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Category Archives: Commentary
On Festivals and the Dating Thereof
NOTE: I’ve had this in drafts for-EVER (I started this post in August 2022!), and I think it’s now time to go ahead and finish it, because it’s that time of year again. Not the time of year indicated in … Continue reading
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Why write bad reviews?
Roger asked me an interesting question via email: When is an appropriate time to write a negative review? This was in response to a comment I left on his post in which he talked about “reaction videos”, which he’s not … Continue reading
Stealing on a Sunday? Seems suspicious.
I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I’m going to do one now, just because. So there! 1. What is your favorite book? Fiction, author no longer alive: The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien. Fiction, author … Continue reading
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life!” –Letterkenny
The other day I was having a conversation with a manager at work: SHE: I have a passion for [activity that can actually be really lucrative], and I’m really good at it! ME: Really? SHE: Yes! [She shows me photos … Continue reading
Serves them right for not being musical.
I have just watched tonight’s episode of Jeopardy! and looked on in horror as all three contestants combined to go 0-5 on a category about classical music works. Yes, I’d have gone 5-5 had I been there. One was a Daily … Continue reading
Random unrelated thoughts that are actually quite related
First thought: I’m getting really tired of the prevailing response to news of just about any garden-variety street crime being a roll of the eyes, followed by, “See? Bail reform!” Second thought: Americans are very, very, very bad at seeing how societal problems … Continue reading
Striking
I’m generally of the view that ownership, or management, or capital, or whatever should almost never be listened to or taken seriously during times of labor strife, and that in such times you should listen to the striking workers. Not working … Continue reading
The sailors were mum about “Orange skies at noon”
Being downwind of Canadian wildfires is not fun. It’s reminding me of being downwind of Mt. St. Helens eruptions back in 1980-81.
“The poor man can’t concentrate for more than an hour. YOU gave him four.”
The title quote comes from Amadeus, when Mozart protests to Salieri that his new opera, The Marriage of Figaro, has closed after just nine performances. The opera’s fate, according to the film, was doomed when Emperor Joseph II of Austria yawned during … Continue reading →