Movies and tasty dialogue
A Man for All Seasons, which was for a long time my favorite movie, has for a number of years been challenged by Babette’s Feast. Before that it may have [Read More]
The Incensed Professor
Great appeal to ‘The Crown’
Given the praise for The Crown, I signed up for Netflix to watch it. It is too early to weigh in after only a few episodes, but I can already see why Stuart Varney of Fox [Read More]
Still life
The mention of Zurbarán in my last essay leads me to recall another Zurbarán masterpiece, The Crucifixion in the Art Institute of Chicago. When I went to see the [Read More]
The Huntington Collection
Still Life in the Norton Simon Because it is by Zurbarán, Who paints Dead Saints as Still Lifes too, It costs more than you think it can – Much more than [Read More]
Is College a Good Thing?
I claim enough academic experience to have unwavering opinions on the nature of the modern academy. I have been a student at grand universities and small colleges, famous [Read More]
Homeward bound
It was a slight relief to be back on board the Queen Mary 2. The barricades protecting the sidewalks on London Bridges reminded one of the dastardly Islamic terrorists who [Read More]
Incensed Professor: London – last day
My last day in London began by my stopping by Dunhill to have a silver pepper mill I had been given engraved with my initials. It was a lovely gift from a lovely woman, and [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea: London
Today was the next-to-last full day in London. I am staying in a central London with a great view in the distance of Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, and the Union Jack [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea: English drink
The two types of drink I associate with England are cups of tea and pints of beer – or in my case, pints of hard cider. I find pubs much nicer than American bars; it [Read More]
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