!marty finestone's activitybook » musing http://www.activitybook.org pursuing fun, creativity and good thinking with a vengeance Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 will beckham call it football or soccer? http://www.activitybook.org/2007/01/13/football-or-soccer/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/01/13/football-or-soccer/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:39:09 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/01/13/football-or-soccer/ With David Beckham making the jump to Los Angeles, I wonder whether he will start to refer to the game as soccer as opposed to football. It appears that I already have my answer as in this interview, which is not the only one that was done, Beckham does say soccer; although, he does so in reference to soccer in America and not necessarily in regards to the entire sport of football.

Look for the s-bomb at 38/39 second mark.

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2007/01/13/football-or-soccer/feed/ 0 deconstructing frank lloyd wright http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/09/deconstructing-frank-lloyd-wright/ http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/09/deconstructing-frank-lloyd-wright/#comments Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:52:27 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/09/deconstructing-frank-lloyd-wright/ A biographical play about famed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright is being performed in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune has this article, which delves into the issues raised by the play: namely how do we celebrate the work of a man who was so reprehensible in his personal life.

Does Wright’s art justify his life? Or do we have to set aside his skyscraper-size flaws and ignore the irony that this maker of idyllic homes seemed hell-bent on destroying the domestic tranquility that once existed in his own house?

Consider this conundrum in relation to Mel Gibson and the reviews coming in for his new movie Apocalypto.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/09/deconstructing-frank-lloyd-wright/feed/ 0 kim jong-il is quiet? http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/kim-jong-il-is-quiet/ http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/kim-jong-il-is-quiet/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:36:13 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/kim-jong-il-is-quiet/ Is it me or have things quieted down in North Korea for the time being?

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/kim-jong-il-is-quiet/feed/ 0 literature and weather warnings http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/literature-and-weather-warnings/ http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/literature-and-weather-warnings/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:01:50 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2006/12/07/literature-and-weather-warnings/ Environment Canada, Canada’s federal weather service, has issued a snow squall warning for my region. That’s not interesting or important. What is interest is the choice of language in the warning, more specifically the likely attempt to jazz up the warning or take on a quality tone for the prose. The key outtake is as follows:

A SHARP COLD FRONT IS SLICING ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING OPENING THE FLOODGATES TO A COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. AS THIS FRIGID AIRMASS CROSSES THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES IT WILL SET UP IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT FLURRIES AND SNOWSQUALLS.

The all caps that the warning was issued in makes the situation all the more alarming I assume.

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