Category Archives: Culture

What’s REALLY doing at the Kennedy Center? Rik and the Icks

Not what I posted twice, once as a disclaimer. But just when I thought I could forget about my gaffe (if you insist on perusing me gaffing, see above link), what did the New York Times do today? It published … Continue reading

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What possessed me to look at 2025 Kennedy Center scheduled performances?

UPDATE: THIS IS A SPOOF, OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THINGS LIKE THIS!!!! IT IS NOT MY SPOOF, I.E., I DIDN’T WRITE IT. I DON’T THINK IT’S GOOD SATIRE. GOOD SATIRE IS SO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH, A READER WITHOUT A … Continue reading

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Want a pluperfect example of opportunism?

From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he German company whose mechanical ladder was used in the Louvre heist utilized a photograph from the museum theft in an ad touting the machine’s ability to function as “quiet as a whisper” for “when you … Continue reading

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