To Be Or Not To Be
19th February 2013
In a never-ending quest to reveal who I am, I thought I would save any new reader the drudgery of slopping through the myriads of postings over the last years, and with little effort, get right to the heart of the matter. Here in one easy posting is an abbreviated, but still relevant list of my likes and dislikes.
Hopefully, it tells a small story of a slightly eccentric, unordinary man, struggling to find his way in the rather ordinary culture we live in.
Likes
Printed newspapers, well designed books and bookstores
The patina of silver
Beautifully made automobiles
Biedermeier furniture
A well-tailored suit
Engraved stationery
Fireplaces with well tendered fires in winter
Manicured lawns, hedges and allees
Order and precision
Eloquent language
A sense of humor
Uniforms of all sorts
Women of style
Quiet, clean, well-lit spaces
Natural light (let there be light)
Extremely well-made things of all sorts
A job well done
A beautiful woman in a classic one-piece bathing suit
Intelligence
Originality
Classic music from Mozart to Avro Part
Monastic life and Gregorian Chants
Simplicity
A beautiful woman’s legs
Dancing
Heavyset men and women with style
National Trust Gardens
Large, majestic trees
The rural life
A noble man
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives
Fountain Pens
Receiving letters from the U.S. Post Office
Home cooked meals
The Bourne Movies
Dislikes
A great deal of popular culture
Tattoos
A woman’s underwear revealed too easily
Bikini’s on 99.9% of women
Vulgar language
Disorder
A person’s stomach being exposed
Sloppy and vulgar dressing
Most, but not all of Modern Art and Photography
Tract houses
Windows without mullions
Vinyl siding
Cheap construction
Too narrow lapels and ties
Most designer clothes that have more fashion than style
Women’s large handbags with lots of bangles
Discordant modern music
T-shirts
Housing developments
Office buildings with tinted glass
Windows that do not open
Strip malls
Most marketing and PR
Most objects made in plastic
Most online everything (especially banking)
Recessed lighting
Being late to anything
Crowded places and small elevators
Rap and Heavy Metal Music
Graffiti
Most art films
An unexamined life
Following the leader
