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The Time Has Come!

Yup…it’s time to start working on the sequel to Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title). I’ve just found getting back into Deliverance, eh? a bit of a slog, for a number of reasons. First, as I’ve mentioned before, it … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: If you don’t like insects (or art), don’t watch this video. :: Leonard Bernstein rewrites Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. If you’ve read Bernstein’s brilliant and indispensable The Joy of Music, you’ve already read the transcript … Continue reading

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Saturday Centus (Sunday edition)

Here we go! I looked at the ramshackle contraption as Pa put the finishing touches on it. He was ready to light the fuse. “Oh my God, you really think this thing’s gonna fly?!” “Simple physics, m’boy! The fuel burns, … Continue reading

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EXTERIOR: Suburban Buffalo — KFC — Afternoon — Winter.

Two cars pull into the KFC parking lot. One pulls right up to the door; the other parks a bit farther away. A short, squat WOMAN in a brilliant sky-blue winter coat and her SON, a young man of about … Continue reading

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Film Quote Friday: The Hunt for Red October

When this movie came out in spring 1990, I was on the tail end of a fascination with the spy genre that had lasted two or three years. I’d devoured a whole bunch of Robert Ludlum and Nelson DeMille novels; … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I had a piece chosen already, but yesterday’s passing of pianist Van Cliburn gave me cause to push that one back a week. This particular work is so associated with Cliburn that it’s almost cliche to use it, but there’s … Continue reading

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Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part five)

one two three four Again, it’s been a while since we did this, and I’ve been lax for mainly the same reasons: work on other projects, and the continued calcification of the view that the Prequel Trilogy is utter garbage. … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

How cool is your cell phone? What all do you use it for?

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Answers, the fourth!

OK, I need to pick up the pace a little bit here…. Continuing with Roger’s queries: How many copies of the Orson Scott Card’s Superman comic will you be buying. I KNOW you’re his biggest fan. 😉 Heh. Clearly Roger … Continue reading

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Chickie du Chef

So, in my ongoing efforts to become more culinarily self-reliant, I’ve taken to cooking whole chickens in the crockpot. This, it turns out, is cheaper than buying chicken parts when I need just regular chicken meat for a soup or … Continue reading

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