“What’s the most you ever lost on a coin toss?” - Anton Chigurh, No Country for Old Men In our daily lives, the most we bet on a coin toss is a couple of dollars or an embarrassing public act. We think it is a fair way to make an arbitrary decision: the coin has an equal probability of landing on heads or tails so we leave it up to chance to decide. Consequently, we associate … [Read more...] about Gambling With Luck
Archives for November 2011
The Empty Chair: Looking into the Eyes of Marina Abramovic
Performance artist Marina Abramovic’s retrospective collection, “The Artist is Present,” debuted in March 2010 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Comprised of over fifty pieces of her work from the last forty years, the exhibition calls attention to the divide between artist and audience, observer and participant, and repetition and stillness. Using the human body as a medium, … [Read more...] about The Empty Chair: Looking into the Eyes of Marina Abramovic
Trailer Trash: Train Wreck
A lonely night sky looms over a sleeping suburban town when, suddenly, a high-speed train interrupts the serene moment as it screams down the tracks. From the opposite direction, a pick-up truck smashes through a railroad-crossing gate and accelerates onto the tracks towards the oncoming train. What follows next is the most visually dazzling movie train wreck since Cecil B. … [Read more...] about Trailer Trash: Train Wreck
Tales of Cupcakery — Sweet E’s Bakery
Located on Robertson in the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills line blur, Sweet E’s is a little difficult to find (it is tucked inbetween some shops -- I walked past it the first time and had to backtrack). But once you get there, it is absolutely worth it (as long as you don’t get the cupcake with crispies). It is on the larger side of bakeshops - they have typical cupcakes, but then … [Read more...] about Tales of Cupcakery — Sweet E’s Bakery
Boy Meets Bar: Ode to Happy Hour at Four in the Afternoon
By Andrew Ramirez * I recently went to a bar at 4 in the afternoon on a Friday. What was the occasion? Nothing. Happy Hour exists for a similar reason: there is no reason to drink at four in the afternoon other than to drink at 4 in the afternoon. Let me explain. Barring turning six years old and celebrating in the backyard with a G.I. Joe piñata, any birthday party won't … [Read more...] about Boy Meets Bar: Ode to Happy Hour at Four in the Afternoon