Posted in reseña on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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Brilliantly conceived, movingly enacted, grandiose in scope, this epic fiction intertwines the life of the miserable but gifted Mozart with the envious, correct, but ultimately mediocre Antonio Salieri. The result is a showcase of cinematic talent set to the score of some of Mozart’s finest music. (more…)
Posted in reseña, tagged fauna on July 30, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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These field guides are excellent resources for the novice, whether they treat of fauna like your region’s birds or flora like your trees. This is because they group each specimen visually for easy location: by color for birds and by leave structure for trees.
You can hardly find a better niche for getting a toehold on your Indiana backyard’s critters and trees. (more…)
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Because the approach of this splendid CD is so straightforward, its value may best be explained by a first-person account of a user.
I’ve been enjoying backyard birds in my home in Costa Rica and now in Indiana for many years. Yet I’ve only rarely felt confident about linking a bird’s song to its appearance. I guess I’m a visual guy. Birdsong sounded good but taught me almost nothing. (more…)
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The opening scenes of this mock-horror film, accompanied by the incessant cawing of crows, are terrifying, reminiscent of Mr Hitchcock’s mastery.
Then comes the humor. Rarely has so much ironic, self-deprecating humor been laid down so consistently in the Scary Movie genre. (more…)
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When people complain about the shallowness of all modern worship music, they haven’t heard Chris Tomlin. The singer has mastered Christian doxology that achieves true praise—the adoration of God rather than the introspection of self while one worships—by wedding language impregnated with biblical vocabulary to singable melody. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 30, 2007| 1 Comment »
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When I left a country and an institution I’d served for sixteen years, I received from fellow pencil-head Kelly Liebengood the Ideal Personal Library Embosser. I believe it may have been the nicest gift I’ve ever received and perhaps the highwater mark of Mr Liebengood’s unenviable life. (more…)
Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on July 29, 2007| Leave a Comment »
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This attractive, light-to-middle-weight stationery features colors in the beige range. As the product name suggests, light map-and-globe graphics create a watermark-like effect at a very good price. (more…)
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As a frequent note-writer, I recently made the leap to the fountain pen by buying two Cross pens, a couple of sets of the ink refills here under review, and a Mont Blanc ink fountain. (more…)
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Don’t skimp on quality when it comes to socks, ties, and ink.
As a recent immigrant to the world of fountain pens, I’ve enjoyed learning to write with two new Cross instruments. I started off with Cross ink refills that fit inside the pen, but have since discovered the joy of dipping. (more…)
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R.E.M’s fans love the fact that the threesome does not tinker overmuch with their successful recipe. Reveal is vintage R.E.M.: spare orchestration, Michael Stipe’s incessantly cool voice providing virtually the only vocals, stream-of-conscious lyrics that seem to say something deep even when—just maybe—they don’t. (more…)
