Richard Mills
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“If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology—and you don’t understand your problems.”
—Laurie Anderson
—Laurie Anderson
I enjoyed the book a great deal. I would have liked more detail on some of the basic ideas in WWR, but I suspect that would have been difficult to do and limited your audience. (I read the Bryan Magee book years ago and found it illuminating.)
January 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I enjoyed the book a great deal. I would have liked more detail on some of the basic ideas in WWR, but I suspect that would have been difficult to do and limited your audience. (I read the Bryan Magee book years ago and found it illuminating.)
Completely agree with everything you say here, including the ranking of the three foreign films.
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Completely agree with everything you say here, including the ranking of the three foreign films.
It is beyond belief if you have seen both films in the theater. And my issue with F1 is not that it’s a slick racing film. I liked Ford v. Ferrari a lot. It’s that it’s not a good movie.
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It is beyond belief if you have seen both films in the theater. And my issue with F1 is not that it’s a slick racing film. I liked Ford v. Ferrari a lot. It’s that it’s not a good movie.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I saw both films in the theater.
January 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I saw both films in the theater.
It’s beyond silly. It’s a travesty. I saw both films in the theater.
January 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It’s beyond silly. It’s a travesty. I saw both films in the theater.
In a relatively free election, the highest percentage of the vote Hitler’s party got was about 37 percent in July 1932. And it dropped by November. And yet….
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 AM
In a relatively free election, the highest percentage of the vote Hitler’s party got was about 37 percent in July 1932. And it dropped by November. And yet….
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"And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests.”
January 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
"And the fact that men accept this, that the people’s anger has not destroyed these hollow clowns, strikes me as proof that men attribute no importance to the way they are governed; that they gamble – yes, gamble – with a whole part of their life and their so called 'vital interests.”
Sorry. Nothing beats The Road Warrior. “I can drive that tanker.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sorry. Nothing beats The Road Warrior. “I can drive that tanker.”
Kleb: Training is useful. But there is no substitute for experience.
Morzeny: I agree. We use live targets as well.
Morzeny: I agree. We use live targets as well.
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Kleb: Training is useful. But there is no substitute for experience.
Morzeny: I agree. We use live targets as well.
Morzeny: I agree. We use live targets as well.
NYT did not accept “lobar” today, as in “lobar pneumonia.” Absurd!
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
NYT did not accept “lobar” today, as in “lobar pneumonia.” Absurd!
Also, made a go of “cryorot” (as in the possible hazards of cryogenic freezing—would likely be hyphenated, though!).
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Also, made a go of “cryorot” (as in the possible hazards of cryogenic freezing—would likely be hyphenated, though!).
I am always shocked that the NYT accepts neither “cotto” nor “rota.”
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I am always shocked that the NYT accepts neither “cotto” nor “rota.”
“Eyes Without a Face.”
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Eyes Without a Face.”
Albinoni’s Adagio for Strings at the end of Peter Weir’s Gallipoli. It’s slightly clichéd, but it got me interested in Baroque music when I first saw the film as a teen.
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Albinoni’s Adagio for Strings at the end of Peter Weir’s Gallipoli. It’s slightly clichéd, but it got me interested in Baroque music when I first saw the film as a teen.
The ikura is even better with uzura (quail egg) on top!
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The ikura is even better with uzura (quail egg) on top!
Oh, dear. Just make sure you don’t watch it with the flu, as I did years ago. Still regretting that choice.
October 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Oh, dear. Just make sure you don’t watch it with the flu, as I did years ago. Still regretting that choice.
Cortland may be the most dangerous street I have encountered in SF. Last winter I was almost hit in two crosswalks *within 3 blocks* by drivers turning left without noticing me. I was waving a umbrella. That had never happened to me before.
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cortland may be the most dangerous street I have encountered in SF. Last winter I was almost hit in two crosswalks *within 3 blocks* by drivers turning left without noticing me. I was waving a umbrella. That had never happened to me before.
“It Takes a Nation of Millions…” only at no. 14? You have gotta to be kidding me.
September 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“It Takes a Nation of Millions…” only at no. 14? You have gotta to be kidding me.
I always mention Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which had one season in ‘74-75. Loved it as a kid.
September 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I always mention Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which had one season in ‘74-75. Loved it as a kid.
Thanks for this. I try to explain this to every person who says to me, “It’s just a cold.” A losing battle, unfortunately.
September 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thanks for this. I try to explain this to every person who says to me, “It’s just a cold.” A losing battle, unfortunately.