The other day, I saw my friend Rod after he’d been away for a while, and he asked me how I’d been and what I’d been up to. I tried to cast my mind back to the previous month–February, that is–to tell him about what I’d been doing,…
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For some reason, I’ve always been really interested in TV show’s opening credit sequences. So after I recently finished ordering my the 101 TV Shows I Love the Most (which turned into 102 because I realize I’d forgotten Seinfeld, and would have been 103 if I’d remembered Pride…
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The new year is 1/12 of the way over…have I been making the most of it? I mean, I have tried, and I feel like I’ve been pretty occupied with lots of meaningful things, but looking back at it and I can see that I completed precious few…
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Not in terms of weather. In Perth, the March weather is still pleasant and summery, if not actually hot. No, it’s coming in like a lion in terms that it is intense and fierce. Maybe it’s a bit like this lion in that it will incredibly fat–fat with…
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Shockingly, Sam leaps into the body of his own great grandfather, a captain serving with the Union army in the American Civil War. He is wounded during battle and takes refuge with southern widow–his own great-grandmother. In this position he must help some runaway slaves escape capture, while…
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As mentioned previously, in “Impossible Voyages” I’m watching and writing about a run of new (to me) science fiction films to be watched over this year (and possibly beyond). You can read the rationale and ground rules here. In the meantime, we are advancing from 1924 to 1925 with…
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As mentioned previously, in “Impossible Voyages” I’m watching and writing about a run of new (to me) science fiction films to be watched over this year (and possibly beyond). You can read the rationale and ground rules here. In the meantime, we are advancing from 1920 to 1924 with…
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Today, February 16, is the 47th day of the year, and given that that is my favorite number (see here for why), I thought it was a convenient time to review how I’m doing on my 2025 goals. Now, I actually have a bunch of real life goals…
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Sam leaps into Henry Adams, a Vietnam vet who living in a forest outside of town. He struggles to get ahold of medicine to help his fellow vet Roy, who suffers from epilepsy. A local boy, Daniel, mistakes Henry for Bigfoot (because of his unkempt appearance) and is…
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A little while ago I wrote up a list of 25 things that were coming out in 2025 that I wanted to watch (see here). Because this is the way I roll, at the same time I came up with a list of 25 more things that I…
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