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Closed on Account of Prettiness?
Well, if that happened to be the metric, I wouldn’t be at school much at all, Calvin . . . Speaking of the weather, it’s been a cold few days here in Tennessee. We’ve had flurries a couple of times: … Continue reading
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Album + Commentary = Amazing
Today’s visit with friends a good ways away allowed for some quality drive time. Since my phone is weirdly set on “shuffle” mode (and because I am a firm believer in album’s and sequencing), I decided to listen through some … Continue reading
Christmas Sing-Along with Shirley
I wish I had spent more time recently revisiting some of the “Christmas” episodes of some of my favorite shows. I did watch the first Christmas episode of The Office before flying out for the holidays. Early Michael Scott . … Continue reading
A Poem for Christmas Day
For this special day, “The House of Christmas” by G. K. Chesterton: There fared a mother driven forth Out of an inn to roam; In the place where she was homeless All men are at home. The crazy stable close … Continue reading
Twelfth and Final?
Hard to believe that we’re less than a week away from the end of Peter Capaldi’s run as the Doctor. When the Doctor Who Christmas special airs on Christmas Day, we’ll see then end of both Capaldi and show-runner Steve … Continue reading
Fitz to the Rescue (or is it Lance Hunter?)
This season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has started out very strong . . . by embracing a nice, futuristic element that leaves lots of mysteries to solve. One of them, whatever happened to Fitz, got brought to fore at … Continue reading
On the Other Side of the Shimmer
Today before my (second) viewing Star Wars: The Last Jedi I had the pleasant surprise of the first full trailer for Annihilation, the first novel in the “Area X” or “Southern Reach” cycle from Jeff VanderMeer. It was a cool … Continue reading
Deconstructing Star Wars
There’s a good chance that everything you’ve heard about Star Wars: The Last Jedi is true. All of it. It is the kind of movie that both fascinates and infuriates. But because it has you laughing at just the right … Continue reading
Almost the Last Jedi
So I’m a few hours away from catching a Thursday night showing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. This is the least I’ve known about a Star Wars movie yet. I did a decent job of staying away from the … Continue reading
Love’s Labor
Well, it’s the time of year where I would love to be able to see Andrew Peterson’s Behold the Lamb of God tour. Unfortunately, it always wraps long before I get back to Tennessee for the holidays. So I’m thankful … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 