NYT Critics' Picks + Three of Possible Interest

Former Screen Star, Molting on Broadway
‘Birdman’ Stars Michael Keaton and Emma Stone
NYT Critics' Pick

Advanced Course in Diversity
‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College
NYT Critics' Pick

He Suffers for Art, and Forces Everyone Around Him to Do So
‘Listen Up Philip,’ With Jason Schwartzman
NYT Critics' Pick

-- Of Possible Interest --

Life, a Royal Pain
‘The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,’ From Isao Takahata

The Future Is Bright, and Hot
The Sci-Fi Film ‘Young Ones’ Stars Michael Shannon

A Slavic Tone Poem, via Hansel and Gretel
‘The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga,’ a Folk Fable

Pickle Jar

Someone cleaned out the ash pit last night and found a jar similar to "marked C&B made in 1900 by George Skey of Wilnecote (Crosse & Blackwell) for storing pickles which were popular at the time."

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And three envelopes with 1 cent postage stamps on them. I think they're all from a wee bit ago.

My tweets

• Thu, 12:13: RT @LiveScience: Mosaic in Greek Tomb Shows Persephone's Abduction http://t.co/S92zu3dlZC
• Thu, 13:32: RT @theprospect: Now that #Ebola has infected 0.0000006% of the US pop, we should probably prepare for imminent death. http://t.co/GYz8jK0d…
• Thu, 13:37: RT @the_intercept: New Zealand Cops Raided Home of Reporter Working on Snowden Documents: http://t.co/4t8esLs8nf by @ggreenwald & @rj_galla…
• Thu, 17:52: Pho bo http://t.co/OKWzLLsIiS
• Thu, 19:18: What research says about cats: they're selfish, unfeeling, environmentally harmful creatures http://t.co/JxFZCIspwK via @voxdotcom
• Fri, 06:26: RT @voxdotcom: Map: Where more and more people are biking and walking to work http://t.co/sOmd9TzsVp http://t.co/Oj66baCiKN
• Fri, 06:32: RT @andrewducker: My thoughts on the recent Google Android announcements http://t.co/AKaec1PukW
• Fri, 06:34: RT @andrewducker: Facebook Deleted Accounts of Native Americans On Columbus Day For Having ‘Fake Names’ http://t.co/qMFzLmZ9Zx
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