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Diary, Must Know

Unite Against the Power Nap Killers!

by: PeterDecember 23, 2003

For the last 20 years I have taken almost daily refreshing power naps. Now the guardians of pseudo disclipine want to banish this smart daily routine from the work place. I fear that we may be returnig to the dark ages of knowledge about human productivity. SUE SHELLENBARGER filed in today’s Wall Street Journal [Read More]

Classical, Music

Rachmaninoff’s “Variations Number 17”

by: PeterDecember 22, 2003

Variation Nr. 17 on a theme of Paganini is a very beautiful piece. One does not have to have much experience with classical music to grasp and enjoy the sense of drama and celebration that Rachmaninoff was able put into this composition.

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Humor, The Best

A Few Questions

by: PeterDecember 22, 2003

How can you make holy water at home? You boil the hell out of it. How do crazy people go through the forest? They take the psycho path. What do fish say when they hit a concrete wall? Damn! What do eskimos get from sitting on the ice too long? Polaroids What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t [Read More]

Books, Fiction

Collected Fictions of Jorge Louis Borges

by: PeterDecember 21, 2003

I have lately become quite enchanted with Jorge Luis Borges. What a pitty that he did not get the Noble Prize for his work! I hereby bestow upon him the Murmann Prize! If you don’t enjoy his work, write to me and I may give you back the money you spent on Borges. Read his story borges_1

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Long live the Murmann Brewery!

by: PeterNovember 30, 2003

I learned today that there is a Murmann Brewery in Germany. Shirley Maclaine claims to have lived before as a different person. If Shirley’s views on reincarnation are correct, I may have founded this this small little brewery in Untersiemau in 1862. The only evidence I have for this is my joy of “Weissbier.” My liking

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Ali

by: PeterNovember 29, 2003

An interview with Will Smith, in which he described all the preparations that he went through to play “The Champ,” intrigued me enough to rent the video despite the fact that the film was a failure at the box office. I did not get beyond minute 15. This film bombed not because it was too

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Mystic River

by: PeterNovember 18, 2003

After launching a frontal assault on intelligent film making with “The Bridges of Madison County”, Clint Eastwood redeems himself with this beautifully directed psychodrama. Mystic River explores the complexities of human relations, following three kids from the playground to the difficultities of living an adult life in the very same neighborhood in which their experience

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Comedy, Movies

High Fidelity

by: PeterOctober 26, 2003

The movie is billed as a comedy. It is not much of one. It is a diary of a man whose girlfriend just walked out and who starts callling old girl friends to find out why they all rejected him. The situation is ripe with comic potential but the narrative lacks power and leaves one

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Drama, Movies

Lost in Translation

by: PeterOctober 9, 2003

I have never seen a movie quite like this one. It reminds you of a poem. But here most of the work is not done by words but by images. Bill Murray’s performance has received raving reviews. For me, it was not Bill Murray’s acting that made the movie interesting, but the novelty of how

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Comedy, Movies

“School of Rock” Rocks

by: PeterOctober 5, 2003

If you like popular music and if you like to laugh, this movie is pure joy. I haven’t cried in laughter so much for a long time. Jack Black’s acting performance itself is a joy to watch. He deserves an Oscar for the gig.