I’m leaving out of my answer the role of mtf transgender performers in the transaction—on which see Do real transsexuals and “shemale porn” have nothing in common?, and the transactionality, on which see Is it wrong of me to enjoy “shemale” porn? I know it’s degrading and fetishizing, but what can I do about the […]
I resisted watching this. I did not want to watch a show about how the terrorists are out to get us, and the president is some Action Man, and “Kaboom Kablooey Ergo No Habeas Corpus”. In other words, I have made a point of never seeing 24, and I did not want to watch 24 […]
A2A by Michael Masiello, Edward Conway, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand I can neither confirm nor deny that the following is a depiction of Michael and Edward encouraging me to answer this question: The brutal history behind some of Parliament’s unusual traditions | Metro News (And I mean, if it did, then which of Edward and Michael would […]
Yes. In fact, Melbourne is a stronghold of the ’Ndrangheta, the Calabrian Mafia: Honoured Society (Australia). Their main business these days is drugs. They will turn up in the papers maybe once a year. There was also the spree of Melbourne gangland killings from 1996 to 2010, in which the ’Ndrangheta was only one of […]
Symphonies: The 5th is the standard introduction to Shostakovich. The 9th is small, but has all the hallmarks of true Shostakovich. It’s how I got started. The 7th is populist (rat-tat-tat-tat-tat), but its slow movement is sublime. The 24 Preludes and Fugues have something for everybody. Answered 2016-12-19 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/Where-should-I-start-with-Shostakovich/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]
If you are a believer in a religion with an afterlife, as others have said, you are doing something about it. If you’re an atheist? You accept it the same way you accept other unpleasant facts about life. Grudgingly and gradually. When I was in my late 20s, I resented the fact that one day […]
The Founder (film) – Wikipedia—The Founder (Rotten Tomatoes)—The Founder (2016) (IMDB) Just seen. Biopic about Ray Kroc and Richard and Maurice McDonald. Good, well crafted film, I thought. Amazing and subtle performance by Michael Keaton. Susceptible to the cliches and annoyances in plotting of a biopic, including the mandatory flashback setpieces (though the setpiece here […]
I got a related question in my feed a few weeks back. I passed, but I kept thinking I should answer. Yesterday, Tamar and I had stopped off on the way to a work Xmas BBQ, for her to pick up cheese and for me to pick up caffeine. The shopping centre blasts out Christmas […]
In the order that I recall then: The delightful Australianism Nicko: only once from a blokey geography teacher. Acka Nicka in my local high school (where I mercifully only stayed a year), because of my premature acne. Nick Squared in my elective high school, because Nick Nicholas. NSN as an undergraduate, because I used to […]
The world was blessed, that a US president should take so much interest in foreign policy, and stake his posterity on it. The world was cursed, that Nixon was that president, and he squandered so much of his foreign policy on political point-scoring. From my reading: His biggest legacy was opening up China, and he […]