Here's a few items that I seem to be telling people about quite a bit lately. You may want to check them out. The Magic Bullet – Tasty, Healthy Drinks! I had a juicer for many years and barely used it because it was so difficult to prepare the food and to clean. A NutriBullet creates […]
Recommended Stuff Summer 2014 Edition: A TV Mystery, Hunger Games-like thriller, superhealthy tasty drinks
July 4, 2014 by
The Boston Musuem of Fine Arts Colorfully Lit Up at Night
April 10, 2014 by
The Boston MFA is having some colorful light show this week to highlight their new colorful quilts exhibit. It is pretty cool. Here's a few pictures of the front entrance which is lit up, and a couple of the back with the Indian Hunter and Pronghorn Antelope statutes. Click the picture for larger versions. […]
Van Gogh’s “Road with Cypress and Star”: Analysis and Background
May 13, 2013 by
Van Gogh's Road with Cypress and Star (aka Country Road in Provence by Night) from WikiCommons I have a print of his one hanging in my living room and it has grown on me quite a bit over the last year. I like the juxtaposition between the dark foreboding sky and the light path with […]
2 Good New Boston Based Fiction Books about Technology (MIT) and Art Forgery
December 1, 2012 by
The empty frames in the Gardner Museum from the infamous heist are the backdrop to B. A. Shapiro's "The Art Forger" I've just read two new novels that are set in Boston which are very good. They each do deep dives into specific times and areas that are really interesting, give you a glimpse into […]
World War II Anti-Prostitution Posters: Donald Duck Needs a Condom!
November 25, 2012 by
There are many great World War II great posters that were used to inform and influence the public. These anti-prostitution posters brought some urgency to the real problem of sexual diseases srpeading among the military personnel. Some of these are pretty scary, and some seem really funny now. From otisarchives3 on Flickr […]
1920’s Prohibition Posters: Do It for the Children!
June 27, 2012 by
Poking around the web the other day I came across some prohibition posters and they were pretty scary. Here's a few of them so you get an idea. Some arts of work and some harsh propaganda. Seeing so much nationmalism built into the message is not surprising. And it was for the children!!! Nationalism is […]
The Google World Wonders Project – Visit Historic Sites Around the World
June 11, 2012 by
The Google World Wonders Project takes advantage of Google's Street View technology to create viritual visitation of wonderous sites all around the world just like they did with the Google Art Project. Here's Google's quick summary of what the project is: The World Wonders Project enables you to discover 132 historic sites from 18 countries, […]
The Biggest Art Heist Ever: Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – March 1990
May 6, 2012 by
UPDATE 3/17/2015: The Boston FBI claims they know who pulled the job off, but they are deceased: “We have a high degree of confidence that we know who did this,” said Pete Kowenhoven of the FBI in Boston. Kowenhoven says the two suspects are now dead. “Two individuals that dressed up like the Boston Police […]
Charles Bukowski’s Poem on Death: “a song with no end”
April 17, 2012 by
when Walt Whitman wrote, "I sing the body electric" I know what he meant I know what he wanted: to be completely alive every moment in spite of the inevitable. we can't cheat death but we can make it work so hard that when it does take us it will […]
The Google Art Project and WikiPaintings: The Art World at Your Fingertips
April 2, 2012 by
The art projects in the works for some time offer some great new ways to look at museums and the life works of artists. The Google Art Project I had not heard of The Google Art Project until a couple of weeks ago and it is very fun to play with. Google is using their […]