The litter in littérateur. http://rickyopaterny.com/blog Ricky Opaterny on Books, Music, Art, and Sports Sat, 05 May 2012 05:12:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://rickyopaterny.com/blog/2012/03/11/when-i-go-home-i-dont-start-a-second-life-its/ http://rickyopaterny.com/blog/2012/03/11/when-i-go-home-i-dont-start-a-second-life-its/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:02:47 +0000 Ricky http://rickyopaterny.com/blog/2012/03/11/when-i-go-home-i-dont-start-a-second-life-its/ When I go home, I don’t start a second life—it’s more of the same. There are no Saturdays or Sundays.

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    Courage is not a virtue frequently associated with the criticism beat, but it lies near the heart of [Pauline] Kael’s achievement—not because she was unsqueamish about praising and slamming movies (though she was) but because, from the time she wrote her first review until the moment she retired, in 1991, her authority as a critic relied solely on her own, occasionally whimsical taste.

    Pauline Kael, Film Critic, Contrarian : The New Yorker

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    The Charlie Brown Christmas app from Loud Crow is the best thing I’ve seen on the iPad in a while. It’s surprising, beautiful, and absolutely delightful for what it is. Along with Aweditorium, it’s one of the few apps that makes a tablet feel like a special device and not simply a repackaged version of the PC.

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