A Boat Against the Current

A cultural "omniblog" covering matters literary as well as theatrical, musical, historical, cinematic(al), etc.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Flashback, December 1938: On-Set Fire Sidelines Hamilton From ‘Wizard’

Margaret Hamilton came near to losing her career-defining role—not to mention her life—when her costume as the Wicked Witch of the Wes...

Photo of the Day: Hudson River View From GW Bridge

Crossing the George Washington Bridge by bus yesterday into New York City, I saw the sky to the south appearing the way it does here. ...

Quote of the Day (Andre Schiffrin, on Books and ‘Control on the Spread of Ideas’)

“Books today have become mere adjuncts to the world of mass media, offering light entertainment and reassurances that all is for the be...

Friday, December 27, 2013

Photo of the Day: Before Sunset, Early Winter

I took the picture accompanying this post in the Overpeck County Park Extension , not far from where I live in Bergen County, NJ...

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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