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• 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

• Virtually Taxed

  

  Nobody ever explained it to me.  DVDs, with no moving parts, can still go bad.  Having amassed a library of them over the years, and storing them the recommende... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Skin Deep

  

  The thing about art-house movies is they’re meant to be discussed. I spend a lot of time alone and I watch most of my movies alone. There’s a kind of danger in... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• New Horseman

  

  You’d think it’d be obvious, but it took me some time to realize that when a story’s being retold in a literary context, the point isn’t to restate the... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Take the Tour

  

  If you read my blog posts on Facebook, Twitter, or Goodreads (Hi, y’all!), you may not be aware of my actual website.  Now I have no kind of fame, no matter... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Making Meaning

  

  The last book I slipped in under the wire of 2022 was Philip Ball’s excellent The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Writing 2023

  

  I don’t put a great deal of stock in either round numbers or random passings of time, such as New Year’s Day.  Don’t get me wrong—I’m glad for the holiday—but... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2023 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reading 2022

  

  Reading.  The crank of time seems to rotate faster each year.  For me, it’s noticeable when I look back on my year in books.  I find Goodreads indispensable... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Night Mom

  

  Kurt Vonnegut is one of those tragicomic writers that can leave you reeling. Mother Night was never on my must-read list, although I’ve read about it many times... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Disappearing

  

  It might be easy to suppose that horror uses religion gratuitously. Or it may be that the connection runs much deeper. Yes, many people are still religious as... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• All Wet

  

  If I keep up this pace I’ll finish next year. Reading the full set of Dark Shadows novels by Marilyn Ross, that is. Since they tell me I’m an adult, this might... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Word of the Year

  

  I still have to look up “goblin mode” each time I read it.  I’ve been reading it quite a bit because it was Oxford University Press’ word of the year for 2022. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Okay to Look

  

  I admit to having learned about Daphne du Maurier from Alfred Hitchcock, and then only after my wife pointed her out to me. I read our copy of Rebecca with... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2022 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY