Reverse Peephole

Personal Blog of Vishal Anand

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Cannot recommend this enough. This poet does such a great job of dissecting Kendrick's language, themes, references

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A Lively 2024 Movie Mashup

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Amritsar

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I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped | Rowan Atkinson

Sadly, keeping your old petrol car may be better than buying an EV, says actor Rowan Atkinson

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We Put 19 Cameras in a Michelin-Starred Restaurant | Bon Appétit

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Bono and The Edge: Tiny Desk Concert

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It’s an influencer world. Or at least for the new generation of Internet natives.

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"How do you put architecture in nature"

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The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars

THE ROGUE TESLA MECHANIC Rich is the self-titled Dr. Frankenstein of Teslas. From his home in Massachusetts, the mad mechanic scours the internet for busted and broken-down Teslas so he can independently resurrect the dead electric vehicles. This wouldn't be so interesting if the Elon Musk-run car company discourage owners from doing this very thing. He shares his adventures on his YouTube channel Rick Rebuilds in an attempt to help other people take back the right to rebuild their cars.

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To begin, my mother and father are responsible for me existing at all, so I suppose the first round of "How I made it to where I am" begins there. I was born at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, CA, and as I understand it I was not the easiest of births, taking on…

“I am eliding here; there are numerous people to whom I owe a debt for the work that they have done on my behalf or who have done something that has benefited me, who I am not calling out by name. Some of them know who they are; many of them probably don’t, because most of them haven’t met me.

There is a flip side to this as well. I have helped others too. I am financially successful now; I pay a lot of taxes. I don’t mind because I know how taxes helped me to get to the fortunate position I am in today. I hope the taxes I pay will help some military wife give birth, a mother who needs help feed her child, help another child learn and fall in love with the written word, and help still another get through college. Likewise, I am in a socially advantageous position now, where I can help promote the work of others here and in other places. I do it because I can, because I think I should and because I remember those who helped me. It honors them and it sets the example for those I help to help those who follow them.“

A great article to re-read as the year comes to an end. 

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMNJbt3QDE)

‘Shape of You’: How Ed Sheeran Made 2017’s Biggest Track

Most-streamed track ever on Spotify

Most weeks ever in the billboard top 10

2 billion views on youtube

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZpxzfMkVzM)

Kyoto Kitcho, a 3 Michelin Star restaurant nestled in Arashiyama.  It's one of the most respected restaurants in Japan, and definitely up there for the most beautiful, not only in Japan, but in the entire world. 

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WHY JACKIE CHAN IS A GREAT SILENT COMIC

Buster Keaton, Harrold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplain — three of the greatest comedians in the history of film. Before film had recorded dialog, these three mastered the art of comedy without saying a word. These three were a huge influence on Jackie Chan, and their styles can be found in his acting and referenced in his films. Bradley Dixon makes a convincing case that Jackie Chan should be included as among the best silent comedians, despite working in the era of the talkies.

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Dariya Dil (1988)

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNHP0qWId8I)

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Why Different Cultures Invented Words for Colors in the Very Same Order With Each of Their Languages