A Rumored City

A Look Around the Estate

Can our lives be redeemed in old age...?

Posted at 01:25PM Aug 27, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

Run Through the Jungle (or Cornfields)

The lonely thoughts at night on The Great River Race From Winona, MN to Minneapolis, MN by way of Wisconsin.

Posted at 02:50PM Aug 24, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

The Dresser, a 1983 Film, Starring Albert Finney & Tom Courtney

An aging Shakespearean actor, on the verge of a final nervous breakdown, gives a monumental performance of King Lear, as the bombs of the blitz fall around him. His relationship with his dresser is as complicated as Lear's with his fool.

Posted at 11:36AM Aug 11, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries

Thirty years on when I read about Blackwater (or whatever they're now
called) somehow the allure and mystique is lost. I wonder if a hundred
years from now when a bookish, shy thirteen year old reads about the
exploits of Blackwater, will his heart swell and fill with longing as mine did all those years ago?

Posted at 10:39AM Jun 03, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

A Correspondance with NWA/Delta or What can be more Futile?

An uneven and unfair reservation system

Posted at 09:00PM May 06, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

Orbitz is a Nightmare

When you make a reservation with Orbitz be very careful

Posted at 11:53PM May 04, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

The Sacrifice Andrei Tarkovski 1986 Swedish 4 Hours 6 Minutes

This is Alexandar's big day but will the world end today?

Posted at 09:41PM Apr 27, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

Some of us Still Live in the Land of Milk & Honey

The Black Card the World's most prestigious and versatile credit card.

Posted at 09:36PM Apr 26, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

The Scandal at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport (MSP)

Make sure you get the price of a drink before you order it at Minneapolis/St. Paul airport.

Posted at 12:41PM Apr 26, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

The Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla

Why is our health-care so expensive? What are we going to do about it?

Posted at 06:18PM Apr 25, 2009 by Horatio in General  |  Comments[0]

All Quiet on Chesil Beach

Review of Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach
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Posted at 09:51PM Apr 20, 2009 by Horatio in Books  |  Comments[0]