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Black Beard Abuses His Forum by Complaining About the Subway

February 17, 2010

Yes, I admit that what follows is nothing more than a public venting of my frustration with the New York City subway system and has no bearing or connection to art or literature.  That being said, I’ll justify writing this post by claiming that my grievance with the MTA is due to the adverse effect [...]

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Red Beard Has Found Another Christmas Present and it’s called iPad

January 27, 2010

I’m an Apple whore. Have been since I was 13. Having said that, I am not a designer or developer. I’m just a photographer and writer. I know how to get around my Macs very well but I can’t get inside them and do things. I am very easily swayed by their aesthetics. But don’t [...]

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Black Beard’s Review of Trite and Dubious Behavior: Tiger Woods

January 22, 2010

I’m not going to write about literature today. Instead, I’m going to write about Tiger Woods, who was pictured on the cover of the New York Post yesterday outside of, if the press is to be believed, a rehabilitation center for sexual addiction (I refuse to link to the photo, as way of setting the [...]

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Black Beard Explains How Novels Differ From Derivative Financial Instruments

January 19, 2010

Since the United States economy nearly collapsed in 2008, economics and finance have become a hobby of mine (if you’re interested, Frontline offers a good explanation of how the economy fell apart, here, and This American Life has an amazing story about what led up to the breaking point, here.) In studying what happened, I’ve become [...]

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The Devil Tries to Distance Himself From Pat Robertson

January 14, 2010

In a bit of Haitian earthquake news, Pat Robertson revealed that the reason for the disaster was that the Haitians had traded their souls to the devil in exchange for expelling the French. I was fortunate enough to speak with the devil this morning. “No way can he pin this one on me. Pat Robertson’s [...]

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Black Beard Reviews the Best of the Naughts: This American Life

January 3, 2010
This American Life NPR

I was going to write about something else this weekend, but when I saw Red Beard’s posting about his top five television shows of the previous decade, it occurred to me that I should produce my own top five list of some sort.  My first inclination was to write out the top five things everyone [...]

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