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Bruce Chatwin - What am I doing Here?
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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I enjoyed this, especially his descriptions of Afghanistan and the various characters - Lords, Dukes, Herzog, Gandhi - that he met or interviewed in his travels.
He's a pleasant, easy read that inspires one to travel, and meet more interesting people...
The Matrix: Resurrections
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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File this under "Nostalgia Porn". I loved the first of the trilogy, despised the second, never saw the third.
But for some reason I was persuaded - How? Why? To watch this.
Briefly - cheesy beyond belief, but - somehow, for some reason, I liked.
Now - to be clear - it was unnecessary, bad, irrelevant, or relevant only to those maybe that saw the original and wanted to relive a few memories that would better have been lived by seeing the original again. My "liking" in this is no endorsement, it brings nothing new to the series, it does for the original idea what Disney has done for Star Wars, a pure - unabashed - cash grab. So - I liked it - but - I also watched the entire "Mandalorian" series, and I smoke Pall Mall cigarettes and drink Smirnoff Vodka. SO - in review, utter garbage, but for some reason I got on the "Keanu" train and turned my brain off for an evening and it wasn't the worse thing in the world, but I can't in good conscience recommend it.
The Museum of Fear and Wonder
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Other
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Hmmm. This one's for you. Have you been?
No end to inspiration...
The Enigma Diamond
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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Less a treasure "Found" than a Treasure "Made".
A 55 facet 555.55 Carat Diamond goes up for auction at Sotheby's Dubai, home of the world's silliest money.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/enigma-diamond-sothebys-auction-scn-scil-intl/index.html
Now, this is NFT's or Cryptocurrency made tangible - the stone itself, hardly rare, or beautiful, it's an example of manufactured demand - cut perfectly to an Arabic version of a "Lucky Number", it's purchase is entirely designed to grant the buyer "status" - a preposterous luxury purchase of absolutely no intrinsic value.
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