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Hollywood: Mecca of the Movies - Blaise Cendrars
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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In 1935 Cendrars was sent to Hollywood to write a series of dispatches for the Paris-Soire.
He was there a total of two weeks, and this was the sum of his observations. Pithy, witty, accurate, the same-old-same-old portrait of Hollywood we've always known (and some grown to love).
Not his best, merely tabloid styled journalism aimed at the masses, although the illustrations by Jean Guérin rather reminded me of Toti from Edmonton (and my own youth). Amusing, a good read given how under the weather I was.
Confessions of Dan Yack - Blaise Cendrars
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Interesting, a follow up of Dan Yack following his Antarctic adventures, continuing in his adventures during the first world war, and an ill fated affair with a lesbian...
Cendrars, always good for his descriptions, change of view, but not "canon".
Eldritch Horrors
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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Still sick, fever, chills, congestion, general exhaustion. I've decided head & chest flu, sans vomiting or diarrhea, aching muscles, stiffness, back...
Not the worst I've been by a long shot, but the dreams!!
I can't even describe them. Beyond the pale of description, no visuals, merely cryptic glimpses into places beyond the reach of imagery, words, sensory experience, that would make me think that I've crossed into another dimension, I can make no sense of them, eldritch horrors, indescribably abstract spaces off of the map of human experience, no imagery, people, sense, sheets a knot of sweat made into a rope that I must climb to wake up, find something to drink, go back to bed...
It will pass, but man-oh-man...
Covid 19 Lab Leak leading hypothesis
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Blog
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I've been the wing-nut on the corner holding up a placard and saying this all along, so it's nice to finally get a little validation:
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/politics/covid-19-lab-leak-cia-ratcliffe/index.html
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