I had May 5 marked on my calendar (yes, I still use paper calendars, in addition to electronic calendars). That’s when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 came out. I also had May 19 marked. That’s when Fast X opened. … Continue reading
I’ve said before that I still enjoy renting DVDs from Netflix, and that my favorite way of reading newspapers is on my Kindle. So, 1) “Netflix Will End Its DVD Service, 5.2 Billion Discs Later“ 2) “Amazon will discontinue newspaper … Continue reading
Some days, it seems like everybody is watching House of the Dragon, or The Rings of Power, or both. And it definitely feels, on most days, like everybody is watching Marvel movies and shows. (Of course, some days it seems … Continue reading
1) I used to read quite a few blogs by aspiring writers* (back before that blog world was swallowed up by social media), and there were always “helpful” bits of “wisdom” being thrown around, like “adverbs = bad” and “kill … Continue reading
Actually, I wrote an entire blog post, but something was wrong. I had accumulated a list of URLs of articles (well, three) which I was going to use to illustrate my points (about why the articles were, in terms of … Continue reading
I’ve had this blog for a while now. (In fact, I just checked and I’ve made 965 published posts, dating back to 1999. Damn. That’s actually even more than I expected.) One result of this longevity (and loquacity) is that … Continue reading