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• Artists on the Future

  

  People have forgotten that every line, if it is to be harmonious , must express human joy and sorrow. And in what is called greatart, in sculpture for example,... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Yamulkas in Berlin 7:30

  

  Ronald Reagan in Bedtime for Bonzo“The mob hysteria over pedophiles has reached epidemic proportions and driven parents to panic. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• 2012 Spring Short Story Festival 62:91

  

  A story has a beginning middle and an end. It has a setting. It has characters/actors. It has a conflict. The conflict has a resolution These are the elements... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Yamulkas in Berlin 6:30

  

  Vasily Surikov 1848 - 1916 “No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns. Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Family Recipes

  

  Old Woman Frying Eggs 1618 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United KingdomPainting, Oil on canvas, 101 x 120 cm Diego... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Yamulkas in Berlin 5:30

  

  “We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ― David Mamet, Boston Marriage Goldberg Street by David Mamet(1985)... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 BOOKS

• Yamulkas in Berlin 4:30

  

  Rain-Droplets Up-Close“He spoke to her as if she could understand him, never in high pitch or in monosyllables, and never in nonsense words. This is milk that... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 BOOKS

• Family Recipes

  

  Grandma's Strawberry Passover Ice-Cream Wayne Thiebaud 1920 Movements: Pop-Art amtingredient2 pkgsFrozen Strawberries TwoLarge Bananas1/2 juice of small... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Old Time Radio

  

  The X Minus One Broadcast was a great radio program for the days of old. The tales will chill you to the bone, I promise. X Minus One was a half-hour science... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Currently Reading

  

  I am currently reading Danse Macabre by Stephen King. The book is a treasure map in locating the origins and influences on the Horror Genre. Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Yamulkas in Berlin 3:30

  

  Queen Esther, 2003, Oil on Canvas, 43 x 63 in by Orit Arfa “I felt unsteady as I lead Xerxes to his seat. Women in his kingdom were but dressing for a man's... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 BOOKS

• Yamulkas in Berlin 2:30

  

  “Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2012 BOOKS

• Yamulkas in Berlin 1:30

  

  However disagreeable the phenomenon may seem at moments of sensitivity it is seldom more than trivial. The dislike of Jews was a ready way for WASP literati to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2012 BOOKS

• Book Review: Jean Harlow

  

  Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow by David StennMy rating: 4 of 5 stars A fair and balanced overview of her life, the book was not a tell all (in... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2012 BOOKS

• Haiku Review of the Wasteland by Stephen King

  Haiku Summary of the Wasteland by Stephen King:Choo Choo Engine,stood before Roland the Braveasking mean riddles.Believe me there is more to this book than that... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Coming Up: Yiddish Traditions

  March-April were my favorite months growing up, as I loved spring, and spring brought me Passover. My grandparents Pearl and Alex Rothbard made Passover... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Dubliners and Wee Folk 7:31

  

  My First Protestant by Frank O'Connor“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 BOOKS

• Dubliners and Wee Folk 6:31

  

  Don Juan's Temptation (1948)“Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand.”― Mae WestThe Plain Facts Length:8... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 BOOKS

• Dubliners and Wee Folk 5:31

  The Man of the House(1949 first published in The New Yorker)“I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Book Review: Washington's Crossing

  

  Washington's Crossing by David Hackett FischerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars"Washington came like the bad weather."Why study history? What does it matter to me? Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 BOOKS