A "thriller" that leaves you hanging rather than spinning, wondering what might have happened between the various gaps in storytelling ... some weird psychological / philosophical game between cop (Pierce Brosnan, has done better) and suspect (Guy Pearce, meandering between lost and nasty and utterly unconvincing as a professor his young students are supposed to lust after) ... all about the truth we somehow never get to know in a satisfactory manner in this time waster.Refers to Spinning Man (2018), directed by Simon Kaijser and starring Pierce Brosnan, Guy Pearce and Minnie Driver.
This world is so wide that, even if you flitted around and around it, you would never reach the end of it. This blog is a collage of more or less literary and humorous, outlandish or sometimes even serious glimpses at this great wide world.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Spinning Man (2018)
The Instagram pout haiku
Brought to her knees by
her own beauty and that pout
as she shoots herself
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
View Instagram for zillions of examples.
her own beauty and that pout
as she shoots herself
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
View Instagram for zillions of examples.
Labels:
fashion,
haiku,
idiocy,
instagram,
lemming behavior,
poem,
pout,
satire,
selfie,
silliness,
smartphone,
social media,
vanity
Monday, December 3, 2018
What the horoscope said
Realize that you will never get any further than the rut you're in until you take a deep breath, aim high, and shoot for your dreams.Note
DNGOMOM - did not grow on my own manure. Sweet note from the daily horoscope for capricorn. I love the aiming & shooting part. Is the deep breath really necessary, though?
Sunday, November 25, 2018
The honest dog haiku
Never liked ‘em much –
their barking, their shitting, their
police behavior.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Notes
A poem inspired by crass reality.
Every morning there are a few new piles on the sidewalk for you to step in.
One beast is an incessant shrill yelper his owners love to inflict on everyone in the neighborhood by putting him on the balcony for hours.
And then there are the public parks that have basically become dog parks where the curs run at you barking and snarling from every direction and where their owners, if they can be bothered, assure you sweetly that they’re puppies (how’s that for a hundred pounds of aggressive snarl sprinting towards you?) who are just playing.
And last but not least there are those owners who think it's a great idea to take the poor creatures for walks in shopping malls, where they can either be frightened to be stepped on or bark at other dogs they meet.
It’s a dog’s life!
their barking, their shitting, their
police behavior.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Notes
A poem inspired by crass reality.
Every morning there are a few new piles on the sidewalk for you to step in.
One beast is an incessant shrill yelper his owners love to inflict on everyone in the neighborhood by putting him on the balcony for hours.
And then there are the public parks that have basically become dog parks where the curs run at you barking and snarling from every direction and where their owners, if they can be bothered, assure you sweetly that they’re puppies (how’s that for a hundred pounds of aggressive snarl sprinting towards you?) who are just playing.
And last but not least there are those owners who think it's a great idea to take the poor creatures for walks in shopping malls, where they can either be frightened to be stepped on or bark at other dogs they meet.
It’s a dog’s life!
Monday, November 12, 2018
Sunday, September 23, 2018
The Con Is On (2018)
“An unfunny comedy about assorted murderous, scamming, drug and booze consuming sleazoids; it may work if you consider it to be a far-fetched satire on the scummy oligarchs that are currently in charge of some major countries.”Refers to the 2018 movie The Con Is On, directed by James Oakley and starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofía Vergara and Maggie Q. Anyone can safely skip this one without missing anything worthwhile.
Labels:
bomb,
booze,
drugs,
film review,
James Oakley,
Movies,
oligarchs,
satire,
scum,
sleaze,
Sofía Vergara,
Tim Roth,
Uma Thurman
Saturday, September 22, 2018
Knock Knock (2015)
An exploitative piece of Hollywood trash that doesn't even deserve fast forwarding.One-line review of Knock Knock (2015), directed by Eli Roth and starring Keanu Reeves (definitely one of the lows of his acting career).
Thursday, September 20, 2018
The punishment haiku
I’m being punished
by having to watch ads for
not wanting to pay
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
Whenever I want to play a silly game of solitaire in Windows 10, I get to see a bunch of silly ads for other silly games from Microsoft. Years ago, solitaire was a freebie Microsoft threw in with earlier Windows versions. Everything, including the most insipid stuff, is becoming increasingly monetized in this brave new world. And I mean brave in Aldous Huxley’s sense.
by having to watch ads for
not wanting to pay
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
Whenever I want to play a silly game of solitaire in Windows 10, I get to see a bunch of silly ads for other silly games from Microsoft. Years ago, solitaire was a freebie Microsoft threw in with earlier Windows versions. Everything, including the most insipid stuff, is becoming increasingly monetized in this brave new world. And I mean brave in Aldous Huxley’s sense.
Saturday, September 15, 2018
The about H. haiku
Takes pictures of his
girlfriend wherever they go –
strictly analog.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
The truth and strictly the truth about H. Only the initial was changed to avoid any risk of identification. Follows the William Carlos Williams rule of “no ideas but in things”. But are there any ideas?
girlfriend wherever they go –
strictly analog.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
The truth and strictly the truth about H. Only the initial was changed to avoid any risk of identification. Follows the William Carlos Williams rule of “no ideas but in things”. But are there any ideas?
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
The trap haiku
The greatest trap in
haiku is to milk trite stuff
for trite symbolism.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
See thousands of haiku for examples. But is it bad to derive trite symbolisms from trite stuff? That is the question! Millions of flies might disagree.
haiku is to milk trite stuff
for trite symbolism.
– Leonard Blumfeld (© 2018)
Note
See thousands of haiku for examples. But is it bad to derive trite symbolisms from trite stuff? That is the question! Millions of flies might disagree.
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