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Closer to “the Last Day”
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD continues to hit it out of the space-time ballpark. Now, as their journey to the future crescendoes, some major plot devices from previous seasons are coming into play. The end-of-episode reveal this week was as cool … Continue reading
Unclosed Loop: How to Think
The floor of my digital mind is littered with reflections that didn’t make it to this site. At the end of December, I started titling a handful of entries with the phrase “Unclosed Loop.” It’s a reference to something I … Continue reading
Education Drowning?
One of the first things that crossed my virtual desk this morning was this brilliantly rendered essay by Christian Smith. I quickly got a copy to a friend. And then, throughout the day, I couldn’t help but share it with … Continue reading
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Super-Saturation Point?
Just when you think you’ve hit the real sweet-spot with super-hero shows on television, something else comes along that just might add something significant to the mix. While I’ve kept most of my super-hero watching to three shows on the … Continue reading
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Unclosed Loop: The Last Jedi
Perhaps the only thing more interesting in the Star Wars universe than The Last Jedi right now is what people have been saying about the movie. I posted my initial thoughts here. Now that school is back in session, though, … Continue reading
“SHIELD in Space” Continues
Of course, it should also be “SHIELD in the Future,” as the barely-hanging-on series continues its brilliant fifth season. Here’s a scene from last week’s Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. It brings Daisy and Jemma back together. It’s also a “follow-up” … Continue reading
Updating Brad’s Status
Couldn’t bring myself to seeing at a movie in the theater today, so I ended up renting a flick from RedBox. At some point in the morning I realized that Brad’s Status, a recent Ben Stiller flick, was on DVD. … Continue reading
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Taking a Chance on Molly’s Game
One thing that shifted for me, even if only by a little, was the amount of movie-going that I did in 2017. Over the last few years, my interest in less commercial fare as ebbed and flowed. Last year I … Continue reading
Unclosed Loop: U2’s Songs of Experience
I’ve been meaning to get something a little more substantial down concerning U2’s most recent release, Songs of Experience. It’s been a rough semester for U2 in my classroom. Each fall for the last few years I’ve played “When I … Continue reading
Unclosed Loops: Life in the Digital Age
Earlier in the year, I had high hopes for “reading along” with Alan Jacobs’s “Living and Thinking in the Digital Age” course at Baylor. I got through a number of the initial handouts and articles (and even purchased and started … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 