This is just a short announcement about some future posts on this blog, specialized mostly on movies, but with a great success in other areas as well. It seemed to be neglected. I hope you don't blame me too much, it was just conjectural. Actually, I'm having difficulties establishing a good list of comedy movies. I just keep thinking that I haven't seen all the movies (as I wish) in the world, and I may be misleading you in the task. I don't know, really, I still have a good opinion on my … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
A Few Words About Henry Kissinger
Noticing Henry Kissinger's name on a book exhibition recently, gave me the idea of a few inquires on this man's activity. I know that there are people who think that Vigilant Citizen is a much better source for underground news, but I have a feeling their "news" are highly exaggerated. I am a believer in logical information expressed with patience and wit. I even believe what happened in the book Trance-Formation of America, and you know why? Just because it was written with logic and wit. It … [Read more...]
What Does History Say About Blown Glass Beads?
Blowing is a special technique that is used to create drawn and segmented beads. Blown glass beads are made from tubes that air is blown into. It is not clear exactly who created the technique for making these elegant beads. One story suggests that a man who came from Passy, first realized that he could use a special type of guanine that was taken from the scales of fish to make the current beads that he had resemble pearls. During the seventeenth century, the man started coating beads with … [Read more...]