Thursday, February 25, 2016

Selling Papers - Spotlight, Reviewed

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This won't be a full-blown review, but Audrey, Fenya and I had the opportunity to watch Spotlight last night, an ensemble newspaper dram...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Autonomous Defense Systems and The Lenten Armistice of 2016

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The sense of joy afforded by tiny victories, like finding a parking space within 5 stalls of the door at Costco, or simple pleasures, such a...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Gunplay, Cosplay, Wordplay, Foreplay: Deadpool, Reviewed

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The other movie I got to take in this long weekend was the long-awaited Deadpool , starring Ryan Reynolds. Despite my having shown the red-...

Hollywood Parables: Hail Caesar!, Reviewed

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I was pretty excited this weekend to have the opportunity to see two different movies in the theatre, the first of which was the Coen Brothe...
Monday, February 8, 2016

The Sadness of Fruit

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Under normal circumstances, I don’t ascribe any particular amount of emotional resonance to fruit,either generally or in specific, but when...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

For The Birds

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While preparing the roast beast for Sunday dinner, I heard Audrey call from the living room: "Girls, come here, quietly. Stephen, you m...
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Groove Thangs: Our First Game of Spirit of 77

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Our nerdy little kaffeeklatsch has finally returned to the world of role-playing games after a ten-month hiatus, at long last using the Spir...