Prufrock (if you're not subscribed, you're ill-informed) linked to a piece in the New York Times last week about vast quantities of fine that are locked away in storage in free ports around the world. (If you want to know more about that or what a "free port" is, I commend the article to you.) The … Continue reading Baseball Cards and Fine Art
Month: June 2016
How I Know I Work in a Hippy-Dippy Left-Wing City
In the small plaza across from my office there are two small pillars (plinths?). On top of each of these plinths (pillars?) is a small statue. Each of these statues is a woman. Each of these women is, apparently, doing yoga. In the nude.No, I'm not going to post a picture.
Pirates, Assassins, and Templars
The Assassin's Creed series has a lot of problems if examined at all closely. The gameplay does tend to be very repetitive. The underlying "philosophy" is half-baked and peculiar. The story isn't particularly inventive. By the same token though, there are some very viscerally satisfying moments. The slow-motion drop from a rooftop onto a target … Continue reading Pirates, Assassins, and Templars