The View from the Phone

TiVo has picked a few movies lately that I enjoyed; if you can find them, try these. Movies with Julie Walters, a British actress that I have learned to love this week: “Intimate Relations”, with Rupert  [more...]

For a year from September 2005, under the nose of the Panthéon's unsuspecting security officials, a group of intrepid "illegal restorers" set up a secret workshop and lounge in a cavity under the building's famous  [more...]

I’m a pessimistic guy, which is patently obvious to most people who read these little missives. My friend Jon, on the other hand, leads an optimistic and charmed life. Everything he does seems to be a rousing  [more...]