10 ideas

Literary Tag

Glenn Morey — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:48:05 +0000

This post isn’t about 10 ideas…just one. A game of tag that happily introduces the participants to some wonderful passages in literature. I was tagged by Facing South, and tasked with the following job:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.

5. Tag five people.

The nearest book is A Man Without A Country by the late Kurt Vonnegut—his last book, in which (thankfully) he broke his promise to never write another book.

I’ve substituted page 122 for page 123, because 123 contains only an illustration.

“We’re really awful animals. I mean, that dumb Barbra Streisand song, ‘People who need people are the luckiest people in the world’—she’s talking about cannibals. Lots to eat.”

I now tag 2 of my favorite work buddies and several KAD friends. Please post on your FB pages!

10 historical sites I’d like to see.

Glenn Morey — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:06:44 +0000

Despite some European and a little Asian travel, most of what I’ve seen has been in major cities, involving art and culture, wining and dining, and museums. I’ve actually been to very few major historical sites, outside of Stonehenge and all the major sites in Rome. Yet these experiences are nearly always impactful and memorable. So I have a long list that I’d like to work through over the course of my life.

The Egyptian Pyramids
Pompeii
Angkor Wat
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (China)
Tikal (Guatamala)
Teotihuacán (Mexico)
The Forbidden City (China)
The Old City of Jerusalem
Petra (Jordan)
Machu Picchu

10 hobbies I’d like to have

Glenn Morey — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:36:28 +0000

Do people still have hobbies? Is web-surfing considered a hobby? Is texting on your cellphone a hobby? Or are hobbies an anachronism from simpler times? You’d think we’d have plenty of time to have a hobby these days—you know, with all of our time-saving technologies…I think I’d love to have a hobby. So here are 10 ideas, all sure to make my life more interesting, relaxed, and fun:

Cooking by Culture (a different culture every year)
Poetry – appreciating and writing
Chinese calligraphy
Snowshoeing
Metalworking
Astrophotography
Scotch whiskey collecting
Bart Starr sports memorabilia
Yoga (is that a hobby?)
Linguistics (survival level)

10 subjects about which I’d like to be conversant.

Glenn Morey — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:35:44 +0000

At least 15 minutes of good, solid cocktail party conversation. After which, my conversation partner moves on, thinking, “Wow, what a unique, informed, clever, well-rounded, cool guy.” Kind of a Walter-Mitty-Goes-Socializing fantasy…

The dating habits of “Deal or No Deal” spokesmodels.
The making of “Kill Bill” volumes 1 & 2
Which literary fiction translations are the most cool
Gene-splicing
Islam
Dennis Kucinich and why nerds make good Presidents
Tom Tancredo and what happened in his childhood to make him a raving lunatic who wants to be President
The life and times of Andy Warhol
Game theory
The 1906 Chicago Cubs

10 art museum rooms

Glenn Morey — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:47:24 +0000

10 mind-calming, heart-filling rooms worth spending a whole afternoon by yourself in (yes, I know, bad grammar…and on my first post, no less). As in all future posts, there is no pretense here of “comprehensiveness” or “best ever” or even objectivity. Just 10 art museum rooms that I’ve spent time in, and found myself slightly changed (at least) when leaving.

Rothko (Room 3) at the Tate Modern, London
Sculpture Garden at the Musée Rodin, Paris
Contemporary American rooms with Edward Hopper at the Art Institute of Chicago
Cézanne room at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Sackler Gallery for Assyrian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Paul Klee room at Museum of Modern Art, NY
Puget court in the Richelieu Wing Ground Floor, Louvre, Paris
New art room featuring Anti-Mass by Cornelia Parker at the De Young Museum, San Francisco
Pre-Columbian rooms at the Denver Art Museum
Sistine Chapel at the Vatican

Do you have 10 rooms? Or additions to this list?