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Previously
- Live and Let Rank: The Official and Correct Ranking of the James Bond Movies, part 2 November 29, 2021
- From the Books: “This Will All Be Over Soon” by Cecily Strong November 28, 2021
- Speaking of made-up “holidays”…. November 27, 2021
- “She’ll probably add something unnecessary, like raisins” November 26, 2021
- Our annual Festival? November 26, 2021
- Thankfulness in 2021 November 25, 2021
- Rank Another Day: The Official and Correct Ranking of the James Bond Movies, part 1 November 24, 2021
- The Past harmonizes: 11/22/63, by Stephen King November 23, 2021
- Tone Poem Tuesday November 23, 2021
- You Only Get Ranked Once: The Official and Correct Ranking of the James Bond Movies, introduction November 22, 2021
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Our annual Festival?
Thanksgiving is over, and now comes Christmas! Every year I hear a lot of complaint that Thanksgiving is a thing that gets lost in the shuffle between Halloween and Christmas, and that Thanksgiving should be its very own thing with … Continue reading
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SNOW!!!
Feels like it took longer than usual this year, but it’s finally here! I reserve the right to get sick of the stuff once my traditional cut-off date, St. Patrick’s Day, rolls around (though for some reasons to be revealed … Continue reading
How to Anger the Twitter Gods
I’m in Hour Two of a twelve-hour long suspension from Twitter because I broke one of its rules. The suspension happened very quickly, so obviously I didn’t manage to render my thought in poetic enough fashion to not trigger Twitter’s content … Continue reading
“I shall read you to the bitter end!” vowed the Reader….
An interesting discussion erupted over on Twitter the other day, occasioned by this tweet: 'It's an insult to authors not to finish every book you start' – strong stuff from my excellent colleague @ruhawksley (I took 'A Suitable Boy' away … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
I watched the Blue Origin flight yesterday, in which William Shatner joined three others in the very short up-and-back-again space shot yesterday in Jeff Bezos’s interestingly-shaped spacecraft. I have to admit to a certain amount of cynicism as I’ve watched … Continue reading
Live and Let Rank: The Official and Correct Ranking of the James Bond Movies, part 2
Continuing my Official And Correct Ranking of the James Bond films! This time we will go from Number 20 to Number 16. Our first entry contained the one Bond film I outright dislike, followed by several that just don’t do … Continue reading →