If you are new to this blog, you may not know that Vel likes the world between 1920 and about 1950. It's often termed "dieselpunk", taking a riff off the concept of "steampunk" which is about alternate history for the Victorian Era. You of course can see I like the Art Deco style from the … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Dieselpunk, Max Raabe and his excellent songs
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What the Boss Likes – Mob City, and a few movies
In the last month or so, I’ve had a chance to watch a few things that I have found worth the time. The sequel to the first Thor movie, Thor: The Dark World was a lot of fun. The plot was simple but it gave a lot of chance for interpersonal interactions. Tom Hiddleston as … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Mob City, and a few movies
Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “expectations” of evidence or how presupposition can really screw you up
The following is my response to Ben’s comment on the Part 2 part of my interactions with him. This was the one about the evidence that Christians apologists think they have for their god. We got a bit off topic in the comments but it’s worth a post on its own. My response has gotten … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – “expectations” of evidence or how presupposition can really screw you up
What the Boss Likes – Some time killers for a Friday
While I'm sitting here listening to the soundtrack of Rocky Horror Picture Show (my husband introduced me to this when we first were dating), let me show you some cool links. Awesome photos of the tunnel projects in New York City: http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-nyctunnels/?cid=hero_media Planetary romance webcomic of the same genre as "A Princess of Mars: http://www.perilsonplanetx.com/archives/comic/coming-soon Hard-boiled … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Some time killers for a Friday
What the Boss Likes – Random things
Stuff I think more people should know about..... Reproductions of historical house bits that aren't mind-numbingly expensive (I just left it on the Art Deco since that’s my favorite): http://www.houseofantiquehardware.com/Art-Deco Articles on how to be “manly” but works for men or women, basically how to be an expert human being. Hot Cocoa for everyone: http://artofmanliness.com/2012/12/17/the-surprisingly-manly-history-of-hot-cocoa/ … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Random things
What the Boss Likes – All the Queen’s Men
Getting up early-ish on a Saturday sometimes has its rewards. I caught the movie All the Queen's Men, a comedy about World War 2. Those are always rather dicey to watch, but often are very good, e.g. To Be or Not To Be either with Jack Benny or Mel Brooks, combining enough deadly serious reality, … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – All the Queen’s Men
What the Boss Likes – Hard Magic by Larry Correia, and some political caveats about the writer
First off, I’ve just finished “Hard Magic” by Larry Correia. It’s very good, excellent dieselpunk with magic. I kinda wish it wasn’t. (BTW, I've tried to make sure that there are no spoilers about the book in this post. But as always, read at your own risk.) Why does it seem that so many people who … Continue reading What the Boss Likes – Hard Magic by Larry Correia, and some political caveats about the writer
What the Boss likes – Iron Sky
Dieselpunk is one of the many ‘punks out there. Back in the 80’s and 90’s it was cyberpunk, the dystopian future where corporations owned everything and computers were large and no one seemed to have a cell phone. I played Shadowrun, knew about Cyberpunk, read William Gibson and others, etc. Rather funny to now look … Continue reading What the Boss likes – Iron Sky
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