October 2011
3 posts
Claire Denis, "White Material"
Last night I went to the third film in Carleton’s Tournées French Film Festival - White Material by the French director Claire Denis. The intentionally and beautifully disjoined story concerns a woman - played by Isabelle Huppert - trying to save her family’s coffee plantation during a rebellion in an unnamed African country.
A person could write up all of White Material’s plot...
Coaching for Everyone →
This brilliant article by Atul Gawande lays out a solid rationale for everyone, especially professionals, having thoughtful coaches to continuously guide improvement.
Porter (the beer) →
Porters are my favorite beer, and the Wikipedia entry does a great job of describing their characteristics and history, which has been markedly shaped by war.