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About Jorge Costales

- Cuban Exile [veni] - Raised in Miami [vidi] - American Citizen [vici]

Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died by Tom Wolfe

Sorry, But Your Soul Just Died / Tom Wolfe / Forbes 1996 From neuroscience to Nietzsche. A sobering look at how man may perceive himself in the future, particularly as ideas about genetic predeterminism takes the place of dying Darwinism. … Continue reading

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Memorial Day 1999

We were running late and missed the Civil War re-enactment on Memorial Day 1999. I didn’t want the trip to be a waste, so we walked around for a bit. That’s when I noticed some guy taking pictures like my … Continue reading

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Tom Paciorek

Sept 1989 – Chicago White Sox broadcaster, when asked for his definition of boredom: Having to listen to someone talk about himself when I want to talk about me.

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Richard Price

Lush Life: … he touched her arm, the girl looking down like he had just licked it.

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Rod Serling — Twilight Zone

Should I bother to note how big a fan I am? Videos: Someone took a very good hand-held video [4 min] of the Twilight Zone-based ride, Tower of Terror, at Disney’s Hollywood Park. A long [7 min] video of Serling … Continue reading

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John Simon

Reverse Angle – A Decade of American Films In the present film, Miss Streisand looks like a cross between an aardvark and an albino rat surmounted by a platinum-coated horse bun…. Oh, for the gift of Rostand’s Cyrano to evoke … Continue reading

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Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises – chapter 1: The lady who had him, her name was Frances, found toward the end of the second year that her looks were going, and her attitude toward Robert changed from one of careless possesion … Continue reading

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