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Bill Withers Passes Away
Bill Withers passed away. You can read what I thought of his music here.People who can create music like he did are rare.Bill Withers, a onetime Navy aircraft mechanic who, after teaching himself to...
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Movie Reviews: Vivarium
Vivariumdirected by Lorcan FinneganIf you know anything at all about the behavior of a certain bird species and/or beings from Celtic mythology then this movie's story was very heavily foreshadowed or...
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Movie Reviews: A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Yeardirected by J.C. ChandorThis is an older film that for some reason I had never watched. Thanks to our friends in Wuhan and our feckless President, between working from home and...
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Bernie Sanders Drops Out
As you may have heard Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.He still intends to carry on a battle for his...
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Bill Maher and Coronavirus Controversy
It's rare that Bill Maher and I are on the same side of an issue. But Maher recently pointed out something that was previously posted on this blog. The coronavirus apparently started in Wuhan, China....
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I thought this was accurate. As an introvert I am often amazed, amused and occasionally a little irritated by just how much extroverts need interaction with and attention from others. It really is...
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Movie Reviews: Dracula Untold
Dracula Untolddirected by Gary ShoreFor centuries the Ottoman Turks conquered large areas of Europe . They were turned back at Vienna twice, in 1529 and 1683. Those experiences, along with others,...
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Movie Reviews: Derailed
Deraileddirected by Mikael HafstromThis older movie had a top shelf cast but a somewhat ridiculous story. But because of the cast and the fact that the plot moves quickly, it is something that can be...
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When Bears Attack
Not every bear is as cute and cuddly as Paddington or Winnie the Pooh. When you're in the wilds of Michigan and want to feed the birds, sometimes bears show up to eat the bird food, eat the birds, eat...
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Donald Trump: Inject Disinfectant to Cure Coronavirus!!
In the movie Sin City, Senator Roark (Powers Boothe), the corrupt father of a pedophile rapist murderer, tells the wounded hero that the Senator could shoot the hero dead and walk away without any...
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Movie Reviews: Gun Crazy
Gun Crazydirected by Joseph E. LewisI've always liked older movies. Over the past few years I've been watching more noir films. This 1950 film, although it obviously was not explicit in terms of sex or...
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Joe Biden and Tara Reade: Double Standards
I don't know if presumptive 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate, former Vice-President Joe Biden sexually assaulted Tara Reade in 1993. People who dislike Biden will be likely to believe that he did...
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Movie Reviews: Human Capital
Human Capitaldirected by Marc MeyersThis is a remake of an Italian movie. I decided to watch this because of what looked like a frontline cast. That was a mistake. This movie had a decent plot, which...
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Movie Reviews: 1917
1917directed by Sam MendesThis was a slick glossy tale which in part was inspired by the experiences of the director's grandfather during WW1.The most noticeable thing about this film was the...
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Coronavirus Impact
How long are you willing to stay at home and socially distance from other people? Currently we don't have a vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus. We may have a vaccine in a year or two. It could take...
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Armed Citizens Escort Black Michigan Legislator to Work
One would imagine because of the ugly history and current situation of Black Americans: Slavery, Jim Crow, lynchings, pogroms, constant police brutality and murder, genocidal hate groups, Confederate...
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Movie Reviews: Look Away
Look Awaydirected by Assaf BernsteinThis 2018 movie is something that was another take on a very old idea-what if, tired of not getting what you want out of life, you could unleash all your darker...
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Movie Reviews: Midnight Special
Midnight Specialdirected by Jeff NicholsFor older people such as myself this 2016 movie may bring to mind the film Escape to Witch Mountain, the original that is, not the remake with Dwayne "The Rock"...
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The Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery
One attitude rooted in slavery is that any white person at any time can demand that any Black person explain his or her presence. Maybe the white person doesn't think the Black person should be in...
View ArticleDay 50 of Quarantine
My major concern about stay at home orders, working from home and quarantines is that my employer's underlying business model lacks the capacity to deliver profits if the public remains at home. So...
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