January 2013

Arts:

Spanish guitar: almost as good as last time

Movies:

Samsara: hypnotic docu-movie

Documentaries:

Brazil: Palin not at his best

Incident of the month:

reacquainted avec Mme. Monique et le chien Waldo

What caught our attention:

traveling to the stars?

the photo term: bokeh

What did we learn:

our misplaced worries

What did we discover:

russian tourist visa bureaucracy

What did we achieve:

a wall of fame at the office (-->)

Book of the month:

From Eternity to Here: An infinite multiverse seating in a de Sitter space always increasing its entropy

The Wench is Dead, another of Morse's mysteries

Course of the month:

Architecture: get to recognize trusses, arches, tension compression anywhere