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• Melvillian Thoughts

  

  I’ve posted about Moby-Dick a number of times on this blog. I make no bones about the fact that it’s my favorite novel. Still, I don’t know much about Herman... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Columbo

  

  I liked Columbo.  Peter Falk was an award-winning actor, and his working-class detective character was always entertaining to watch.  Unlike other TV cops, he... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Toil Et Cetera

  

  Few items are as necessary for modern day life than a functioning toilet.  If you live in town and don’t have an outhouse your other options are pretty limited. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Plan

  

  I suppose it’s debatable whether it can be considered a holiday treat to watch what is often called the worst movie ever made. Still, I did so over the Christma... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Aging Children

  

  So I was reading this academic article from the late fifties.  In it the author was discussing how, in literary studies, imagination was considered childish. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• EsoterX

  

  This has been a brutal winter for us closet paranormal fans.  Linda Godfrey died in late November and now I’ve just learned of the passing of Aaron Dabbah, know... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Black Sabbath

  

  I used to be afraid of them.  The band Black Sabbath, I mean.  I heard the songs from Paranoid wafting from my older brother’s room (separated from mine by... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Truth and Belief

  

  I met Claire Donner the way I meet most people these days.  Online.  I’m not sure how she found me in this dusty little corner of the internet, but she has one... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Sleepy Unhallow

  

  The thing about classics is they’re open to interpretation. And expansion. Since taking an interest in Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On Offer

  

  Feeling a bit overwhelmed by various January blues, I took me to my homegrown therapy of watching horror. The newly released The Offering raises many questions... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Point of It

  

  It’s not difficult to feel overwhelmed by the scope of the problem.  Race was a construct developed to oppress.  The intention was to keep those of non-European... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Annihilated

  

  For a long time I resisted seeing it. Partially I wasn’t sure if it was any good and partially—mainly—it was because of spoilers. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Missing Thoughts

  

  Photo by Alberto Bobbera on UnsplashWhere do thoughts go?  Like many people who write, I carry a notebook with me to try to catch fleeting thoughts that make... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Feeling Disney

  

  What’s the earliest Disney movie you remember seeing? If you’re my generation this will’ve likely been in a theater since home recording wasn’t a thing yet. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Not in My House

  

  I had a friend in seminary—nameless here because I mention no non-public figures without their permission—who invited me over for movies. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Addiction

  

  I’m an addict.  It runs in the family.  My addiction, though, is learning new things.  Research, it seems, comes naturally to some and not to others.  Like any... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Like a Splinter

  

  I saw that it was based on a novel by Ira Levin, and it was free on Amazon Prime, so I watched it. I’m not sure Sliver did much for me, however. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading Prompts

  

  Perhaps it’s because maybe a half-dozen times in the past two years I’ve forgotten to click “publish,” or maybe everyone gets this, but WordPress started... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Diabolical

  

  Diabolique, the 1996 remake, is sometimes tagged as horror. It’s also considered drama and a thriller, so how you classify it has some flexibility. One thing... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Hidden Talent

  

  It’s difficult to imagine any corporation with a more powerful influence on children than Disney. It catches us early and forms our first impressions on plenty... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY