Episode 27

Episode 27: Mark Rothko — Rooms of Color, Rooms of Feeling

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If painting had a “do not disturb” mode, it would look like a Rothko: vast, hovering fields of color that mute the world and crank your interior volume to 11. That’s the trick — almost nothing “happens,” yet somehow everything happens. Who is this artist? Born Marcus Rothkowitz in 1903 (in what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), he … Read more

Friday Night Laughs #27: Government Giggles Edition

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Ah, governments — the gift that keeps on taxing. Whether they’re regulating your snacks or spending millions to study the sleeping habits of squirrels, they never fail to provide a little unintentional comedy. So, let’s celebrate the world’s most bureaucratic jokesters with some actual intentional laughs! 1. Why don’t politicians ever play hide and seek? Because good luck … Read more