flushed with pride
There is a marvelous French film from the 1970s called The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe, starring Pierre Richard as a hapless concert …
Architecture
myths are bustin’ out all over
Exciting news broke earlier this week, at least for fans of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters (and oh yes, Jen-Luc Piquant is a mega-fan!). President Obama will …
beautiful tools
Audiences flocked to to the futuristic thriller Minority Report when it debuted in 2002, and while I generally find Tom Cruise almost unwatchable as an …
REPOST: the catenary tales
[Original posting at Cocktail Party Physics is on hiatus because the writer is being forced to lounge lazily on a Mexican beach in between grueling …
a walk in the park: part II
Gracing the downtown Los Angeles skyline at 111 South Grand Avenue is the Walt Disney Concert Hall, whose structure bears the unmistakable imprint of its …
a walk in the park: part I
While Future Spouse was hobnobbing with various folks at the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago on Thursday, I found myself braving the 98-degree temperatures to …
a walk in the park: part I
While Future Spouse was hobnobbing with various folks at the Yearly Kos convention in Chicago on Thursday, I found myself braving the 98-degree temperatures to …
hills like pink elephants
Los Angeles is burning — specifically, Griffith Park, right in the shadow of the famed Hollywood sign, home to popular hiking trails, a newly renovated …
now we are one
Exactly one year ago today, I posted my very first blog entry on Cocktail Party Physics, never expecting, in a million years, that anyone other …