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Scene from my Gatsby life: “Hank, how do you spell ‘occulist'”?
Mia was pregnant. The Newport shoot wrapped before her baby bump blossomed fully into Fletcher Previn. Then, what Redford once, semi-sarcastically, termed “the big money, above-the-line” personnel, and the British camera crew and one minor Paramount executive made their various … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Scenes From My Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged "Eyes of TJ Eckleberg", "The Great Gatsby" 1974, Daisy Buchanan, Fletcher Previn, Gatsby, Hank Moonjean, Jack Clayton, John Box, Mia Farrow, Pinewood Studios, Robert Redford, Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Theoni Aldredge
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For my fellow urbanites: same genius, different subject
Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the way down, but after we passed the Hampshire border he threw them down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Culture, MAGA, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Are cities more dangerous than country life?, Arthur Conan Doyle, Baker Street London, Dr. Watson, is Portland a "war zone"?, Sherlock Holmes
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A scientific genius expresses his view of RFK, Jr and others of his ilk
“This is indeed a mystery,” I remarked. “What do you imagine that it means?” “I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, MAGA, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged "A Scandal in Bohemia", Arthur Conan Doyle, data versus theories, RFK Jr, Sherlock Holmes
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