Day: February 24, 2019

The Winter of Our Oscar Discontent

Michael Siegel February 24, 2019

Time is passing the Oscars by. And I think more and more people are happy to...

Welcome to Ordinary Times 3.0 OTLC-launch

Welcome to Ordinary Times 3.0

Will Truman February 24, 2019

Stepping back to move forward.

Sunday Morning! Art that Everyone Should Know artist

Sunday Morning! Art that Everyone Should Know

Rufus F. February 24, 2019

Preach it! Who are the great artists that you think the world NEEDS to know about right...

Tedious Passtimes: Learning Solitaire CABriggs TPasstimes 5066 Solitaire

Tedious Passtimes: Learning Solitaire

Clare Briggs February 24, 2019

Laid out the cards all wrong.

Jaybird in reply to John Puccio on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?From what I understand, the original pitch for Stranger Things was a bunch of clips from a half doze…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreThere are plenty who consider "we tried and failed" to be morally justifiable in a way that "we didn…
John Puccio in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Similar to Band of Brothers.
Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaWe had to have a plumber out yesterday evening because some numbnuts in an apartment above us has be…
Philip H on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaAt 4% unemployment nationally these jobs will remain difficult to fill.
John Puccio in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Stranger Things was an extremely derivative sci-fi show aimed at kids. Parents watched it because of…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Until Prestige Television, you could be in Cleveland (friggin' Cleveland) for the big presentation a…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreIf it's sticky then maybe we'll regress back to the mean and we won't have to worry about anything.…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreWhat happens when you end up with a Baltimore? Point out that, even with Baltimore, Maryland has som…
Jaybird in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?If I were trying to define "Prestige Television", I'd probably ask for an example of Ten (or Twenty)…