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Deep Enough to Dream
The summer is almost over for me. I don’t make it through a summer without thinking about the music of 1997: the self-titled studio release from Caedmon’s Call, the greatest hits album of Steven Curtis Chapman (which included “Not Home … Continue reading
Pokemon Go as Reality Filter?
(Pokémon Go/Gustave Caillebotte, “Le Pont de l’Europe,” 1876 from CityLab.com) Nicholas Carr (writer of The Shallows and The Glass Cage) recently posted his own “take” on the Pokemon Go/augmented reality discussion, mostly from the vantage point of art and Instagram. … Continue reading
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Pocket Monster Round-Up
The stakes aren’t all that high for me with the recent release of Pokemon Go as a mobile app. It’s at least two generations removed from what was important to my childhood (I draw the first line at the Teenage … Continue reading
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What You Find When You Look
Try as we might to make it otherwise, place matters. At our best, we are people rooted in place and time in a way that makes us mindful of the good and bad of our moment. This is less and … Continue reading
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Cinematic Comedy This Century
The folks at the A. V. Club recently put together a “top 50 best comedies since 2000” list. Like most lists, its an interesting read, particularly if it helps you see how your own tastes have changed over time. It’s … Continue reading
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Change the Game with One Move
I’ve gotten into the habit of posting some of Jeff Winger’s “greatest hits” from the now-defunct show Community. Here’s his big speech from the end of season three (what could’ve been the last one from the original show runner). A … Continue reading
Skywalking It
My travel day started by traveling into (not out of) a flash flood/thunderstorm situation. Pretty harrowing for 4:00 in the morning. And thanks to the weather, the two-hour layover that I had at LAX became a fifteen minute sprint from … Continue reading
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Summer Break and Beyond
Difficult to believe that it’s back to school in just over two weeks for me. In cinematic terms, that means we’re about 2/3 of the way through summer movie season (at least how I reckon it). In a bit of … Continue reading
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100 Years and the Land of Mordor
The New York Times recently posted a short piece about the life of JRR Tolkien and its connection to The Lord of the Rings. The author, Joseph Loconte, recently published a biography connecting Tolkien and Lewis. The article begins: In … Continue reading
Independence, Resurgence, and Collapse
Last weekend, and against the better judgment of Rotten Tomatoes, I caught a showing of Independence Day: Resurgence. The movie is decent. The effects were amazing (and made me wish I had chosen the 3D route). The script was okay. … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 