tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post8724182091030799467..comments2024-03-29T05:03:05.347+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: A Green MeanderJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-39726669224156932822010-03-13T02:08:25.884+02:002010-03-13T02:08:25.884+02:00True Grit on tomorrow on TCM.True Grit on tomorrow on TCM.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-81057958274135614922010-03-12T16:32:59.529+02:002010-03-12T16:32:59.529+02:00I was surveyed by the Pew Center for the People an...I was surveyed by the Pew Center for the People and the Press the other night. The poll is supposed to be up at the end of this week. <br /><br />I often wonder who writes these questions. It doesn't give much wiggle room for the complexities of the issues. Lots of questions on health care, guns, and the census. <br /><br />I hedged my answers on health care because I'm sick of hearing avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-7626880850216669222010-03-06T16:41:53.287+02:002010-03-06T16:41:53.287+02:00here's a fun weekend meander for those who may...here's a fun weekend meander for those who may have missed it:<br /><br />http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/f5a57185bd/funny-or-die-s-presidential-reunionavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-13794523634374796542010-03-03T18:06:14.671+02:002010-03-03T18:06:14.671+02:00I'll put up a post, av, once I get through The...I'll put up a post, av, once I get through The Idiot, so we can talk more about it. Would love to get some feedback in the blog.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-44717748102750888962010-03-03T17:25:44.456+02:002010-03-03T17:25:44.456+02:00Yes, this one is definitely a costume drama, and o...Yes, this one is definitely a costume drama, and over the top in places. But from my understanding, they had a stormy marriage and Mirren doesn't hold anything back. <br /><br />Other than the badly miscast and mis-costumed young woman who almost looks like an extra who has wondered into the wrong set the first times you see her, I thought the movie was very interesting about the Tolstoyan avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-24583342835512519782010-03-03T10:03:54.584+02:002010-03-03T10:03:54.584+02:00Thanks av! Winding my way to the end of The Idiot...Thanks av! Winding my way to the end of The Idiot. Should wrap it up this weekend.<br /><br />I want to see this movie, but I have been disappointed time and again by British and American adaptations of Russian novels, so am not expecting much.<br /><br />Tolstoy is such a fascinating person in his own right.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-22610596085598863932010-03-03T06:51:31.444+02:002010-03-03T06:51:31.444+02:00Gintaras, your Tolstoy et al. blog is so great, I ...Gintaras, your Tolstoy et al. blog is so great, I don't know where to slip this in, so will mention it here.<br /><br />Saw The Last Station which the NY Times panned, but I really enjoyed.<br /><br />http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/450177/The-Last-Station/overview<br /><br />I thought it was beautiful in places and that Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirran were entirely believable. And the avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-8839877446130112022010-02-27T16:52:38.902+02:002010-02-27T16:52:38.902+02:00Spring is just around the corner, I'm sure of ...Spring is just around the corner, I'm sure of it, she says hopefully.<br /><br />And yes, as I recall, in the DR, he wanted the forests as sort of tribute to himself and did not allow them to be cut. <br /><br />Here's a synthesis of some of Diamond's other arguments, sort of a mixture of culture and history as well as environmental factors:<br /><br />http://www.theglobalist.com/avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49122130289870577402010-02-27T16:43:51.114+02:002010-02-27T16:43:51.114+02:00Looks like you are ready for spring, av.
As I r...Looks like you are ready for spring, av. <br /><br />As I remember from Collapse, Trujillo decreed conservationism in the Dominican Republic, setting aside great tracts of lack for conservation and woe be it to anyone to set foot in them.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-48528946953967313362010-02-27T16:29:38.067+02:002010-02-27T16:29:38.067+02:00Glad you like the picture -- and the music. It...Glad you like the picture -- and the music. It's been "cool" jazz all week, but I'm really enjoying this old R&B. Nothing like a little James Brown and Otis Redding to get the weekend going.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-72729421163120820842010-02-27T16:25:44.644+02:002010-02-27T16:25:44.644+02:00Nice pic.
I just tuned into that jazz station fro...Nice pic.<br /><br />I just tuned into that jazz station from Jersey. Sounds good!Tripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-18207345971363609332010-02-27T16:08:56.847+02:002010-02-27T16:08:56.847+02:00And in a real meander, I have been listening to a ...And in a real meander, I have been listening to a great jazz station online from NYC while I work. This a.m. it has some great R&B for the weekend.<br /><br />http://www.wbgo.org/listennow/wbgo_8000.asxavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-31036357248906303692010-02-27T16:06:36.976+02:002010-02-27T16:06:36.976+02:00I'm wrapping up the first draft of my forest s...I'm wrapping up the first draft of my forest service history and am using this quote from Gifford Pinchot:<br /><br />“The central thing for which Conservation stands is to make this country the best possible place to live in, both for us and our descendants. It stands against the waste of the natural resources which cannot be renewed, such as coal and iron; it stands for the perpetuation ofavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-29683042944700329532010-02-27T16:05:28.186+02:002010-02-27T16:05:28.186+02:00Looks like we need a new weekend meander....Looks like we need a new weekend meander....avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com