (and other perfect words with no English equivalent)

Photo by HIVAN ARVIZU @soyhivan on Unsplash

2 Seventy greatest comedies of the 21st Century

3 The 100 greatest TV shows of all time

4 Fifteen of NASA's coolest inventions that regular people use

5 Understanding platonic male friendships

Overtime: Is this (a braindead legal judgment) the beginning of the end of the internet?

Senses working overtime #241

1 Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker

It's finally here. Here's a great piece centred on JJ Abrams and then the final trailer.



2 Poetry corner

1: Have a Good Time

This is a poem. Take it. Pack it up
the mountain. You will meet a man
who says it is an ice-axe. Give it to him. Tell him

he should take it out to sea until
he meets a man who calls it a harpoon.
Follow. Watch them. Let them fight about it. 

Robert Bringhurst (1975)

3 50 Best TV shows of the last ten years

Mr Robot

According to Rolling Stone Magazine

4 Kiss

Why humans kiss

5 Scooter and the Big Man
Their last performance together. Rest in peace, Clarence.

 

Overtime: I hate being late...
and I'm married to someone who is often running late. She doesn't read this blog, but if she did she might enjoy this piece :-)

Senses working overtime #122

1 National Geographic photography awards

Pretty much doesn't get any better than this. Love this mirror image and here's more.

2 Welcome to the golden age of television

In case you were wondering, that would be right now! And I thought I'd lived through it in the sixties/seventies!

I love that photo of the writer as well. The couch, the array of pictures, her pose, the coffee table, the skirting board. All, very, cool.

3 Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey: I Needed Color from JC on Vimeo.

Genius artist!! Who knew (well, obviously, apart from him!)

4 Interview questions
Great list of things to ask your next interviewee.

5 3D Coke advert in Times Square


3D Coke Sign in Times Square from Loren Brinton on Vimeo.

I love Coke adverts!  

Extra texture
If you are NOT one of the 31 million (and growing) people who have watched this amazing animated history of JAPAN vid on YouTube, then WATCH IT!!