[from 25 february 2024] I’m lying in a bed, somewhere in middle Ohio, mulling over last night’s book club discussion…
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home again
I’m going to have to remember how to post here.
Continue reading home againOHMC 2022 – A Look Back
Readers, I did not fail the October Horror Movie Challenge this year. In fact, I KILLED IT. Heh.
happy “new” year
When we wish a happy New Year, or say things like “good bye [YEAR OF HORROR*],” it’s not that we don’t know that time is an arbitrary measurement, or that one year flows into the next without revelation, or that one day flows into tomorrow, like the following hour, the following minute, the second after you read this sentence. We implicitly understand that as soon as 2020 ends in our respective time zones everything will not magically change other than the little number at the end of the year.
the day of the valentine
from 13 February 2017 (applicable to 2020): Continue reading the day of the valentine
the final death of dr. k’taden legume
27 November 2018
IT WAS ALL HIS IDEA!
[note: most of this will only make sense if you were or are a member of the Church of the SubGenius]
[second note: this is a long post, so pop a squat and settle in] Continue reading the final death of dr. k’taden legume
Going Viral
This is the true story of one person with a relatively low profile on Twitter and what happened when one of their tweets went viral. That one person is me. Continue reading Going Viral
happy anniversary, my blog! (contains non-recommendations)
Hello, my friends! I think you’re my friends. Anyhow, this here blog finally turned three years old recently, which means I can probably start taking off the potty training wheels any time now. I’m going to use this momentous occasion to un-recommend some movies for you! Continue reading happy anniversary, my blog! (contains non-recommendations)
2014 in First Time Views: The Top 25
What a year! There’s been good and bad, like so many other years before, as we plow along in this life. It’s been a big year of first time views for me, from new additions in a growing collection of Criterion and Alamo Drafthouse editions to a celebration of John Ford’s career. I’ve winnowed down 116 FTVs to a list of 25 of the best new-to-me films watched in 2014, and here they are, in alphabetical order! Continue reading 2014 in First Time Views: The Top 25
the perils of the revival
Recently, a group of my friends and I visited a nearby revival house to watch a screening of The Princess Bride (1987). I seriously misunderestimated the enduring popularity of this film, because when we arrived at the theater, there was a line to the box office that ended somewhere around the back of the building. It was impressive. I do not know why I assumed it would be like any other time I’ve visited there — The Princess Bride is a HUGE cult classic, quoted to this day and so ubiquitous in our pop culture that it’s popularity never fully registered with me. It’s always been one of those movies that just was. Continue reading the perils of the revival
bemused + nonplussed 