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The Difference Between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic
Here’s Novak Djokovic after his grueling five-set comeback victory over Jannick Sinner in their Wimbledon men’s singles quarterfinal on Tuesday. And here’s Rafael Nadal after his grueling five-set comeback victory over Taylor Fritz in Wimbledon men’s single quarterfinal yesterday. Draw your … Continue reading
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Tagged Jannick Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Taylor Fritz, Wimbledon
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I Was So Wrong About Cincinnati’s Abandoned Subway System
I did seven years in Ohio from the late ’60s to the mid-’70s, as I’ve detailed elsewhere. Ever since then I’ve believed three things I was told about the Cincinnati Subway System That Never Was. 1) It was built in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew J. Hawkins, Canandaigua Winery, Cincinnati Abandoned Subway, Cincinnati’s Incomplete Subway: The Complete History, Forbidden Explorer, Jake Mecklenborg, Metro Moves, Murray Seasongood, Prince of the Queen City, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, The Proper People, The Verge
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Why Rafa Is So Special As a Tennis Player – and a Person
Yesterday, as you no doubt already know, the great Rafael Nadal won his 14th French Open men’s singles title and his 22nd Grand Slam tournament title by defeating Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. Nutshell video. Afterward, Rafa detailed some … Continue reading
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Tagged Ava Wallace, Casper Ruud, French Open, Liz Clarke, Rafael Nadal, Washington Post
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New York Times Details the Double Toll Drone Killings Take
The history of warfare is a steady progression of distancing, as battles evolved from close combat to push-button carnage. On Page One of yesterday’s New York Times, Dave Philipps captured the current war footing. The Unseen Scars of the Remote-Controlled … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Real Photo Postcards’ at Boston’s MFA
Well the Missus and I trundled over to The Fenway the other day to catch the big Turner’s Modern World exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts and say, it was meh. (Then again, you can judge for yourself with … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Glass Lifeforms 2021’ at Fuller Craft Museum
Well the Missus and I trundled down to Brockton yesterday to catch the current exhibitions at the Fuller Craft Museum and say, they were swell. Let’s start with Glass Lifeforms 2021 (through April 24). Glass Lifeforms 2021 features contemporary artworks inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Paley, Amy Genser: Shifting, Fuller Craft Museum, Glass Flowers, Glass Lifeforms 2021, Harvard University, John A. Goodman, Juanita Girardin, Kenji Nakayama, Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, Melissa Stern: The Talking Cure, MFN Integrated Solutions, Oliver Mak, Pat Falco, Sally Prasch, Under New Management: The Commodification of the Permanent Collection
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Boston City Hall: ‘A Building People Love to Hate But Shouldn’t’
The other day the hardworking staff stumbled upon this Architectural Digest post headlined “10 Buildings People Love to Hate but Shouldn’t: Reconsidering Brutalism, architecture’s most argued-over style.” Immediately we thought, Boston City Hall has got to be one of them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Louise Huxtable, Architectural Digest, Boston City Hall, Boston City Hall Plaza, Boston Globe, Boston's Brutalist Boondoggle, Campbell Aldrich & Nulty, Government Center, Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles, LeMessurier, Robert Campbell, Sarah Schweitzer, Sasaki
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