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Another Fish Tale
Look, it’s exciting to see a Great White Shark of any size cruising alongside one’s seaworthy vessel, but there is a tendency (as with everything, these days) to exaggerate to the point of … well, gross exaggeration. The white shark seen in THIS CLIP was/is hardly a 15-20ft. monster, as described in the accompanying article, even without benefit of any proper marker or accompanying … Read More Another Fish Tale
There Are Grains of Truth (and Sometimes Chunks of an Altar) in Every Folktale
The remnants of a 2nd Century CE Roman shrine have been discovered beneath the site of St. Martin’s Cathedral in Leicester, England, confirming centuries of “folktale” tradition. Just goes to show you: memories linger in continuous societies. ___________________________ #Archaeology #Leicester #RomanTemple #StMartinCathedral #England #Folktales #AncientHistory #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Grease-Fires are Too Merciful for these Art Murderers
“Sensitivity readers” my ass. You’re Orwellian devils. If you ever meet me and tell me that you are a “sensitivity reader,” prepare to make tracks. ___________________ #YesItIsExactlyThat #Orwell #LatePhases #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Wait’ll You See the AI Stuff Replacing all that Dusty Crap in the Louvre!
So, such and such claims it’s a coinkydink that actual human writers are being laid off and replaced by Artificial Intelligence “journalists”. Whull. Color me shocked. For crying out loud, either this phenomenon is already in full swing at many major media outlets or else it might as well be, because a lot of current news copy (whoever/whatever is writing it) reads like something … Read More Wait’ll You See the AI Stuff Replacing all that Dusty Crap in the Louvre!
More About the Barnes & Noble Renaissance
Interesting STUFF from the Wall Street Journal regarding the upswing in Barnes & Noble Booksellers’ fortunes. It seems to me that the revival of the hallowed chain is due to variegated strands of cultural and economic influences and shifts, but one must admit that it is more than a little ironic that renewed focus upon a local, friendly neighborhood bookstore “model” (of the sort … Read More More About the Barnes & Noble Renaissance
Volubilis … Still on the Bucket List
I have traveled to the glorious scene of this ancient, ruined Roman city in Morocco since childhood, borne on the wings of enchanted imagination by Eleanor Hoffman’s “best kept secret” classic, Mischief in Fez. If global human civilization doesn’t lose its goob entirely in the next twelve years, I may pay an actual visit to the alluring, mysterious site, ever wary of empty oil … Read More Volubilis … Still on the Bucket List
Go For It: They’re All Programmed the Same Way …
… except AI would presumably be able to spell correctly and employ proper grammar as it skews the truth. _________________ #TooLate #AI #Journalism #SixOfOne #HalfADozenOfTheOther #Publishing #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Doubt Not That it Snoweth in California …
… for verily I say unto thee, IT SNOWETH. ——————————- #CaliforniaLiving #Snowfall #AuthorJonathanKieran #JonathanKieran #WriterJonathanKieran #CaliforniaLife #OnTheEdge #Wistwood #JonathanKieranTheAuthor #JonathanKieranMusic #JonathanKieranNewAlbum #JonathanKieranArtist #Jericho #JonathanKieranJericho #JerichoAlbum #WritersOfInstagram #ArtistsOfInstagram
Shark Hors d’Oeuvres?
I’ll be the first to admit that I have enjoyed noshing on foie gras on rare occasions in my life, but THESE TWO South African killer whales are getting way out of hand. Jurassic Park-type specialists need to engineer and clone the Megalodon species and then drop a few of them in the waters down there. See how the Orcas like that! Yep. (On … Read More Shark Hors d’Oeuvres?
Let the Monuments Draw You In … and the Food Keep You Dazzled: Conde Nast “Eats Across Egypt”
Conde Nast is still worth the price of publication, folks. Yes, even in this market that finds print magazines struggling to stay alive and forced to raise their prices to sometimes eye-bleeding levels, they deliver superior content. Beautiful monthlies like Conde Nast continue to rule the roost and remain stalwart beacons for the exotically inclined traveler. The free material they provide online perusers only … Read More Let the Monuments Draw You In … and the Food Keep You Dazzled: Conde Nast “Eats Across Egypt”
Make that Bad-Ass Manicure Go Viral, Lady
I’m more mesmerized by her bedazzled fingernail than I am by the fossilized shark’s tooth. People really pay for that kind of detail-work, much less “sit through it” while it’s being done? As a pleasurable activity? By the time a manicurist gets to the tenth finger (or toenail), the client has a good chance of becoming fossilized herself. Ah, well, to each his/her/its own. … Read More Make that Bad-Ass Manicure Go Viral, Lady
One (Even a Shark) Must First “Go Way” in Order to “Come Back”
A number of news outlets (mostly crap British tabloids) have been touting the “new sensation” stirred in the past couple of weeks by footage of the 17–20-ish ft. long shark known as “Deep Blue.” The admittedly gargantuan beastie was filmed in the waters off now-banned-to-shark-tourism Guadalupe Island in Mexico. Well, the footage remains impressive and, moreover, it has … remained. The material was first … Read More One (Even a Shark) Must First “Go Way” in Order to “Come Back”
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