A Boat Against the Current

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

Monday, February 25, 2019

Photo of the Day: NY Harbor, Viewed From Vesey Street

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Last week, on a retail tour of Lower Manhattan, my group stopped for a discussion in a building high above Vesey Street. We were delig...

Quote of the Day (Fred Allen, Describing At Least Some of Those Appearing Last Night on the Oscars)

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“A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized."—Am...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Quote of the Day (Martin Luther, on How a Christian Lives in Christ and in His Neighbor)

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“We conclude, therefore, that a Christian lives not in himself, but in Christ and in his neighbor. Otherwise he is not a Christian. He...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

Photo of the Day: World Trade Center ‘Oculus’

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A couple of days ago, on a tour of retail in Lower Manhattan, I passed through—and photographed—the transportation hub down by Westfie...

Quote of the Day (Emily Dickinson, on the ‘Silent Life’)

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“Each -- its difficult Ideal Must achieve—Itself—   Through the solitary prowess Of a Silent Life.”— American poet Emily Dickin...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Quote of the Day (Oscar Levant, on a Painful Realization of Symphony Conductors)

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“A symphonic conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that, regardless of his approach or temperament, the eventual resul...
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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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