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The 500: 256–258

256 ~ Ultimate Spring League, 4/18/24 After the six-team round robin, the top three teams (which included my team) were all tied with identical record of 4–1, +16 over all point differential, and +1 point differential between the tied teams. The exact same record. Which makes for an interesting situation with two games left before […]

The 500: 253–255

253 ~ Movie Dead of Night (1945)Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil DeardenWritten by John Baines, Angus MacPhailStarring: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers Watched for HorrorX524 challenge, prompt: A horror film released before 1950. Dead of Night is a well-made British horror anthology. For the most part, the segments are pretty […]

The 500: 250–252

250 ~ Other Event Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon Twice a year, readers around the world take part in Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon. I’ve participated on and off for a number of years. A complicating factor for the April readathon is that it is often on the same weekend as spring frisbee league finals. Not so this year! […]

The 500: 247–249

247 ~ Ultimate Spring League, 4/11/24 Well, it happened. We lost a game. After being down quite a bit in the first half, we came back and kept it close in the second. Ended up losing at hard-cap, universe point (translation: the game was tied when we hit our time cap). I was feeling pretty […]

The 500: 244–246

244 ~ Other Event Trip to the Library, 4/8/24 With April being Spring Into Horror and the 24-Hour Readathon coming up this weekend, I went to the library with intent to pick up a horror book or two. Alas, it didn’t work out that way. I ended up with Russian poetry (it is spring, after […]

The 500: 241–243

241 ~ Ultimate Spring League, 4/4/24 Rough night for me. The pink team, our opponen, has a group of woman-matching college players, all of which are 19–20 years old. All fast enough and all at the “stick with your person” stage of playing defense. Occasionally, I can get away from a more athletic player if […]

The 500: 238–240

238 ~ Movie To Catch a Thief (1955)Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Written by John Michael HayesStarring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis The trailer of To Catch a Thief does it no favors. It’s not Hitchcock’s most “tense” thriller. Cary Grant and Grace Kelly are both very appealing, but to modern eyes, the age […]

The 500: 237 – Someone You Can Build a Nest In

237 ~ Book A copy of this book was provided to me by DAW books in exchange for an honest review. Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell Someone You Can Build a Nest In, John Wiswell’s debut novel, is hyper-aware of how trauma can twist even good intentions. From her removed […]

The 500: 235–236

235 ~ Short Story “Little Fathers of Darkness” by Jason SanfordDeal Me In, wk 13: 5♦️ “Little Fathers of Darkness” is connected to Sanford’s novel, Plague Birds, which I have not read. There is a lot going on in the world of Plague Birds. The story does a fair job of bringing a new reader […]

The 500: 232–234

232 ~ Movie Talk to Me (2022)Directed by Danny Philippou & Michael PhilippouWritten by Danny Philippou & Bill HinzmanStarring: Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird I had forgotten I’d put Talk to Me on my #horrorX524 list. When I made the list, I tried to avoid too many titles I didn’t have access to, but […]