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“Shiny in the Black”: A FIREFLY Christmas! (part four and conclusion)
(Concluding my repost of this Very Special, but not in the Blossom way, Episode of Firefly.) part three part two part one “Those aren’t toys,” Kaylee said. “Those are agricultural supplies for a new colony. Did you change the job … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Mr. Lennon:
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Sunday Burst!
Linkage has been piling up! PILING UP, I tell you!!! :: I found a Twitter feed called “Space Snaps” this morning, via this amazing photo of a space shuttle launch: Yeah, follow that account if you’re on The Twitters. :: … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
Sometimes sitcoms bring out the best in Christmas stuff! Here are some clips. First, The Brady Bunch. This is actually an entire episode edited down to the bare essentials for the main story. And then we have something more recent: … Continue reading
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
What’s Christmas without some solo trumpet music? Here is “In the Bleak Midwinter”, performed by the great Tine Thing Helseth.
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Your Daily Dose of Christmas!
I heard this first song on the radio today, sitting in an office with two coworkers. We were all gobsmacked by the song’s outright weirdness, and it got me thinking about novelty songs. Here’s something called “I Yust Go Nuts … Continue reading
This is downtown Buffalo.
One of the projects that’s been under construction downtown has been the recreation of old sections of the Erie Canal, which were then filled with water and which have now frozen. Think of Buffalo as an old, decaying, has-been city … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels: Finale
The Fixing the Prequels series was never, as I’ve noted many times throughout, a project for me to complain about the much-hated films. My goal was always to acknowledge the Prequel Trilogy’s very real problems by suggesting ways they could … Continue reading
Your Daily Dose of Christmas
Time for another one that I feature most years, but there’s a reason. This song, and this performance, are so sublime that just about all performances of the song ever since have left me cold, for a very big reason. … Continue reading