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Here Comes a Chopper to Chop Off Your Head

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Nathan

We’ve watched a strange mix of stuff in the past week or so. It did include two movies in the theater, and since we’d watched Sinners not long before, we’ve probably been to the movies more in the past month … Continue reading →

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You’re the Same, But I Got Different Eyes

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Nathan

Please enjoy my awkwardly phrased thoughts on some newish albums, plus some other musings loosely related to music. St. Vincent, All Born Screaming – This album has some intense rhythms and vocal stylings. The acoustic guitar and piano parts mix well … Continue reading →

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Illumi-Naughty

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Nathan

In the Cities of Coin and Spice, by Catherynne M. Valente – The second book in the Orphan’s Tales series continues with more diverse but connected stories, with a lot of shifting back and forth when different narrators interrupt, very … Continue reading →

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Famous Monsters of Bookland

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Nathan

The Folded World, by Catherynne M. Valente – The sequel to The Habitation of the Blessed has John‘s daughter arrive in Pentexore to tell the inhabitants about the Crusades, and John’s subjects go off to fight in Jerusalem for a … Continue reading →

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Are Ewoks Too Woke?

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Nathan

This time, we have one movie, one television show, and one made-for-TV movie, all with SPOILERS. The Mist – Based on a Stephen King story, this has a pretty claustrophobic premise. After a severe storm, many of the residents in … Continue reading →

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First Star I See Tonight

Posted on April 7, 2024 by Nathan

SPOILERS for all five of these! I had meant to write about some of them earlier, but I haven’t been feeling well as of late. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV – This is a four-part documentary … Continue reading →

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It’s Craning Men

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Nathan

When Sorrows Come, by Seanan McGuire – After a lot of build-up throughout the last few books, we finally get to see Toby and Tybalt’s wedding, at the court of the High King of the Divided Courts in Toronto. Of … Continue reading →

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It’s Against My Programming to Impersonate a Deity

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Nathan

SPOILERS for all four things covered here! The Invitation – There’s another movie of this title that came out last year and is about vampires. This one, from 2008, is about a cult. A guy named Will, whose son died … Continue reading →

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The FLDS Took My Baby Away

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Nathan

I understand Netflix is going to give up their DVD distribution later this year. I think we’re just about the only people who still use it, so I’m not surprised, but I don’t know the best way to watch movies … Continue reading →

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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Whiny

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Nathan

There are so many things related to politics that I hear or read that just piss me off, but I usually try not to say anything, because it’s kind of just taking the bait. That’s especially the case with the … Continue reading →

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