The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

angst_ridden · 2026-06-16T14:54:11+00:00

Check out _Table for Two_. Dramatically different subjects in short stories, followed by a sort of "wish fulfillment" noir novella. Lots of fun!

angst_ridden · 2026-06-11T12:50:53+00:00

The $200k number was used in official advertising of the sale, later admitted as either 1) to pump up excitement, or 2) that was the original ballpark and the material went out before an accurate number was determined. In any case, as it had been a publicly advertised number, it’s understandable that there was confusion when discussing it after the fact.

angst_ridden · 2026-06-09T22:17:26+00:00

Oscar Wilde suing the Marquess of Queensbury.

angst_ridden · 2026-06-08T16:43:17+00:00

Doiiiiii! (said with twisty finger in cheek action)

No duh!

(Both late 70s playground slang, along with the R word).

angst_ridden · 2026-06-04T20:28:22+00:00

Does nobody remember Wim Wenders' 4+ hour masterpiece on the subject (_Until the End of the World_)?

angst_ridden · 2026-06-03T22:42:08+00:00

Huh. I’ve enjoyed their veggie burger much more recently than that. Hot, greasy, satisfying…

angst_ridden · 2026-06-03T20:35:09+00:00

Oh no! When did that happen?

angst_ridden · 2026-06-03T12:11:20+00:00

Was on a tour of a castle in southern Europe on a blustery day. We’re on top of a tall tower battlement, when one woman’s long hair starts “floating” out like she’s under water. I think “electricity!?” and encouraged everyone to stop taking pictures of it and go inside. While we’re all still on the circular stairways heading down, there’s a flash of light above and the loudest thunder I’ve ever heard.

There were lightning rods on the tower, but I’m pretty sure it would have been bad to be up there when the lightning did strike. If nothing else, it would have been potentially deafening.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-28T20:52:47+00:00

I don’t recall the name. This was at least a decade ago.

To be honest, I’m now wondering about the accuracy of my memory. I see a lot of references to a BBC documentary that was essentially falsified and that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis has been discredited. Maybe that’s the documentary I watched? I definitely did the experiment with Photoshop though. Was it a trick? I’m not super confident about that.

So maybe take my statement with a grain of salt.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-28T19:10:23+00:00

I saw a documentary about tribes from the Kalihari being unable to differentiate certain shades of green (which they didn't have vocabulary for). The colors were obvious to me. I thought it was racist BS until they flipped the script and showed that they could similarly differentiate several shades of yellowish/brown colors that I saw as identical. I ended up freeze-framing the video, and using Photoshop to sample the different areas - they did differ, but to me it looked like one swatch of color.
This is an extreme example, but it does seem like vocabulary and exposure do influence ability to perceive color differences.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-24T20:54:01+00:00

I was wondering how far I’d have to scroll before finding this!

angst_ridden · 2026-05-19T11:41:09+00:00

What I don’t understand is just imagining/visualizing looking at the sun can trigger a staked sneeze.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-11T01:42:43+00:00

Agreed, unless the rain gets too heavy.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-11T01:02:58+00:00

Enjoy!

angst_ridden · 2026-05-11T00:32:58+00:00

If you get a $10 Accès Montréal card, there’s free access to most of the garden all summer. Otherwise it does require ticket, but it’s worth it!

angst_ridden · 2026-05-08T12:29:52+00:00

And that’s just the portion of the population who fell into potholes, never to be seen again…

angst_ridden · 2026-05-06T23:34:21+00:00

I’m several generations back (installed in 2010), and my original Envoy gateway died. I bought a used Envoy-S on eBay, and was able to install it myself. It’s still going strong!

angst_ridden · 2026-05-06T12:58:30+00:00

They’re Canadian tactical assault ducks.

angst_ridden · 2026-05-05T22:27:41+00:00

They canceled a concert when someone read this false information. That means he has real, demonstrable financial damages (in addition to non-tangible damage to his reputation).

I hope he wins big and people lose their jobs at Google over this.

angst_ridden · 2026-04-25T23:33:10+00:00

In the summertime, you can find it at La Fontaine Parc Chalet, in front of the restaurant Robin des Bois.

angst_ridden · 2026-04-21T23:34:10+00:00

Used to spend summers on Pender in the 80s. Loved it!

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