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Saturday, June 29, 2024

For Emma Watson’s old Dragon School* (and Henry Miller**) —

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And, more recently, "a war college for dragon riders" . . .

From the post-McCaffrey genre known as "romantasy" . . .
Fourth Wing The "arch up" scene — was quoted in
The Wall Street Journal  last night at 9 PM EDT —

* See a post of April 10, 2022.

** See a post of April 29, 2024.

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Opus Pistoris*

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* Title derived from the original title, Opus Pistorum , of
Under the Roofs of Paris, by Henry Miller.  In Latin, that
title means Opus "of the millers," or "of the bakers."

This post was suggested by the April 25 death of a French cultural figure
reported today by The New York Times .

Related reading —

Friday, May 3, 2024

Another Day, Another Trailer

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But first, a word from our sponsa

Miller Class: The Screws

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Related entertainment . . .

A Warren Area High School Key Club IG post of Nov. 10, 2023, and,
on that same date . . .

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Emily in Rome: The Stunt Double

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See as well . . .

Marcela in Hollywood The Stunt Double

Also on the above MaXXXine promo YouTube date . . .

Related viewing — The Apprentice

Roman Spring:  Latin Numerology

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Vuelo de Brujas

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"Ay, que bonito es volar . . ." — Song lyric.

And, for a somewhat different audience —

See also  this  journal on the above YouTube date — Aug. 23, 2014 —
in a Log24 search for "Signifying Nothing.
"

Monday, April 29, 2024

Miller’s Class:  The Big Sur Game

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Meanwhile . . .

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Emily (Stone) in Paris

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Related reading . . . Annals of Journalism

NY Times Archive: Miller's Paris Roofs, Steve Martin's Two Brains, and Psycho II

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Product Placement:  First Tango in Paris

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Cheesecake for Princeton

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From the previous post . . .

A color analogy — The orange and black (Princeton colors) in the above
conference schedule suggest a recent screengeek image . . .

Related geek lore —

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Blue Czech Marks for Magnates

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Byron Gogol is a tech magnate in the HBO series "Made for Love."

 

See also Mykonos in this journal and . . .

 

"Use your noodle!"

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