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COURSERA'S COURSE ON GREEK MYTHOLOGY (REVISED)
N C Wyeth did a good job on the Odyssey. I wonder why none of the translations I've seen use these pictures?These are oil paintings, approximately 4' X 3'.Anyway, what I really want to talk about is...
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THE NEXT STEP IN CANINE EVOLUTION
I'll start with two questions: the first, will dogs of the future fly? Yes of course they will. They already fly if you count travel in airplanes. Geez, dogs have even been in space. When the day comes...
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MY DINNER WITH MIKE
Er...change that to read, "My LUNCH With Mike." I didn't get any photos of Mike because he wouldn't co-operate.Anyway, the lunch was this Saturday and we both had a recent acquisition to show. Mike...
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THE NEXT POST......
Milt told me that had Bob lived he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this month. Gee, I miss the guy. I miss the man and the filmmaker. The revolution he provoked at Warners in the 40s is still...
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THEORY CORNER REVIEWS "WRECK-IT RALPH"
Or rather I'll comment on the villain of that movie, King Candy. First, a disclaimer: I've only seen the first half of "Wreck-it Ralph" so I'm in no position to judge the entire film. King Candy...
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HOW I SPENT MY SATURDAY
I had a great Saturday! For one thing I got to hand out the coveted Theory Corner "Percy" Award, named for Percy Dovetonsils. The Percy, for those who've forgotten, is an award for excellence in...
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ADVICE FROM MILT
INT. FAST FOOD RESTAURANTMILT: "High Eddie! Am I late?"EDDIE (VO): "No, no. Have a seat."MILT: "What's the matter, Eddie? Why so glum on this wonderful day Mother Earth has given us?"EDDIE: "Glum? Do I...
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YOUNG WOMEN VS. OLDER WOMEN
Let's face it, young girls haven't seen much of life. They don't have...depth. They lack.......they lack "gravitas."They're always lost, always spilling things, always tripping over curbs.Older women...
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BRING BACK 'THE CRISIS MEETING!"
No wonder Vaudevillians made so much progress in such a short time; they believed in holding crisis meetings. When an act failed to get a "wow" response, the troupe held a crisis meeting the moment the...
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STORYBOARDING THE GANG CARTOON
Storyboarding the Gang CartoonSeventy years ago you could do a cartoon with nothing but a rabbit and a hunter and everybody loved it. No more. Something about modern life requires many people on the...
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MY TRIP TO DISNEYLAND
I've seen lots of vintage photos of The Mad Hatter (above) and I wanted to have my picture taken with him. Alas, he was nowhere to be seen.Horace Horsecollar's girlfriend (above) was there........as...
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T. HEE DRAWS EDDIE
This'll have to be a hastily done post. Workers are in the house tearing down a wall and with the din I can't think straight. Fortunately Milt recently gave me a couple of Xeroxes that readers might be...
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A VISIT TO THE GETTY VILLA
I just spent a large part of the day at The Getty Villa in The Pacific Palisades. If you live in LA you know that this recreation of a Roman villa houses one of the best collections of Greek and Roman...
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RETURN TO DISNEYLAND
Here I am, back at Disneyland! Many thanks to my anonymous friend whose employee pass made this possible! Here's (above) my tram which connected the parking structure with the park. Yikes, half the...
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WHAT IF HUMANS BEHAVED LIKE ANIMALS?
The other night I saw a nature documentary at John's house. It was about life in the ocean, how predation was a constant and how creatures were very good at hiding themselves and setting traps for...
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THE "NOT SO BIG HOUSE" (REVISED)
Here's (above) an interesting book: Susan Susanka's "Creating the Not So Big House." Actually, the kind of houses she's talking about aren't small, they're just not as big as most in their price range....
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