by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 26, 2012 | Asides
Gerry Anderson’s Fireball XL5 was a staple of my youth. I watched the TV show, I had the Fireball and Zoonie the Lazoon. Thanks Gerry Anderson, I loved your stuff. Gerry Anderson, Thunderbirds creator, dies | via BBC
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured, Writing
A great article in Slate bout Cormac McCarthy and what went on behind the scenes in the creation of Blood Meridian. Not from interviews with McCarthy, but distilled from the drafts of his work. There is a bit in this that mirrors the creative process highlighted in...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 20, 2012 | Featured, Writing
Great article and video in the Times about Jerry Seinfeld and the creative process. The video is worth the time, but this little bit sums much of it up. Continuous work and continuous reworking until everything is insanely great. Perhaps he’s the Steve Jobs of...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 17, 2012 | Asides
How do you look at these faces and not want to cry your eyes out? Mourners gather to remember Noah Pozner, Jack Pinto | via SFGate.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 15, 2012 | Featured, Food
My Uncle Johnny is an experimenter extraordinaire, particularly when it comes to cocktails. Following is a recipe for a Manhattan/Sazerac fusion straight from the master’s laboratory. Pretty darned tasty! In an old fashioned glass put: ½ tsp. sugar (try dark...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Interesting little bit in a letter Hemingway wrote to a friend after he had to put an injured cat down: A car must have run over him or somebody hit him with a club. Not quite sure how you make the leap from, “A car must have run over him,” to...
by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 13, 2012 | Asides
Just go there… Seriously, go. UChicago College Admissions, Indiana Jones Mystery Package | via DaringFireball.net
