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March 26, 2022
Cinema Saturday, Chainsaw Massacre Edition
I had planned to rewatch the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as well as two of its sequels that were available on my current bunch of streaming providers. Alas(?), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 was not available via hoopla like I was led to believe. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Year: 1974Runtime: 1h 23mRated: […]
March 23, 2022
Halfway to Halloween 2022
You know what April is? It’s halfway to Halloween! Last year, I celebrated with a horror movie A to Z. I’m not quite that ambitious this year, though I do intend to also keep up a series of horror-aspected Cinema Saturdays. In the works are trio of Texas Chainsaw movies and an Evil Dead/Army of […]
March 21, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 3/21/22
Monday Miscellanea, a look back at the stuff of last week. Or something like that. Read Nearly finished with Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark. It has not disappointed. I’ll probably read something nonfiction next. Also nearly finished with the too large Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown anthology. If I continue with a story […]
March 19, 2022
Cinema Saturday, 3/19/22
I’m going through what’s currently popular in horror (according to Just Watch) on my chosen streaming services. These three films are all currently available on Hulu. Titane Year: 2021Runtime: 1h 48mRated: R Director: Julia Ducournau Writers: Julia Ducournau, Jacques Akchoti, Simonetta Greggio Stars: Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Garance Marillier Double Feature Fodder: Crash (1996) (a […]
March 16, 2022
Classics Club Spin #29
My reading this year has been mostly “free range,” so I am a little hesitant to commit myself to reading any specific thing, but I’m also still willing to keep at my Classics Club list. Well, my rejiggered Classics Club list. Earlier in the year, I moved a few titles off the list and replaced […]
March 14, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 3/14/22
Monday Miscellanea, a look back at the stuff of last week. Reading I more or less nuked my reading list last week. I was dragging my feet on reading anything which . . . why? I’m not answerable to anyone but myself, so why was I not reading the things I wanted to read? Reading […]
March 7, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 3/7
Monday Miscellanea, a look back at the stuff of last week. Reading I was a little disorganized in my reading last week. I impulsed checked-out The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Also: “Since He Came Back” by Lindsay King-Miller “The Eight-Thousanders” by Jason Sanford – Deal Me In, Week 9From my recent Nebula […]
February 28, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 2/28/22
Monday Miscellanea, a look back at the stuff of last week. Reading This week I’ll be back to non-Starfleet Academy reading. Last week: Finished Pet Sematary by Stephen King – Might have more to say about Stephen King later in the week. “The Far Side of the Universe” by noc – My week eight Deal […]
February 27, 2022
TrekAThon: Starfleet Academy Graduation
Woo Hoo! Felicia Kendricks graduated! (And a skosh early too, which is more than I can say about any part of *my* college education.) Tricorder and hypospray in hand, she’s ready to take on anything! Things didn’t go quite as planned. Year 2 was a toss-up and Felicia settled for a course that wasn’t quite […]
February 21, 2022
Monday Miscellanea, 2/21/22
Monday Miscellanea, a look back at the stuff of last week. Reading Finished Do Androids Dream on Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick and even blogged about it. Started reading Pet Sematary by Stephen King. I’m not quite sure it’s a thick enough book for #TrekAThon, but any 80s Stephen King is pretty thick, right? […]
