INEXPLICABLY, PORTLAND IS NOT ON THIS LIST ( Read more... )

Curiosity got the better of me, and I watched 'Revenge of the Nerds' (1984) to see if it was really as bad as I remembered it. It was, but mostly it was just tedious ( Read more... )

Buzz Aldrin, Clint Eastwood, and Thomas Sowell all turn 92 this year.

SOCIETY. Later this week, I'll be hosting a meeting of a conservative-leaning group that I've been a member of for several years. In the past, we met on a more or less monthly basis at a cafe in downtown Portland; later, we started meeting in private homes and (during the covid lockdowns) online. This will be my first time hosting, and I've ( Read more... )

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So it seems there's going to be series dedicated to Nurse Ratched of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" fame (or infamy). I only learned that just now.

I also hadn't known that "Cuckoo's Nest" is set in Salem, Oregon, although I have to say I think that's the perfect place for it. (We even have our very own Nurse RatchedI learned all this ( Read more... )

I haven't seen the movie yet. I probably will end up seeing it, but there's this important caveat for JRRT fans ( Read more... )

Great War geeks and Tolkien nerds and interested others, your thoughts on these new films?

They Shall Not Grow Old

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Tolkien

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I don't go out to the movies very often these days, and to tell you the truth there's not much that looks worth watching. But I'm thinking I might want to catch these two.

My review of United 93; originally posted in 2006.United 93 doesn't have a "plot" or "characters" in the conventional sense. Most of the characters are never named. Only one that I noticed - Ben Sliney - is ever identified by first and last name. Two we recognize - Mark Bingham and Todd Beamer - but most are simply there. They appear onscreen as ( Read more... )

Posting this mostly for my own reference, since it's of special interest to me as a Desert Storm vet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4387040/

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Via caligirlartist.