Film Review: “Steve Jobs”
Review of the new feature film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs titled “Steve Jobs” by guest blogger, music and film critic Ron Wells.
If one wants to learn about Steve Jobs it is probably best to read Walter Isaacson’s biography or see Alex Gibney’s documentary. That will give you a clearer picture of who the man actually was.
Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s film, Steve Jobs, does not pretend to be a definitive examination of the co-founder, chairman and chief executive of Apple, Inc. Rather, they have gone for something deeper and more profound.
In that sense, this film is almost Shakespearian in nature.
For example, you won’t learn everything about Julius Caesar or Richard III by seeing the plays about them, but you will learn something about the larger motivations, personalities, and flaws of those historical figures and those who surrounded them.
Shakespeare digs into the essence of famous men in order to give his audience a human connection to themselves. That is what this film also does, and Boyle, Sorkin and their brilliant ensemble cast have done this to near perfection. This impressionistic drama, seen here in essentially three acts, shows Jobs right before three product launches.
Michael Fassbinder is absolutely riveting capturing Jobs’ moods as his mind works like a machine on speed driving his workers endlessly to accomplish his utopian vision of the future. He is driven, ruthless, and obsessive in trying to get his computers to market, and thus change the world forever.
Take A Steampunk Holiday to Oxnard’s Heritage Square: By Bicycle!
Calling all ye lively lads & lasses, lovely ladies & jolly gents! Join us for a jaunt on our two wheeled steeds– no jeans, lycra, or modern garb, please!
Follow the Steamy Tweed Ride to the FREE Steampunk Fest at Oxnard’s Heritage Square this Saturday October 17. Read more…
53 Interesting Facts About the Number 53: 53cm is the average length of a human arm
The average human arm reaches 53 centimeters is this week’s interesting fact about the number 53.
According to Georg Petschnigg, that 53cm length of arm creates a sphere that encompasses head, heart, and hand, and in the midst, a blank canvas. (Artwork by Chris Ashworth from a different company, FIGURE 53.) Read more…
Celebrate Santa Barbara Wine Harvest This Weekend
It’s Celebration of Harvest Time in Santa Barbara Wine Country! I’ll be there Saturday at Mission Santa Ines near Buellton — will you?
Miss out on the recent Sunset Savor the Central Coast during the last weekend of California Wine Month? Then definitely don’t miss this weekend’s Santa Barbara Vintners Celebration of Harvest!
Before I get to posting about Sunset Savor (including notes from two sessions I attended “Three Styles of Sparkling Wine” and “Central Coast Wine and Cheese Pairing”), I want to make sure that you know about this weekend’s Celebration of Harvest Weekend October 9-12, 2015.
During the weekend you can:
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“Don’t worry if you feel you can only do one tiny good thing in one small corner of the cosmos, advises Thich Nhat Hanh. “Just be a Buddha body in that one place.”
Last night overwhelmed and exhausted by all the battles, Read more…
Cynthia Minet, “Predator: Falcon”, 2014, post-consumer plastic, fasteners, LEDs.
While some people think that contemporary art is garbage, the current show at USC is made of garbage–literally. Read more…
53 Interesting Facts About The Number 53: poem 53 by e.e. cummings (for Larry Levine)
This year I am doing a weekly writing experiment about the number 53. This week’s interesting fact about the number 53 is the poem “53′ by e.e. cummings from his 1954 collection, 100 Selected Poems.
I decided I wanted to find a poem to honor the life and work of Lawrence Levine who was shot by one of his students on October 1, 2015. This post is dedicated to Larry Levine, and to my colleagues at community colleges across the country who keep their hearts open in the wake of this tragedy.
Like Lawrence Levine, I am a community college teacher of writing who is a poet and loves the outdoors. Unlike Lawrence Levine, today I am alive while Larry is dead —killed by a student who shot his professor in their classroom as well as a number of his classmates before dying of a self-inflicted gun shot.
I chose this poem after looking at verses and poems numbered or titled 53 including ones from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman before selecting this one by e.e. cummings:
may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are oldmay my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
for even if it’s sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not youngand may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there’s never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile
Sotomayer: Value of Dreams to Aspire, Measure of Success What We Do Today
In her book My Beloved World, Sonia Sotomayer says that,
“Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of the their becoming true.
Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.
That will, wherever it finally leads, does at least move you forward. And after a time you may recognize that the proper measure of success is not how much you’ve closed the distance to some far-off goal but the quality of what you’ve done today.”
Today my students and I will take to the field again — this time, to Ventura’s Color Garden located near City Hall on Poli Street near Chestnut and Fir, then we will walk up behind City Hall to the Botanical Garden.
In both places, they will learn about dreams, old and recent, and they will discuss dreams: dreams of a world without natur
e deficit disorder, of Nowtopias full of community gardens and bicycle kitchens —
and you are invited.
Here’s How to #StandwithPP for #PinkOut Today 9/29 for Planned Parenthood
Did you hear THAT? The #PinkOutThunderclap? It happened today, Tuesday 9/29–at noon EDT and at 9am PDT– on social media? Did you feel it?
Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards testified before Congress this morning — and she is the only witness in a politically-motivated hearing meant to attack Planned Parenthood. And while she’s taking the fight to Capitol Hill, millions of women’s health champions just like you will be rallying across the country in support.
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6. Blog about #PinkOut and share your blog post on social media.
Why should YOU join ME to #PinkOut? Planned Parenthood is threatened with defunding because of lies, misinformation, and a bogus, misleading video and various other campaigns
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Here are some facts about what Planned Parenthood is and what it does: Read more…
53 Interesting Facts About The Number 53: 53′ Ganesha and the Lunar Eclipse
In my hunt for 53 interesting facts about the number 53 to share on 53 Sundays this year, I have traveled to many surprising and unexpected places uncovering historic facts, trivia, songs, and books. With today both a supermoon blood moon lunar eclipse and Lord Ganesha’s birthday, I wondered what I would find about the number 53. Read more…
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