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Third-Season Legends
Strange to think that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow will start its third season in a couple of months. The show’s first season was rough . . . rough and stilted. Season two was a great recovery, with much better dialogue … Continue reading
Back in a Flash (Fall 2017 Edition)
Even though we’re still a couple of months away from most fall-premiering television shows, events like San Diego Comic-Con have become a great excuse for premiering teasers and trailers. Case in point: the trailer for the upcoming fourth season of … Continue reading
The Thrill of Stranger Things
Of the many exciting trailers to come out of this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, the latest trailer for the second season of Stranger Things sits high on the list. This trailer, with great nods to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” makes … Continue reading
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“Twice Upon a Time”
Here’s today’s teaser release for the Doctor Who Christmas Special. No River Song saying “spoilers” needed here.
Are You Ready, Player One?
A couple of Decembers ago I found myself in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport without a novel to read. I left the terminal bookstore with a copy of Cline’s Ready Player One (and this after at least a year of hearing … Continue reading
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Every Day Committed
One of my favorite Wendell Berry quotes comes from his “Notes from an Absence and a Return,” which can be found in A Continuous Harmony. The short journal recounts Berry’s thoughts and experiences of returning to his Kentucky farm … Continue reading
Mountain Peaks and Friends on the Trail
Here’s a short-but-cool interview done with Andrew Peterson that name-drops most of my favorite singers, songwriters, and novelists. Thanks to Anthony Myers for making and posting.
Thirteen and Counting
And so the thirteenth Doctor has been revealed: This is the first person playing the Doctor that I have any kind of viewing history with (Barty Crouch, Jr. doesn’t count for Tennant). Jodie Whittaker has played the part of Beth … Continue reading
When Life is Category over Character
Reading Wendell Berry in the 21st century is strange, mainly because much of what he wrote in the 1990s (and even the 1980s) is still relevant today. I think it’s relevant, even if only as a reminder of the way … Continue reading
Drowning in the Tides of History?
At the same time that I’ve been reading various essays by Wendell Berry, I’ve been devouring Douglas Murray’s The Strange Death of Europe. The two read together very well. Both are about citizens and communities and culture. And both were … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 