Bruno Mercere, birthplace unspecified, French sound mixer
Cecilia Carrizo,
Daniel Handler,
Emilio Santos, birthplace unspecified, Venezuelan porn star
Hernán Jiménez,
Jeremy Morgan,
Leticia Trejo,
Mariusz Glabinski,
Robert Alan Dilts,
Sayed Najem, birthplace unspecified, Lebanese stuntman
Stanislav Penc, birthplace unspecified, Czech peace activist
Tangi Miller,
Tim Miller, birthplace unspecified, American Inferno artist
Mister Lemony Snicket is our main man today. I have never read his work, but it always seemed like the kind of thing I’d get around to someday, if I ever had a kid. Well, here we are.
One issue that this raises is, does one have to read all thirteen books in the Series of Unfortunate Events triskaidekalogy to feel that one is fully on board? If not, how does one choose where to begin or end? My mother read me all seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia; though a little baggy in parts, each part ultimately had something to do with the whole. I guess I’ll have to research how true that is in this case; thirteen novels seems like more of a commitment than I’m willing to make.
On a semi-related subject, Daniel Handler plays accordion on the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs. I once had a girlfriend who gave me the first and third installments only of that recording. The two-thirds that I possess is a fantastic record. Someday I hope to listen to love songs twenty four through forty six.
But I’m not in any hurry. I savor especially those books, songs, and movies I’ve not seen or heard yet, but that I’m reasonably certain I’m going to like. Places I’ve never been, too. Thinking of those as yet unmet destinations is like a happy memory in reverse.
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